Decatur Democrat, Volume 56, Number 4, Decatur, Adams County, 26 January 1911 — Page 3

n-.011ß. Ind. Jan JI —(Spe<- . i; i,l >n<tl< ntions prove H '" ,l "' 01111 " f C(,uut > i n Indiana. Both the senate ■- oi representatives are to paua the Proctor-Keeney jilting township and cits on next Monday. The bill will to the governor tor his signa ture.lt"" 1 11 19 believed it will en cower 111,10 llolay ,n ti>o OXOOIII iv ‘“ Pro. tor Keeney bill met no in W senate, when it was placed on Moon reading yesterday. The com mitjc 1,1 11,1111 houses reported a substitute bill in the form of an amend- | tnenfan l it was passed on third read . .nite bill provides that the jgjA' option shall be the city, town ship Slid 1110 territory in the township outsifl of the city. It does not contain d clause as did the original bill, provßing f«’f option elections in incortowns. Although the govern or fcgestid this In his message and contained in the first bill, it : .<| unwise by the democrats to ■ further ! ian the declaration ot the itate platform. r way in which the revised bill ■ff from the original measur** is & manner in which the number of Ail voters of a city or town are to be Htermined for the filing of petioption elections. The original Ml said that option election voters shall be called upon petition of tweiij 20) per cent of the voters of the territory in which the election was to M held, the number of voters to be «ermined by the number of votes cast in the last general election for all the candidates for secretary of state. It was found, however, that, as A city precinct and township prejMinct overlapped, it would be impossible to determine the number of votes cast in he limits of any city for secretary of state. The new bill overcomes this objection by providing that the number of legal voters in the city shall be deby adding the number of votes last for the candidates for mayorfllhe last city election. If the election Is o be held in a township, the nußbe of voters shall be determined by the number of votes cast for secretary to' "ate. and if the election is to be hSld within the territory in a townshipnu'side a city, it shall be determined by substracting the number of votes for the candidates for mayor from th* total votes cast for secretary of »s»:< in the township. The committee has followed as closely as possible the county option law, as the democratic platform does not provide for la repeal, but for its amendment. It is now believed that the FlemingSeidfns icker bill for high license and restifction will go through both houses with little opposition. Until Thursd y night it had been thought that tli measure would meet wiili de elded < position, but at a public hearing kel then, Senator Fleming faced the arguments of the Anti-Saloon Leagu. which has been fighting the bill, gn*. agreed to incorporate in the measur. practically every provision that Was demanded. Yesterday both sides Were apparently satisfied with the Measure as it was proposed to amend it, and it is considered very probab: that the bill will receive the majority of the democratic and not a few of! the republican votes. The 1 ,use occupied most of its time yeeterd y with routine business. Several geo mmi t tees reported on bills which Jhave little or no importance and «ec ral bills of like nature were received The afternoon session was listless, many of the tftembers being too eng used in other affairs to vote when their names were called. Representative Thornton requested that the members of the committees on state reformatories be excused and this request was followed by a motion for adjournment. This motion is usually popular and met with no opposition. Mead, morning at 10 o'clock is the time set for the next meeting of the legislature. — - The | Decatur German Reformed dhurchlis doing a noble share of the raising l of the $50,000 jubilee fund f«r the erection of the new building of the Mission house, the German seminary of this denomination at Sheboygan, Wig,, $312 having been subscribed at the special evening service held at the local church. It is thought enough more prill be raised to bring the sum up to S4OO. Ths committee of this classis comprises the following members: President, Rev. Diehm of Huntington; treasurer. Rev. Kattman of Berne; secretary. Rev. L. C. Hessert, Decatur, ’William Sellemeyer, Magley. The ■ classis includes twelve congregations. and the work of this committee Is to visit each one of the churches and secure subscription to this jubilee fund. 1 The buildings of the mission house are i&adequati- for the accommodation of the great number of students there, I who are studying for the ministry, and it ts the desire of those in charge • \paoMngßKßt. «»• —-

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to raise the $50,000 to build the newhouse on the golden jubilee of the college, the sums to be paid to the treasurer not later than December 31, 1911, The committee of this classis has seld several special meetings, the Magley church subscribing the munificent sum of $1,008; und the church at Berne, $428. The special service at the Decatur church was an interesting one. .Among the speakers was William Sellemeyer of Magley, who gave an excellent address, indeed, and also the Rev. Ernest I’Tedderjohann of Louisville, Ky„ whose address was much appreciated. The committee is much pleased with the success with which it is meeting thus early in their endeavors, and it Is asured that a large proportion will be gleaned from these twelve congregations. This county is assured that it will get much practical benefit from the subscription tendered here, as there are very many students from this county at the college, studying for the ministry. o— - ■“ i The clerk was ordered to meet with the jury commissioners and draw the names of fifteen jurors to serve during the February term and apear on Monday Feb. 13th. The November term of court closed Saturday and tht Feb. term will convene February 6th, a two weeks' vacation being now in order. A new case was filed on change of venue from Wells county, James B. Merryman and Charles G. Dailey vs John W. Lee et al, suit on account, demand S2OO. Another change es venue suit filed here was Henry Pfieffer vs Herbert L. Sommers et al, contract $136.13, from Allen county. Charles Lam mi man vs. Monroe Creamery association, inventory filed, petition to sell real estate sustained and sale ordered after three weeks notice. John Sovine vs. Aaron Ewry, et a1.,, default of all defendants, cause submitted, judgment for plaintiff in sum of $185.56. Sale of mortgaged property ordered. Attorneys Harper and Vesey and Receiver Will Geake of Fort Wayne were here and secured an order from the court that Receiver Schirmeyer turn over to Receiver Geake of District Court appointment, all property, with a report of expense to date. Old Adams County Bank vs. Decatur Filler Co., finding for Charles Heckman in sum of $242, subject to other liens. Herman Gerke et al. vs. Decatur Packing Co., report of sale of personal property filed by receiver and approved. L. E. OPLIGER JUDGE. One Selected For the Allen County Spelling Contest. A. R. Huyette, superintendent of schools of Wells county, will act as pronouncer at the annual spelling contest to be held in the assembly room of the court house in this city Saturday, February 4th. The judges will be L. E. Opliger, superintendent of schools of Adams county; Alvin P. Leverton, principal of the Nebraska school in this city, and Nathan C. Coyle, superintendent of the Monroeville schools. Although an admission is to be charged to the matches of Ailams and Wells counties. Superintendent Felger announces that the Alkm county match will be free to the jivdliC. —Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette.

By a score of thirty-four to sbiw teen, Bluffton walloped our basket bail team, in one of the most exciting games ever witnessed here. A crowd that packed the gymnasium room, cheered and rooted and enjoyed the contest, throughout. To you fellows and ladies, too, who enjoy clean, wholesome sport, we wish to say, you are raising something, when you fail to attend these games. It is easily understood and the many opportunities for skill, alertness and accuracy, makes it one of the best games in America. If you want to grow young again, just take a chance at the next game and see if it don’t beat Ponce de Leon's fountain of youth to a frazzle. The editor went Friday night (due credit to Dick), and watched the young ladies’ game in a mild way. Then the Bluffton and Decatur boys trotted out on the floor amid yells, and in five minutes' time we were on our toes. Located just back of a happy munch of live youths, of ages ten to fourteen, we caught the spirit, almost before we were aware. Soon the score stood six to six and we were yelling as loud as any youngster there. Then came a whirl-wind finish to the first forty-minute half, and when it closed a tie—ten to ten we were back in the day® ot ninety,

screaming like an Indiana, and pulling for the Decatur high school, as earnestly as any boy or girl of sixteen. Business cares and worries fell away and it beat any rest cure we ever tried. If you need a remedy of this kind, buy twenty-five cents' worth next Friday evening when Columbia City comes here to meet the locals. The game passed off without a hitch, and while the locals lost out they made a good showing and in another year will be holding their own against any of the clubs in this section. The players were Robert Peterson, captain; Beery, McConnell, Beatty and Burke, with Adler as substitute. The visitors were gentlemen and expressed themselves with being well pleased with the treatment here. All in all it was a great evening of sport and the basket ball game has one convert, at least, for we are not going to miss any more games if we can help It. A game between the Purple and Gold, girl teams, resulted in a victory for the Gold, thirteen to five. o The interest of the schools in every nook and corner of Adams county is centered today in the spirited county spelling contest at the Methodist church, the contestants vying for the honor of representing the county in the coming district and state spelling contests. Every township was represented, not only in the large audience, which consisted of pupils, patrons, teachers and friends of the contestants, but in the line of contestants themselves. Not all of the delegates were present, however, four being absent on account of sickness. They were Clarence Hirschy and Nora Mettler of Wabash township and Joseph and Nora Miller of Jefferson township. On account of the absence of these contestants and the fact that their arrival was expected at any minute, and not wishing to proceed without them, the conest did not open promptly at 9:30, and it was nearly 10 o’clock when the assembly was called to order by County Superintendent L. E. Opliger, who acted as chairman. Prior to the opening the contestants were organized and each numbered, marching from the class room to their places to a piano march played by Mr. Lehman. The contest opened with music by the pupils of District No. 4, Monroe township, being a classical medley. In their several numbers they were greeted with much applause. Music was also furnished by the Misses Fonner. Evans and Houk. The judges who served during the contest were Allen County Superintendent Henry C. Felger, of Fort Wayne; Charles Hocker, assistant postmaster of Decatur, and Prof. D. W. Horton, superintendent of the Geneva schools. The pronouncers were G. W. Warner and Jonas C. Tritch, teachers in the Decatur schools, and W. F. Beery of Pleasant Mills served as secretary. - From the very first it was known that the contest would be a spirited one. Word after word was given out, and each contestant, in a clear, confident manner, spelled the words without an instant’s hesitation, and at 11:30 o’clock the line was unbroken, save for one speller, who had gone down in defeat. At 12 o’clock the time of adjournment, but two of the contestants had gone down, the first word that caused the downfall being “piazza.” The contest began on Page 59 of the i Alexander speller, and continued on through several of the grades, the words growing more difficult with 'each page covered, until at 2:15 o’clock but twenty-one of the contestants were standing, eleven having missed. The words will be given out from the speller until half of the contestants are left standing, when a special, and more difficult list will be taken up. The contest will probably not close until late this afternoon, as the spell--1 era are unusually good, and trip over the words with the east of experts, -Which they are.

DR. RAYL IS WELL PLEASED. Monroe Physician Has a Good Word For the Daily Democrat. Monroe, Ind., Jan. *l9, 'll. To the Daily Democrat: Alow tne to offer my sincenwt appreciation of the article in Wednesday’s Democrat, headed “Say Tt's a Fake,” in regitrd to the so-salled callstone remedy.. I think it is a noble act for you to publish 'the bare facte about a fraud that deceives the sick, creating false hopes and delaying their acceptance of scientific treatment until it is perhaps too late. If fill newspapers would make it a point to Inform their readers (perhaps their best friends) along these lines, the companies behind such frauds would soon cease to exist. The so-called gall-stone remedy is nothing new —only an old deception in a new garb. It has been used by quacks and fake coheerns for over a century. It was originally much used

by "street fakirs," who preached its virtues from a wagon on the main thorofares. Later shrewd business men saw in it a fortune by advertising it to the masses, many of whom they knew were always looking for the "mysterious" In medicine. And they will continue to make a fortune off the poor, ignorant people until they are informed by just such articles as the Democrat published Wednesday. The deception and passage of masses which the laity think are gallstones result from a perfectly simple chemical reaction. Olive oil and an alkali makes soap and these masses are nothing but soap mingled with some other products of the intestine.

The eight-ounce bottle in this famous (?) remedy contains olivo oil slightly flavored to disguise it and the powders are nothing more tkar. the old-time Seidlitz powders. These taken into the alimentary canal will produce the fake gall-stones in the most healthy person. Any one wishing to make the experiment may do so very cheaply by taking eight ounces of olive oil and two Seidlitz powders but remember it is not wholly without danger for it has produced obstruction of the bowels. Again let me congratulate you for exposing the fraud and I am sure your paper will grow more and more if you save readers money and per haps lives by informing them in regard to measures which reek with danger. Your truly. DR. C. C. RAYL. - o WEDDING NEXT SUNDAY. ■ - ■ ” Prominent Monroe Township Couple Will Wed. Adam Nusbaum, son of John Nusbaum, and Miss Anna Liechty, a daughter of Jacob Leichty, prominent (young people of Monroe township, were in the city this morning and se cured a marriage license, the wedding to be solemnized next Sunday morning at the home of Isaac Amstutz, by the Rev. Jacob Schwartz, where the church will hold its services on that day. The young couple will reside in Monroe township, and will begin their marital life in the proper way by reading the Daily Democrat. They called at this office and ordered the paper sent to their new address and it will be there ready to greet them on their arrival “home.”

PETITION FOR MACADAM ROAD. State of Indiana. County ot Adams, ss: Before the Board of Commissioners of the County of Adams, February Term, 1911. To the Honorable Board ot Commissioners of Adams County, Indiana: We, the, undersigned, each and all of whom are adult resident freeholders and voters of the Township of Wabash, Adams County, Indiana, including the incorporated town of Geneva in said township, county and state, (said Town of Geneva having a population of less than thirty thousand inhabitants). respectfully petition your Honorable Body and ask that you construct and complete a free macadamized stone road in said township over and upon a certain highway therein situated on the following route, towit: Commencing at a point on the west side of the Joel Hirschy Macadam Road where the first public highway south of the Wabash river intersects the said Macadam Road, in section seventeen, in township twenty-five north range fourteen east in said Adams County, Indiana, thence to run on, along and upon said intersecting road in a northwesterly direction over and across said section seventeen and across section eighteen in said township and range a'.oi eraid to the public highway at the township line dv’Min& the townships of Wabash and H-ti-s. rd in said oouiitv and state ar' *e said, a distance of about one and onehalf’miles and there to terminate. Your petitioners aver and say that the improvement prayed so-r is less than three miles in length, and connects with a free macadamized road at the east end thereof, and with a highway siauated on the -west boundary line of the township of Wabash on the west end thereof, said township of Wabash being the township wherein said highway as above described is situate.

Your petitioners further aver and say that the highway therein sought to be improved is a public highway already established and in use and is one of the public highways of said Wabash township. Your petitioners ask your honorable body that said highway above described be drained and graded, and that broken stone be placed upon the grade and that upon sneh broken stone there be placed stone screenings. Your petitioners further ask that said highway above described be improved to the width of forty (40) feet, and that said highway above described be graded to a width of twen-ty-four (24) feet, and that broken stone be placed thereon to a width of ten (10) feet ,and to a depth of eight (8) inches at the sides thereof, and to a depth of ten (10) inches in, the center thereof, and that crushed stone and screenings be placed thereon to a depth of four Inches upon such broken stone, and that said improvement be made’a double track and that the name of the same be the Jacob Schenbeck Macadam Road. That to pay for,.sa,id ; improvement we ask that; bofyls ,be issued by .the County of Adamk'fri the State' bf fhdiana. payable scmt-atfnital thstallmenta or series. andLthr ibetpay-t ment of which we ask that n tax . bolevied upon the taxable property of Bald Wabash Township in a sufficient

amount to pay the interest and principal of said bonds as they become due. That said improvement be made and constructed and that said bonds be issued and said tax be levied upon the taxable property of said township in accordance with the Acts of the General Assembly of tne State of Indiana, passed in the year 1905, and as amended in the Acts of 1907 and the Acts of 1909, now in force providing for the extension of free gravel or macadamized roads and any and all other amendments thereto. We further ask that the Board take all the necessary steps as is required by law to have said improvement constructed and made as petitioned for herein, that the same be constructed without submitting the question of the building of the same to an election of the voters of said Wabash township and that said Board construct the same under the laws of the State of Indiana, providing for the extension of free gravel or macadam roads. Respectfully submitted. Jacob Schenbeck. David Mettler, David D. Mettler, Peter Peterschmidt, Sam'l Egly, Adam Cully,J. A. Coolman. Andy Idlewine, Perry Smank, L. L. Mason, Jacob Butcher, Michael McGriff. W, A. Wells, J. Morris Wells, F. M. Rynearson, F. C. Dietsch, F. F. Gregg, C. O. Rayn, H. N. Aspy, George H. Kelley, John W. Kelley, jr., James H. Kelley, J. W. Keiiy, sr„ Nathan Shepherd, J. W. Dietsch. F. Kunz,, M. F. Aspy, Jas. F. Wheeler, G. W. Weeks, E. E. Young, Wm. McKissick, Chas. N. Brown. L. G. Botkin, L. L. Mattox, John Studer, A. M. Redding, H. W. David, F. Haviland, Jno. A. Anderson, Chas. D. Pater, W. B. Hale, Thomas Drew, W. W. Briggs. S. H. Teeple. A. Harlow, W. C. Glendening, J. H. Zehr, M. Schindler, Charles Reicheldeffer, A. B. Shoemaker, M. E. Hutton, W. F. Pyle, C. Haviland. W. N. Tripplet, J. A. fSke, W. C. Campbell, J M. "Pease, C. C. Leichty, David Polus, John M. Holloway, A. P. Hardison, ’ Josephus Martin, J. H. Hardison. Wm. F. Gee, J. H. Runyon, M. T. Atwood, Frank Filer, Ben Merschand, James S. Newcomer, Guernsey Zapi, Chris Roth, J. L Eckrote, Hiram Price. Joseph Bucher, John J. Schenbeck, John Brond, Christ Hafstetter, John J. Hofstetter. Broht Schwarz, David P.

Delinquent Tax LJst. The following is a list of lands, City and Town Lots remaining delinquent for the non-payment of taxes for the year 1910, and previous years in Adams County, Indiana: fi OQ 2 SiName. Description. S S I £ o C ffl ® ►£ CO 05 O C be £ c > otj •*- es 5 0) C c CJ r-' rt l_> ® • -wCC ® r ° ft* O — tn r < a* £ 2 | P-l I" 1 < • ~ HIVAtUfE. William H. Bunner Lot N0~247 ■ ■-|27;ls|| 60j 230: 9.22 ——————st MARY’S. Loren B. StrawW. pt. NE....| 5j27J15|83 66-100|...||. Loren B. StrawW. pt. NE....| 5|27|15[ 25|. ■-| 3385; 86.37 ‘ ————————blue - CREEK. Enoch j: Everett NW. 1712615| 25-100|... 10 .62 Joseph W. HakesS. fr. NW.... 17!26j15[28 98-1001 Joseph W. Hakes Lt. 7. Salem... .|26'15 ! ]335 1420 91.46 — ————————— m on ROE. Benjamin S. Brown SE. CsFTSE..,|l6|26|l4| 25-100|...| IQOj T 35 HARTFORD. Eliza Jane WellerS%SW\NW .|33|25|13| 20 |. ■ -I- • • • -I- • ■ Eliza Jane Weller N. pt. W*4 Nw.|33|2s|l3| 16-100|...| 1130| 39.46 ‘ WABASH. Catherine Campbell Lot 89, Ceylon |..|25J14 651 3.86 George W. Holcomb L.106,107,C’10n |. .i2&i!4 10.88 ~ JEFFERSON. Ida M. GallowayS. pt. S. pt. NE. 7 25,15| 15 I. ■ 410 11.80 « .2 c 2 2 x O Q CIS C<S JX > H ——— - DEC ATI It ~ Melvin J. Butler•••••■|242 751 575 j 88.30 William and Cora Badders Pt d 3 ,’,l’ ”1, A,°J 1“ 7 C. E. Neptune l ‘ ’ 225 124 07 Frank M. Schirmeyer, trustee Hanna Addition 19 ...] Frank M. Schirmeyer, trustee Citizen’s Ist Addition 1 Frank M. Schirmeyer, trustee Citizen’s Ist Addition 3 Frank M. Schirmeyer, trustee Citizen’s Ist Addition 65 Frank M. Schirmeyer, trustee Citizen’s Ist Addition...... 18 Frank M. Schirmeyer, trustee Citizen’s Ist Addition 21 Frank M. Schirmeyer, trustee Citizen s Ist Addition 22 Frank M. Schirmeyer, trustee Citizen’s Ist Addition 24 Frank M. Schirmeyer, trustee Citizen’s Ist Addition. 391 Frank M. Schirmeyer, trustee Citizen's Ist Addition 57' Frank M. Schirmeyer, trustee Citizen's Ist addition. 76 Frank M. Schirmeyer, trustee Citizen’s 2nd Addition 15 Frank M. Schirmeyer. trustee Citizen's 2nd Addition. 21 Frank M. Schirmeyer, trustee Citizen's 2nd Addition 23 Frank M. Schirmeyer. trustee Citizen's 2nd Addition 66 Frank M. Schirmeyer. trustee Citizen’s 2nd Addition 70 Frank M. Schirmeyer. trustee Citizen’s 2nd Addition 82 ... 875 79.97 BERNTEL ——’ ——————- Jacob L. Longacher 12717.7 Jacob L. Longacher 128 ... 395 25.08 Geneva; ~ Leslie Butcher 8 Leslie Butcher 9 10 270 15.36 Joseph H. Cropper 84... 110 9.00 William and Mary Fifer Pt. NE. Sec. 32-25-14 2 A 60 6.75 Stephen A. Michaelsl7s Stephen A. Michaelslßß Stephen A. Michaels; 189... 75 6.35 Anna D. Miller 408 215 990 36.87 STATE OF INDIANA, ADAMS COUNTY, ss: I, H. S, Michaud. Auditor in and for said county, do hereby certify that the above and foregoing is a true and correct list of land and city and town lots returned and remaining delinquent, for the non-payment of taxes for the year 1909, and previous years with penalty, interest and costs together with the current year taxes for 1910 and further, that the amount charged is due from each particular tract and that the same was recorded between the first Monday in December, 1910, and the first day of January, 1911. Witness my hand at the Auditor's office in the City of Decatur, this 31st day of December, 1910. H. S. MICHAUD, Auditor, Adams County. STATE OF INDIANA ADAMS COUNTY, ss: - - ' Notice is hereby given that so much of the foregoing lands, city and town lots as may be necessary to discharge the taxes, penalty interest and costs which may be due thereon or due from ttie owners thereof on the of sale will be sold at public auction by the Treasured of Adams county, at the east door of the court house, 4n the eity of Decatur, in said conn- - ’ ty,’’hnd state, on the second Monday in. February, 1911, it being the 13th day of siild month. Commencing at 10. o’clock a. m. of staid- day;'ffhd'that ■said stile will continue from day to day until all Is-soM-nFtSlKtW’TorTale Given under my hand at the Auditor's office in Decatur, Indiana, this 31st day of December, 1910. H. 8. MICHAUD, Auditor, Adams County.

Schwarz, Amos Hirschy, Daniel Stuckey, David Hirschy. David (.'. Hup baum, Peter Bauman, Joel 11. Hubeg ger, August Heuselman, Solomon Ha beg’ger, Leiprlan E. Quigley. P. M Humtnespfesander, Chr. P. 'Hlrshy, C. A. Neuenschwander, Fred* Schwarz. Gottlieb Gerber, A. M. Ncuenschwan, der, Isaac Lehman, Joseph Yoder. John Brown. August Schug, John Gerber, Emil Pluess, Christian Burghalter, Eugen Kneuss. This petition will be presented to the Boar< of Commissioners on Monday, February 6, 1911, at which time the taxpayers of Wabash township may appear and make such objections as the law may provide for. 3t3 H. S. MICHAUD, Auditor. SHERIFF’S SALE. The State of Indiana. Adams County, SB. In the Adams Circuit Court of Adams County, Indiana. German Building Loan Fund and Savings Association vs. Melville J. Butler, Nora Butler, Albert A. Butler, Holthouse Drug Co. No. 8054. By virtue of an order of sale to me directed by the Clerk of the Adams Circuit Court of said County and State, I have levied upon the real estate hereinafter mentioned and will expose for sale at public auction at thp east dcor of the Court House in the City of Decatur, Adams County, ' Indiana, between the hours of 10 o’clock a. m. and 4 o'clock p. m., on Saturday, February 11, 1911, the rents and profits for a term not exceeding seven years, of the following described real estate, situated in Adams County, Indiana, to-wit: Tnlots number two hundred fortytwo (242) in Joseph Crabb's second western addition to the town (now city) of Decatur. And on failure to realize therefrom the full amount of judgment, interest thereon and costs. I will at the same time and in the same manner aforesaid, offer for sale the fee simple of the above described premises. Taken as the property of Melville J. Butler to satisfy said order of sale this 16th day of January, 1911. 3t3 THOMAS DURKIN. Sheriff