Decatur Democrat, Volume 56, Number 20, Decatur, Adams County, 18 May 1911 — Page 6

The official result* of the county school enumeration were made public today by County Superintendent Opliger and the report shows a total loss of 190 students for the last year. Small gains were made in some townships but they were unable to overbalance the heavier losses occurring elsewhere. The results of the count are given below: Townships Male Female Tot. Blue Creek 208 159 367 French 204 172 376 Hartford 215 174 389 Jefferson 209 171 380 Kirkland 140 49 289 Monroe -469 378 847 Preble 195 165 360 Root 196 192 3SS St. Mary’s 206 177 383 Unionl79 150 329 Washington 244 237 481 Wabash 271 252 523 Total 2736 2376 5112 Incorporated Town*. Berne 154 200 354 Geneva .....163 150 313 Decatur 613 595 1208 Total for C0...3666 3321 6987 Hartford township shows a gain of 17, Preble 8, St. Mary's 20. and Wash--17, Preble 8. St. Mary's 20. Washington 6, and Berne 5. making the total gain of 57, while French shows a loss of 5. Jefferson 14. Kirkland 20, Monroe 24. Root 13, Union 36, Wabash 67, Geneva 2, and Decatur 65, making the total loss 247, and the net loss for the county 190. - — Indianapolis, Ind . May 12 —Myron D. King, aeputy auditor of state, is one of the busiest officers of the state. When some of the other officers decide that they are overworked and need a little rest from official cares. Mr. King can do nothing but put on a little more steam and dig a little harder into the mass of routine work that constantly confronts those that have in charge the cares of this great office. Settlement sheets are now being sent to the county auditors of the state upon which they will make their semi-annual settlements, this important event occurring the first of June. The last fifteen days of every month is consumed largely in drawing and sending warrants to the state instit | tions for their maintenance, and thea comes the salaries for all the patr:c'.s| that serve the state in other ca- ic : -! ties. The payment of the semian.-ual budget of interest is also one of their duties just now. this payment being on both the foreign and domestic debt, which debt in total amounts to 81,289.615.12. The foreign debt consists of 8300,000. due April 15„ 1915, and 8500,000, due in May of that same year. The domestic indebtedness consists of five per cent refunded bonds due April 1, 1921, of 8340,000. and Indiana State university refunding bonds in a total of $144,000. The interest on this foreign debt is paid to Winslow. Rainier & Co., of New York, as agents, while interest settlements for the domestic debt is paid to the treasurers of the institutions to which it is due. Besides the few things here mentioned there is the banking department, the insurance, building and loan and the land department, all of which are of more or less importance, especially the banking and insurance. As deputy of his office Mr. King has the entire office in charge, and he has already shown his competence in the many business methods that are there installed. Mr. King is known to many of the good people of Adams county, he having served as deputy in the office of secretary of state under that favorite of the Indiana democracy, Hon. Claude Matthews, and for nine days was the secretary of state in name as well as in fact, Mr. Matthews having to resign that length of time prior to the expiration of his term to be inaugurated as governor, he having been elected in 1892. During the next four years ot the Matthews reign, this same Myron D. King steered the chief executive over the rocks as his private secretary, and he filled the place as it never has been filled before or since. His varied and tong experience in public office and public life makes him especially capable in the important position which he now holds. The office of the auditor of state is in receipt of two lone pennies, they being sent by the management of the Northern Indiana Hospital for the Insane, and are for an overdraft for that amount. At their last “draw” they overstepped the amount due two cents, and later finding their error, took this method of rectifying it. The two pennies have been turned over to the state treasurer and the account of the Northern Insane Hospital credited to the amount of two cents, and the account squared. State Treasurer Vollmer is blowing himself. With his wife he left Indianapolis Wednesday evening for New York, and will spend the next two weeks in visiting many of the important places in the east. "Jim** France as he is known back

lw Adam* county, but Hon. J. Fred, as he is known elsewhere in the state, is buwy digging bait, and if there is a spot along the historic banks of White ! river that has not already been graced j by the present of • Jim ' or we should say the Hon. J. Fred, we have not heard of it Fish stories are the order of the day. He was fishing all day Tuesday and save he caught seventyseven. Make your own deductions. The routine at the office of secretary of state was cheered the other day by a visit from our old friend, | "Doc" Sholty, who called to pay his i respects and visit the Decatur colony. He looked mighty good for a man that j had stood a several weeks’ siege at the hospital, and we hope it has cured him for good and al). He was doing time here as a member of the federal grand jury. D- G. E. — Fire of unknown origin practically I destroyed the East Central avenue residence owned by Mrs. Andrew Carlisle 'and occupied by Walter Grove, at 8:30 i o'clock this morning. The household I goods were saved and they will suffer ! only a slight loss. Mrs. Carlisle car- ! ried insurance, which will nearly cover i the damage to the building. Mrs. Grove i was cleaning house and in the front • part of her home w hen neighbors saw I the flames bursting from the roof over the kitchen. A crowd of men hurriedi ly gathered after the alarm had been i turned in and they succeeded in getting the greater part of the Grove belongings out of the bulidnig. The ■ strong wind fanned the flames and ' caused them to get good headway before the arrival of the department. — . Bluffton Banner. The Misses Fanny and Mary Hite had been extended an invitation by Mrs. Grove to spend Sunday at their home and this morning were in receipt of word telling of the dnsaster, which had befallen them and destroying their home, and the trip had to be postponed. They are well known in this city and their many friends here sympathize with them in their loss.

At 6:35 Thursday evening the second fire alarm in a period of twentyeight hours was sounded, calling the department to the blazing barn belonging to Mrs. Lewis Miller, who resides on the corner of Adams and Line streets. About 6:30 Miss Ruby Miller noticed what she believed was a gorgeous sunset and upon stepping out on the porch to view the scene was hor rifled to see the flames mounting skyward from the blazing barn but a fewfeet away. The alarm was given at once and the neighbors who saw the fire ran to render assistance. The number two fire cart was hastily secured and in record time the fire laddies had a line of hose run and water pouring on the flames. Soon the number one company from Third street arrived and run another line, the water from both of these effectually stopping the progress of the flames, which threatened the residence of Mrs. Miller and other near neighbors. A bucket brigade extinguished a live spark on the roof of the Some of Lew Hammond. fire chief, which had star’ed blazing there, this being the only attempt of the flames to spread to surrounding property. The barn was occupied by Reuben Gilpen, who holds the contract for cleaning the streets, and at the time of the fire two of Mr. Gilpen’s horses were in the barn and were saved only by the quick action of one of the neighborhood young men, thoroughly acquainted with the horses. The barn also contained a considerable amount of hay and feed and a good set of harness, which were food for the flames. At the fire some excitement was caused by the report that a horse had been burned in the conflagration, but investigation proved the report erroneous. No insurance was carried on either barn or contents, the barn being valued at 8350, and the damage is estimated at 8300. Mr. Gilpen’s loss is probably close to 8100. The fire burned with great rapidity and had not the number two company arrived on the scene as soon as they did the conflagration of the day before might have been repeated with even greater damage to the surrounding property. The cause of the fire is unknown. O n QUEER RACE ON AT COLUMBUS. Columbus, Ohio. May 12 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —With two legislative boodling probes under way here today, an unusual race is on. The grand jury is trying to indict the legislators while the legislators are trying to bet before the senate committee to confess. If they do so before indicted they will be immune from prosecution. o■ ■ — Dr. J. M. Milier, secretary of the county board of health, and Dr. H. E. Keller, secretary of the city health board, returned Thursday afternoon from the annual state meeting of the county boards of health held at Indianapolis from Tuesday to Thursday of this week. The sessions were held at the Claypool hotel, Indianapolis, and

presided over by Dr. J. N. Hurty, state board secretary. Many excellent speakers were on the program, and there were given out to the authorities of each county instruction* pertaining to the health regulations of the new law, which will in turn be given out through the press by the county health board officer. Dr*. Miller and Keller returned Thursday from Indianapolis with Sam Laman, of the Laman & Lee hardware store, who, with Vaughn Murray, went to Indianapolis to bring back two automobile* for the sales department of the Laman & Lee store The trip back with the two automobiles was a very pleasant overland ride. - , p— - GLASS SUIT CASES. For Fullenkamp's Ready-to-Wear Department. The Fullenkamp store has placed its order for eignt large mahogany finish glass cases for its suit department. which will greatly add to the convenience and advantage of this department. The cases will be eight feet long and there will be eight ot them, the same to be placed down one side of the long suit room They will keep the suits dust-proof and at the same time allow of their display to the best advantage. The cases will arrive about May 25th and will be installed at once. The ready-to-wear department of this store is growing rapidly and the store is prepared to meet the growth that promises more. The general G. A. R. and W. R. C. committees appointed some time ago to arrange for the general celebration of Memorial day, May 30th, met at the G. A. R. hall Thursday evening and outlined the program for the day's celebration and appointed committees to carry out the same. Those who met Thursday evening were: From the G. A. R. —D. K. Shackley. J. D Hale, J. R. Parrish, D. N. Helm and S. B. Fordyce: from the W. R. C — Mrs. B. W. Sholty, Mrs. Tom Mallonee. Mrs. Morris Hayes, Mrs. John Williams, Mrs Joe Helm The committees were appointed to look after the decorations, vocal and martial music, flowers, speaker, march and every detail of the elaborate order of exercises outlined The full program. the line of march, etc., will be published in a few days. The celebration this year promises to be one wholly fitting for the worthy event. o-- — - The Ward Fence company is at present doing the greatest business in its history, and are constantly arranging to look after more. Each month this year has Deena record-breaker, exceeding any thing before. The March business was expected to hold the record but April cleaned it up. During that month the company shipped 1,197 orders, the goods going all over the world, and this month shows a continuance of the rush. The company has just completed an addition at their plant in the west part of town worth mentioning, having added to the loading shed and ware room additional space under roof. 16x200 feet, making a total area in this room of 16x300 feet. Arrangements for some new machinery are being made and the growing business will be taken care of. A large number of men find employment at the factory', which runs the year around and a large part of the time a night shift is used. 8080 ITEMS. The Epworth League of the Methodist church is preparing for special services to be held on next Sunday and elaborate arrangements relative to the same are now being made There j will be a special program, both during, the day and evening and a most inter- 1 esting and profitable meeting is as-; sured. Two district officers will be I present for the evening service and a cordial invitation is extended the pub-j lie to be present at both services. On Tuesday evening and continuing for the remainder of the week evangelistic services will be held and a new minister will be in charge of the services each evening. These meetings always draw large crowds and much spiritual benefit is derived by the many who attend. Rev. Brown is on the sick list, suffering with a severe cold, which requires close attention and doctoring After a two years' illness from cancer of the stomach, death came Thursday to Mary Barkley, widow of Elias Barkley, and mother of ex-Trustee John A. Barkley of Union township, at the home of her son, Joseph, in Monroe township, Allen county, where she had spent the last years of her life. The greater part erf Mrs. Barkley’s life was spent in Union township, this county, where she was widely known and beloved. Mrs. Barkley s maiden name was Mary Clem, she being the daughter of Noah Clem. She was boro in Champaign county, Ohio, but came here with her parents in 1840, where

she had spent the remainder of her life She was married October 16. 1856, to Elia* Barkley, who passed away in 1903. She I* survived by the following children: John A., Jerry, Will, Joe and Jame*. Two daughters have preceded her in death, they being Mr*. Elizabeth Miller and Mary, the latter dying when but seven years of age. She also leaves four brothers and five *i*ter*. They are Jacob Clem. Oregon; John of New Haven; Jose; ■ Clem, of Monroeville; Joshua Clem, of Colorado; Margaret Marsh, of Arkinsas; Nancy Graham, of Van W< rt county, Ohio: Susan Baker, of Allen county: Elizabeth Martin, of Missouri: Isabelle Clem, making her home with her brother, Joseph. The funeral was held Saturday morning at o'clock from the East Liberty I church, the Rev. Snyder, pastor of the U. B. church of Monroeville officiating Burial will take place in the I. O. O. F cemetery at Monroeville. Mrs. Barkley was born April 7. 1836. snd at death was seventy-five years, one month and four days of age. MISS DROPPLEMAN SICK. Mrs. Droppieman Left at Noon to be at Her Bedside. Word was received Friday morning by Mrs. Theodore Droppieman from Jeffersonville. Ind., stating that her daughter. Miss Sylvia, who had gone there several weeks ago to vts’t with her aunt. Mrs. Mary Broach., owing to her illness, had also taken sick on last Monday with stomach and nervous ailments, and was in a very serious condition, and for her to come at once. Mrs. Droppieman left on the noon train and stated that she would write her mother concerning her daughter s condition upon her arrival there. — —o— ABOUT THE COURT HOUSE. Very little is doing about the ‘ temple of justice " except the Blue Creek ditch case trial. The court house square fountain is being repaired under the direction or T. H. Ernst, who is getting it ready for operation next week. Among the improvements will be a coat of paint in the inside basin. M. Kirsch, secretary of the German Reformed congregation, filed with the county recorder a notice of the election of Fred Mutchler trustee for three years, the election being May 7th. Notice of the acceptance of Charles Bruce Niblick, who was recently adjudged insane, was received late Thursday afternoon by County Clerk J. P. Haefling from the authorities of Easthaven asylum at Richmond, and arrangements to take him to the asylum will be made at once. STEAMER MERIDA CUT IN TWO. (United Press Service.) New York, May 12—(Special to the Daily Democrat! —A wireless dispatch received today states that the W ard liner steamer Merida, carrying 187 passengers, bound for Yukatan, was cut almost in two and sunk off Cape Charles today by the United Fruit company * steamer, the Admiral Farragut. All on board were transferred to the Farragut and that boat ha* started for Norfolk. Mr*. B. J. Terveer and daughter Mrs. Charles Voglewede, left at noon for Fort Wayne to pay a visit with Miss Emma Terveer, who on Wednes day underwent an operation at the St. Joseph hospital. Although somewhat improved, her condition is not what they and the physician would wish, she at times having very high fewer and is also very restless. The night was somewhat tiresome, but toward morning she rested easier, but is still very weak. A change to the better is looked for today by the doctor and those in charge. Mrs. J. T. Baker of west of the city, who has been suffering from tuberculosis, and whose condition is very serious, was worse this morning. Thursday morning she was also worse, but remained during the afternoon and evening. P. H. Wagner and children, Lawrence and Dolores, went to Ft. Wayne this afternoon to call on Mrs. Wagner at the St. Joseph hospital. Mrs. Wagner was operated upon some time ago and is getting along very well. The condition of Lase Ellis is still encouraging to the members of the family and today he was resting better than at any time before. Althougn far from being out of danger, he is doing remarkably well and the doctors now believe he has a fairly good chance to recover. Bernard Terveer, an employee of the Old Adams County bank, is quite sick at his home from a sick spell which overtook him last evening. Though

.omewhat better today he *«enable. to be at hi* duties at the bank. | Word from Indianapolis is that Miss Winifred ElHngham, who ha* be nuite »ick the past two weeks, 1* now much better and it I* thought that she " 1U get along very well henceforth. The Rev. G. H Myers, who wa* to have conducted the Sunday morn ng preaching service at the Presbyteran church, has been obliged to can e the engagement on account of a relapse of iong iliti*. Rev Myers ha* been suffering from this the past two weeks and had recovered sufficiently o be about, when he suffered this relapse Fay. little daughter of Mr. and Mrs Rob Fritainger of east of the city, has been sick with bronchial pneumonia for the past few days, but her condition is not critical. Miss Gertrude Moses, who has been in Chicago for several weeks, taking treatment for rheumatism, is still at St Luke’s hospital, and shows improvement. which, though slight as yet. is encouraging because It is the first improvement that has come in her various trials for relief in this disease. REV. B. RUF IN ACCIDENT. Rev. B. Ruf of the Reformed Orphans’ home, while practicing piloting his new car, ran down a young woman at the corner of Clinton and Columbia street shortly before 3 o’clock Friday afternoon. She was not seriously injured. but Rev. Mr. Ruf took her to the office of Dr. Kruse, where she was given medical attention. She gave her name as Miss Herbert. She is from out of the city.—Fort Wayne Sentinel. Rev. Ruf Is the father of Mrs. L. C. Hessert of this city. It is settled, and it seems almost too good to be true, after the many years of hard knocks, of up-hill working, of everlasting plugging, to make a factory out of the automobile plant. The knocker wno said It would fail was wrong. The pessimist has lost out. The optimist and the fellow who knew it would win out is to have his day. Messrs. Brackett and Bernard arrived home this morning from Boston and New York, where they met the several capitalists who have been interested in the local plant for several months. There plans were made that mean a big factory for Decatur, and to show you that there is absolutely no bluff about the statement we are authorized to say that the architect is now at work on the plans for a building, an addition to the present factorv which just doubles its size. The plans will be approved at a meeting of the stockholders to be held in this city in a few days, after which the contract will be let immediately and the addition will be ready for occupancy within sixty days. Just as rapidly as possible the output will be increased to fifteen cars a week, and within a month or so they will be turning out two cars a day. The company has also negotiated for and practically purchased a tract of ground. 100x170 in Boston where they will at once build a large sales room and general distributing warehouse, for the New England States. New York and Connecticut. The main offices, the factories and everything connected with the manufacture and general sale of the Decatur truck will remain here for time without end. The truck is the most wondreful one, the best in every way on the market today and its future means the constant increase of the factory here. This improvement is but the beginning, for each season for years to come will find a necessity for improvement. The factory has passed the experimental stage. Watch her grow! To the skeptical one who way think can say that when the new building is completed, the machinery installed, the office and sale force organized, the plant will employ at least seventy-five men at good wages. Gee Whiz! Don’t it all sound good!! GOLLMAR BROTHERS' Buster Brown, Little Nemo, Happy Hooligan and Foxy Grandpa, would certainly make a great quintette, at least, so the Gollmar Brothers, think, and they back their opinion by paying notorious mischef-makers a large sum to travel with the Gollmar Brothers' circus. These grotesque characters have been impersonated on the stage, with satisfactory results. A great, deal better opportunity will be given them to display their eccentric disposition on the ten-acre exhibition grounds of the Gollmar Brothers' circus. Happy Hooligan and Foxy Grandpa will be very conspicuous about the Gollmar tents thi* year, and, with Little Nemo and Buster Brown and thirty-five other jesters to assist them, a very funnv t.me is expected. Another laughable clown stunt will be an ostrich hunt with a comical clown as Colonel Theodore Roosevelt

.The South African ostrich hu nt will> for convenience, take place on the gwrat hippodrome track of the Oolb mar Brothers show, and It will prove to be the most comical burlesque ever seen under canva*. Then little Buster Brown and hl* "pup"have a lot of u in . ay stunts, along with the jolly crowd of other funny clown*. Gollmar Brother*' circus win ( . er , taJnly furnish plenty of genuine and innocent fun for the patrons of that circus when it exhibits In Decatur on next Thursday, May 18th. Melchcrtr Murer, a well known man residing just across the Wells-Adams lite, is dead at hi* home east oj Vera Cruz from injuries received through the kick of a horse Saturdaj morning, and from which he suffered terribly several day*. The Bluffton News give* the following account jq detail. ‘‘Saturday morning, while about his milking he passed in the rear of a horse, a young mare colt, and for some reason the animal lashed out with both feet and struck him a terrible blow in the abdomen and groin. He was unconscious for several hours but finally recovered sufficiently to drag himself to the house, where he was found by employees of the Vera Cruz Milk Condensory, who invest!gated the cause of his non-appearance at their factory, as had been hi* custom each morning. It was necessary to resort to heroic measures in his behalf as he had been terribly injured All the physician's efforts were of n<. avail, however, and his death came this morning. “Mr. Murer was born in Switzerland He came to America with two broth ers and has been a resident in the community just east of Vera Cruz for the past twenty years. He was a bachelor and lived alone on a thirty cie farm, where he had a number of w.s, and sold milk to the condensory in ad dltMl to farming. He was about fiftyfive years of age. The only relative? surviving m this country are tw brothers, Fred Murer, of Berne, ami John Maurer of North Dakota. He has several sisters and other relatives re siding at the old home in Switze;laed. PASSENGERS DON OT CHANGE From One Car to Another at Men mouth—Only the Crews. Owing to some general misundwstanding it would be well to state here that the passengers on the intern:! a.: between here and Fort Wayne arc :i>: required to change from one car to another at Monmouth. Only the crews of the two cars change there The one crew that operates between here and Monmouth changes to the car t .it comes from Fort Wayne and accompanies it from Monmouth here, and the crew that operates between M nmouth and Fort Wayne ch n-" ' ' ‘ car that comes from De t r • ' companies it to Fort Wa; • e. running on through. LIQUOR HABIT CONQUERED No more misery Get rid of \ the drink h- -tln 3t' 1 After bein-.rr mkK er W &nd provL : »”* into posse Remedy for < alcoholism • who wants getting r ot tie awful ' % A so, losing n a ;“ fc* enjoyi n g life bett<' r ever before. Marvelous suer cm. Saft?,l£ SS2S3IDRINKEBS SE6RETIV SUES If • perton w addlcU-d so strongly nr- ■ • j has lost desirs so be rescued, he can tie tr.-uea •ecretly; will become disg-nsted with rd r taste of liquor. Lesions of testimonials veritying genuineness of my Method. Joyous WJ” for drinkers and for mothers, wires, etc . contained in my Book. Mailed, piu n free. K«ep thia adv. or pass It on -* d EDW. J.woobs, 634*lith*»„ 206A Nestor* * '• R-vssk taxboj Wk Vft, jo to* v HIM 9M M|k paw zodsd T© > Xp' * n ’ etn, ' H ■oqo ‘UTpoq v - •T»d rmj ‘w*sd eplare* lOJ WfcjT •btnnfOA efSat* eiqtsv®®B- - jnoqs noX IPI •M«n°P notn< aI ® JI’H Xpeon i«oo '«uou«Jri«niU '•08b<I OOLZ ‘spJOAi OOCOOT pjp.'-tHT OtR qvM XJBUono’CI •jpoq apnis « nj «tp9doiuAuu3[ nV jo pie® Xjoao sjoaod •Xjwqn OAtHnuoßinw u« P 9009999 pus qjfd eqt stn«“°iJ *sjvoX Ausui at -Ojp pe3pjjq*un M 9& H3ISO3M WVI**3W SHI AHVNOUDia riVNOUVNHSiN* -'S.HHISS3AX