Decatur Democrat, Volume 56, Number 22, Decatur, Adams County, 1 June 1911 — Page 5

s vacation, the trial of h E I'luc <' reek <litch ca,e was ,alten V )n In the circuit court before • EX‘ Judge “* H Hart(ord ot Eorl | fhrt K th. —— Sun- Irhe <*.«■ of Roae ** al v *'; Ice. ■irande E. Niblick et al., ejectment the Ed damages. has dismissed aud re E“ P ald ' wag dr, Ijohn W. Parrish flies current to- ■ rt in the matter of the guardianship ■ Anna E. Parrish et al.. which the Ke!- Kurt allows. Joy. H dav Bca'l B- Adaln * “ uaHfied as notary (Lie for another period of four ielr I Rea' <* ,a,e transfers: Alfred A. Ayand Hr* Royal L ' Ayer8 ’ 16 ° aCrM ’ UlUe do; Kreek tP > > 6 - 000 ’ “a ON. at | Drs. C. 8. and D. D. Clark of this Ing Kty and Dr. McOscar of Fort Wayne Mr Ktunted Monday afternoon from Vera ow Krw- where thlß morTllng at 8:30 Kci° fk they i ,er f° rine<i a succesßfu i Kperation upon Mrs. Tobias Steffen. re, K well known ,ady of that place The ge Eperation was for umbilical hernia of E. #ine years’ standing and it is thought ter Ee operation will effect a perfect ds- Eure. Miss Harshbarger is the train-, tre nurse in attendance. ISB ° 'bo E Distracted over family troubles, the tie Esi'l’ aren ' estrangement of his wife and Eaughter’s affection, Howard Parker, he E>? ed tbout twenty-nine years. Sunday ng at 12 o'clock, took his little ss Ethree year-old daughter, Leah, whom Ebe loved to distraction, to the buggy j Eshed, placec the loop of a rope about j ot Eh? r baby neck, and shoved her little ' E'hody into supposed eternity, then' another rope hanged himself by ■ her side. Mrs. 1 arker, fearing some id E thing was wrong, went to the stable re W i t hin a few minutesSHRDLUSHRD id ■ y ar d a few minutes later and entering ■ ■the wagon shed was horrified at the II terrible sight, which met her eyes. ty KI The father had not done his intended le work very well, as the loop had work11 ed upward, allowing the child to con--11 tinue breathtag, and her legs were II still working convulsively when the 11 mother entered the shed. She quick--11 ly lifted the child to the wagon, loosII ened the rope and carried her to the D house. A physician was summoned 11 from Monroe and the child revived, s- ■ Word from the Parker home this a morning was that little Leah, who was | I three years old this month, was able e ■ to play about the house and it is not 11 believed any serious results will fol- ' low. s Neighbors, who arrived soon, took I I the lifeless body of Mi Parker down. • So far as his life was concerned, he ■ I bad succeeded in bringing it to a KI close, and life was no doubt extinct | I when Mrs. Parker entered the shed. I I as there was no longer signs of the I I struggle for breath that would come I I naturally. It is said that Mr. and I I Mrs. Parker had been having consldI I erable trouble, and had not been get- ■ I ling along as peaceably as is necessary | I for happiness in a household. They I I had quarreled Sunday morning, and it I I is presumed that Mr. Parker deterI I mined to die, and to take the little | girl whom he almost worshipped, with ■ him. He was a well known young man Ila hard worker, and wen liked by ■ many who knew him He was a son of I W. H. Parker, Who formerly lived in I Hine Creek township, but later moved I to this city, where he engaged in the I real estate business, later moving to I Van Wert county. The deceased young I man was born July 4, 1883, and was I therefore hi his twenty-ninth year. He I was married November 10, 1905, to I Rilla Riley -of Blue Creek township, I and they made their home on a small I farm owned by Mrs. Parker's mother. I Parker did labor wherever he could I find ft and at one time was employed I by Juttws Haugk in his stone qwarI ries. Mt. Haugk speaks of him as a | splendid yon’'" man, well informed I and inteniger... The widow and the | 'One daughter survive. I o — I A serious accident was averted by | a narrow margin Monday afternoon I in which the twelve-year-old son of I Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Robinson, a farmer I living south of town, might have fig- ■ ured conspicuously. The boy 'had I been riding his wheel and later had I stood it against the curb in front of I the Holthouse. Schulte & Company's I store. When he returned to get his • wheel he stepped on the pedal, gnd I with a spring, common to all riders, ■ sent the wheel spinning towards the IB . center of the street. An interurban I far was Coming from the north, and I was nearly to him. Back of him came an automobile, driven by Mr. Barnard, ' salesman 'for the Decatur Motor Car company, and not being able to see the boy on account of an intervening wagon, ran into the gap and the boy, w’ho had made the spring just at the

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time he was caught by the machine and thrown to the street. No one can be blamed for the accident, as all were exercising ordinary precautions and the meeting of the two could not be foreseen. The boy received a scalp wound, about two inches long, on the back of his head, and aside from a few bruises, was not hurt otherwise. He had a very narrow escape from serfous results as the wagons, automobile and car made it impossible for him to get away once he had started the wheel. He was taken into the Holthouse Drug company's store, where proper attention was given the wound and he was sent home on his wheel. M i 8080 M. E. MEMORIAL. Rev. W. J. Myers Delivered the Day’s Address. The Memorial day exercises at Bobo Sunday were well attended. Rev. W. J. Myers delivered a splendid address to the soldiers and relatives. Th* church was decorated beautifully in red, white and blue crepe paper, with bunting, flags and flowers. In all it was a fine service. There will be preaching at Pleasant Mills Thursday by Rev. Kohn. Friday by Rev. Frants and Saturday Rev. Beatty will have charge of the sacrament service. Saturday afternoon at 2:30 will be the first quarterly conference and Saturday evening will be our first quarterly meeting. The week day services at 8 o’clock, sun time. We invite the public to worship with us.

Address.

During the days of the civil war, the Rev. H. Theo. Wilken, who has for over a quarter century served in charge of the St. Mary’s church here, was a government carpenter, and as such was sent with a number of comrades to Nashville, Tenn., where he worked for some time in the building of hospitals and barracks. Recently he decided to re-visit that place and the following written by himself, tells the story in his own words: It had been my desire to see Nashville, Tenn., once more after fortyseven years’ absence, so I carried out my wish on May 18th last. Great was my surprise at the changes. Forty seven years ago we landed at the old depot near the Cumberland river and were hurried into a high bujlding with many rooms, and in it we met with more bed-bugs than rebels in Nashville. That old depot is gone now and replaced by a grand one further up in the city. I did not know Nashville again, and all traces of our former work, the building of barracks and hospitals, were gone. Even the capitol looked to me as having been moved, but the interior was at once famil- ' iar to me. I was happy to hear that now there is perfect harmony between the southerners and northerners, and that 'Old southerners willingly admit that the result of the civil * war was a benefit to them. On returning home in broad daylight, J passed through the cemetery north of Nashville, where those fallen in the last battle of ’Nashville were buried. ; Thousands of white slabs marks their graves. Although the cemetery’ kept nice and clean, it was a sad reminder of fey-gone days. REV. H. THEO. WILKEN.

Decoration Day—Memorial DayMay 30, 1911—There was surely the i unconscious jf not-expressed wish for ! weeks that this day would dawn fair, ' beautiful and golden in sunshine, that the day might beiftven over in unbounded fullness to the decoration of the graves of Hie departed heroes and in other wayscof tribi te to them; yet, when a slow and gentle rain began Monday night, and -gave promise of continuing through the day, there was not the great disappoimment felt that one would imagine—because behind the mists and rains was the implied, consoling thought that even nature was contributing to this day of tears and flowers, that she was weeping for the ones who had gkven their best for the upholding of her truest and best laws—and furthermore that from her tears would spring a bright rainbow of promise in the flowers and grasses and foliage in greater abundance that would make not one day a Decoration Day, but every day a Decoration Bay with its bountiful harvest and fruitage. Undaunted, the citizens, arizing early, put forth their best display of bunting and flags and from the porches of the homes and the windows of the business buildings there gleamed forth the colors of the red, white and blue—undimmed through the mist and the rain. In spite of the down pour, the valor and enthusiasm remained bright and the exercises of the day were carried out with very little change over that planned as usual.

The cities of the dead were peopled today with the living who took this method of paying tribute to the memory of those soldiers who have passed away, who gave the best part of their youth and vflor for saving the principles of their country. The G. A. R

and W. R. C„ in full assembly, gathered at the G. A. R hail at 9 o'cloc k In the morning, bringing with them a wealth of all the beautiful colors of the spring. These were made Into garlands, wreaths and other floral pieces, and committees sent with them to the Maplewood and St. Joseph cemeteries In the west part of the city where they were placed on the graves of the dead soldiers, the flags having been placed there some time before. Other members of the G. A. R. and W.R.C., then, headed by the City band, proceeded to the old Protestant and Catholic cemeteries in the south part of the city, where the same loving service was performed. This service over, they all repaired to the G. A. R. hall, where dinner was served and at 1 o'clock began the assembly of G. A. Rk, W. R. C„ Sons of Veterans and all other patriotic citizens at the G. A. R. hall, where a line of march was formed to the court house and the program of the day carried out in full. The march was a very inspiring one, as the veterans, with somewhat slower step than in the sixties, but with eye still shining and enthusiasm undimmed, kept step to the stirring music of the City band that lead the line. The court room was handsomely decorated with the American flag and with potted and cut flowers, and the audience was never so enthusiastic nor so large. The present commander of the Sam Henry Post, G. A. R., L. N. Grandstaff, presided and opened the meeting in a very impressive way, being assisted by D. K. Shackley as officer of the day. After the invocation by the chaplain, Alonzo Cherryholmes, came the impressive ritualistic service in full. T. R. Moore, adjutant, then read the orders from the headquarters for the observance of the day, following with the reading of Lincoln's address at Gettysburg. Adjutant Moore also read a report of the members of the G. A. R. who had passed away during the past year—from May 30, 1910, to May 30, 1911. There are seven of these brave ones who have responded to the "last taps” during the past year, to awake at the sound of the great reveille on the judgment day, they being: John Ault. Abner S. Parrish. James H. Smith. Godfrey Christen. George Raver. Smuel Shell. Ideutenant R. S. Peterson.

A very appropriate recitation was given by Mrs. Alice Freeh Funk, daughter of one of the veterans, and the song by the quartet, comprising D. W. Beery, J. Q. Neptune, E. E. Rice and J. C. Tritch, added much to the excellency of the program. At this stage in the service came one of much interest —that of the presentation of a badge to the oldest vet■eran present. The badge was one of the G. A. R. order and in a well worded speech by the commander, L. N. Grandstaff, was presented to Randall Sprague, who last August arrived at the eighty-third year of his life, to the youngest member of the order, John Williams, who is sixty-two years of age, being delegated the honor of pinning the badge on the breast of the gallant veteran. Mr. Aaron DeVinney who was eighty-two last August, has the honor of being the second oldest The address of the afternoon was : delivered by the Hon. J. C. Moran, one of the attorneys of this city, who Is an orator of note, the address being given in full in another pant of this issue. It abounded in sti 11 ing thoughts and was one of great eloquence and inspiration. Another song by the quartet, followed by short talks by various ministt?rs present, closing with the grand national hymn, “America,'" ecmcJnSed service in the court room. "The line of march was then formed te.fre cenotaph which had been placed on the Niblick lawn just south of the mart house. This oenotapfc cantata all the names of the soldiers whose deaths occurred during the war and many of whom lie in unknown and unmarked 'raves. The monument was placet! at the head of an imitation grave, and cn the cenotaph were plated wreaths in their memory, the G. A. R. conducting the services, as well as the W. R. C., the latter decorating the grave, passing in line and dropping thereon their floral tribute. This is a very impressive service in memory of those who, having gone down in unknown and unmarked graves, would be remembered on this day in no other way than in the hearts of their immediwte loved ones. Then came the tribute to the naval heroes. This service was held at the Monroe street river bridge, where bouquets were cast upon the running waters and carried out to the seas to strew the watery graves of those who lost their lives therein. Commander L. N. Grandstaff cast the first bouquet, then a member of the Sons of Veterans, then the W. R. C. members, who conducted their special ritualistic service for this event. The line of march to the river bridge was formed at the court house lawn, comprising many hundreds of

veterans, sons of veterans, Women's Relief Corps members, school children, and citizens in general. The following was the line of march to the bridge: Form on Third street, right resting on Adams street; east on Adams to Second street; north on Second to Monroe; east on Monroe to river bridge. Services by W. R. C. for naval dead. Then march west on Monroe to Fourth; south on Fourth to Jefferson, where parade is dismissed. ORATION OF THE DAY. (By Hon. J. C. Moran.) It is well that on the forty-third anniversary of the founding of this day by the Grand Army, that we lay aside our work and our cares and together, with our wives, our children, our grandchildren, and our friends, gather around the sleeping dust of the beloved comrades, bedew their graves with our tears, strew them with flowers in memory not only of what good and brave men they were but what they did to keep our flag in the sky, that for which it stands should not perish from the earth; and as w*e scatter flowers on the graves, of the esteemed comrades let us not forget the faithful wife who walked so long by their side,, who has finished life’s work: nor the gray-haired father and mother who gave these noble sons to their country, when every day was a day of carnage and every hour was an hour of death; but they died not in vain. No grave of a comrade should be neglected and none forgotten, feeble though many of you are, the people of the land stand with out stretched hands to aid you ere your sun goes down. This day should not be a day of merriment. We deplore its desecration by the unthinking who are unmindful of the fact that they enjoy ' the blessings of our noble dead, secured to them, and are sdrry that there are any who disregard its sacredness. The purpose of this gathering this afternoon is to reflect and comment upon the valor and heroic deeds of the honored dead who died on the 'field of battle and likewise to comment upon the living who participated in these glorious struggles for freedom and independence, not freedom alone in name but freedom in reality. In 1861 the destruction of our government was threatened on account of slavery. At once as if by magic, there was created an army and navy, the largest and best the world ever knew, to meet and overthrow on land and sea the enemies of our flag; over two million gallant soldiers were plac-

ed in the field of battle and the coast • of the continent was blockaded with ships, and with these was put down, one of the fiercest and most gigantic ' rebellions known in history. The war ' really began with the bombardment of Fort Sumter on April 12, 1861. For thirty-four long hours nineteen batteries rained shot and shell against I the fort. Major Anderson’s supplies of t food and ammunition became exhaust- : ed and he was forced to surrender. 1 Thereupon Lincoln called for seventy- ! five thousand volunteers which was • responded to, so that by the summer ■ of 1861 the union forces numbered ■ one hundred and eighty thousand. ( ; Men of all ages volunteered; some of • them were mere boys wto had never > been away from home, axsc then began , a series of battles unaparalled in his-1 > story. ; ■ The battle of Bull Run resulted in a 1 victory for the Confederates. In- ; stead of discouraging the people of the north it aroused them to new and greater effort and then followed some of the greatest baukes known; there • was the battle of Stniloh, the Seven I Days Battle in and about Richmond, I the three days’ battle of Gettysburg, the deadly struggle at the battle of 1 the Wildnerness, where in less than. I ten minutes ten thousand union sol- ■ >diers were slain; there was Phil Sher-‘ > Lilian’s brilliant dasli at Winchester. ■ the battle above the clouds, Antitum, and Sherman’s march the sea, which were some of the decisive battles and conflicts of the late rebellion. j Anti in all of those conflicts the gallantry of the union soldier was unsurpassed. The surrender of Loe ended t!:<» great contest which cost a half million of lives. In the hot flame and white heat c.’ this war was melted the chains an 1 shackles of more than four million o” slaves aiwl made them free and every one of them. In the rich, red blood fef the soldiers with sword and bayonet was written into the constitution the amendments which made this a government free in fact as well as in name, wherein all men are equal and every one is free. These battles were not fought that I men might have war as a business, nor were they fought that one man . might kill his neighbor, but back of all • this was the principle of freedom and ( the love of country and if principles of j this character were not Involved, you could not have fought as you did. The hired Hessians of the Revolution, sol- ' diers of European countries, who are 1 paid to fight, could not have accom- ]

pltehed nor withstood the awful on- 1 slaught and the hardships that our 1 soldiers withstood. The patriotic 1 thrill and love of country only comes to those who have been well govern- I ed: and in those countries In which e they rule their subjects with an iron t hand they are not thus defended. In f a republic such as ours every citizen c is a soldier. t We paid a high price for our herlt- t age and we should ever bear in mind c the brilliancy of the soldier living and t dead, and that while peace hath its I victory no less renowned than war t the price of liberty is eternal vigilence f and we have battles to fight In time of I peace as well as in war, and every j one who protects himself beneath the v shelter of the flag should so regard q himself a soldier; that the great war- 1 fare between the strong and the weak. <] between the oppressed and the oppfes-' v ser, between capital and labor, is a I continuing warfare, that it is not so s much the question of shorter hours or y longer hours and the making up of a 51 day, but that humanity must learn' g that the man who labors and toils g must be fully recognized, socially and c every other way; that we cannot in r a free country have the vassal and t the king, and we must all recognize t that conscience is as paramount in the administration of government and g the controlling of society as it ever p was. It is not enough that man should g defend his own rights but he should 1 j stand sponsor for the rights of his p neighbor. The relation that one man { bears to another was never laid down £ with more accuracy and precision than £ by the lowly Nazarene, when the Jew- j ish lawyer asked the Master what he 1 ; should do to be saved, and in that j ' philosophy which stands ufichalleng- j ed, and that which is as fresh and in-1 spiring today as when utterd centur- ( les ago, he said: 1 “Love God above all things and thy'; t neighbor as thyself,” and again when 1 • interrogated as to who our neighbor was he answered in the pe-ahle s~ s pl. a and simple that he who runs t may rc“c the t'ery cf f’.e frc~. 5 Jc ice, who iell U..olihe rcb er :. 1 zlnd now »u <Ol. ?1 s on. ... t :..i say t tint tue tolt.ie- w.. 0 died f.i:.t b.L---1 ec. ntry might live and those who 1 1 ve.e v tiling to die ir de'en ? of tl:< ir s country shouL. neve, -e .c.g-y-—• — while we pry honor '■•■r -eble ’ea'’ - we should 1 hewise ray b'gh tribute f to the Uv ng soldier bis vile ar ! to t’. e wives of our nol le dead. We ’ ■. a high trite of rc3"e<t to those r dr. - , Mry 25, 1911, bv Bev. Cbarle? d E Shle at the Presly...'ar: church r'j •’C'-’r. L... e •' •’ ’- “Them that I’or.o me I wiii honor,

aud they that despise me shall be rightly esteemed.”—l Sam. 2:30. , Os all the qualities that enter into the making of a noble character, and of all the possessions we may have in life, no one thing is more highly prized by every right-thinking man than his honor. In defense of the nation’s honor you who wear the blue went forth to suffer and to die. When President Lincoln on April 15, 1861, Issued his call for 75,000 volunteers, history tells us he said it was to maintain the honor, the integrity, and the existence of the national union. Nothing so quickly stirs the right--1 eous indignation of any person as to • have their honor questioned. And grand organizations, the Grand Army , and the W. R. C. •I. I know of no higher tribute to be paid to the remaining soldiers of the ■ rebellion than for our government to ’ j give us more liberal pension law's and i increased pensions to the surviving 1 j soldiers and to the widows of our no- ! ble dead, so that they may be well taken care of in their declining years. In a tew more years none of the sol- ■ diers of the civil war will be with us, > you have grown old, but we will not only demember your brilliancy while - you live, but when you are dead. (Memorial sermon, delivered SunyeS. no matter how clean the record Bf the 'past "eternal vigilance is the • price of success” if we would keep our records clean to the end of our days. ■. As with individuals, so with govern- ' meats, both local and national. The ' errors of some and the unprincipled conduct of others may be quite enough to call in question the honor of tiie city, state or nation. Ohio protects liw fair name at the expense of sending some of her sons to the pen for twenty-year periods, and disfranchising many others for a shorter time. Our own city will ere long want to know’ if the business prosperity we are said to enjoy is really worth the price we are compelled to pay in depraved morals and debauched meh. Official records show that during the sixty-one days of April and May, 1910, I four men were committed to the Adams county jail, all for drunkenness. But during the forty-one days from , April 13th to May 24th, this year, no 1 less than twenty-seven persons were committed to the same jail—eighteen for drunkenness and most of the others for vagrancy, the fruit of drunkenness. Six and one-fourth times as ( much business (for the sheriff and the ] police courts) in two-thirds as much 1

•me. But, how about our city’s honor a year ago and now? Has that increased in the same ratio? Today as ever, honor is the most highly-prized possession of any person or group of persons. The individual must exercise eternal vigilance for its protection, and the community, or the nation, must ever be on their guard least the base and the immoral undermine it. The war of the 60’s is over and won. The nation is united, the black man is free and equal with his white brother. It cost millions in money and millions in men to settle forever that awful struggle. Gettysburg can never be erased from the pages of America’s history, for it is written with the blood of 46,000 men. The blacks are free from the shackles of slavery, but how about our children and grandchildren. Are they, will they, be free? What a relief it would be if some assurance could be given us that in the years to come our nation's honor would ever be held sacred? Such assurance is held out to us in the language of the text. It hinges on one . condition only. “Them that honor me I will honor.” It is a promise from the God of men and nations. To be honored of God, and that means to be divinely guided that the world too shall honor us, we need first only to honor God. Is not this the cheapest, safest, and best insurance against the possible destruction of our nation’s honor? It .will eliminate at least a part of ,the cost of naval academies and dreadnaughts, standing armies and sham battles; it will protect coming generations against degeneracy and vice; it will insure the nation's future; and to the very end of time it will protect her honor. The Rev. Ehle then drew illustrations from history to show how that in forgetting God and disregarding his teachings, several nations had decayed and ceased to exist. In contrast with this it was shown that as a nation our reyubl'c has God from its very beginning and is today "the tigrc’t thins <n tr > of the globe." Continuing he said: Why did there members of the Grand Army of the Republic go forth from home and 'comfort to battle and death? To aid the_down-trodden; to help the oppressed. They thought not of what men ' might say or history record a half century hence. Let a cry go vp todaj for men to defend the helpless and nowhere under the shining sun will th.c'c be a mere unanimous response a.n— .a t ivcurd and to I-h«P our honor unspotted to the end of time, we need to make men feel the need of men loyal and true to the right always, fearless of the foe, men who will stand shoulder to shoulder in the great conflict against wrong. Cause men to see things as they are, and to fehl the need of a united, concerted action against the citadel of ■ sin and there will yet be a response equal to, or greater than, the response to Lincoln’s call for volun- ■ teers. They finally won the day be- ■ cause thev were on God's side and ’ fighting for the right. So eventually I 4 know not how soon or remote the ’ i time— eventually this new army of '' men, led by “the Captain of our salva- ’ tion,” conquering by the power 01 I love will win the day and their glad ' song of victory will shake the very gates of glory. All who took part in 5 this war of righteousness will re- ’ ceive a just reward, and because of ’ cur honoring him, God will protect > our nation’s honor, through genera--5 tions yet to come. 1 JOSEPH SLATTERY DEAD. Man Found 111 in This County Passes 1, Away. t Joseph Slattery, the aged man from e Dayton, Ohio, who was found sick in a barn near Linn Grove, and who was then taken to the Adams county infrmI- I ary and later to the St. Joseph hosd pital at Fort Wayne a week or so ago. e died at the hospital Monday* Morning r at 5 o’clock. The Fort Wayne Jour- ’• pal-Gazette says: “Joseph Slattery» b sixty-six years of age, died Monday e morning at 5 o’clock at the St. Jod eph hospital. Death was due m e plications. Surviving the (j ecease( j r are the widow, twq sons and one ’’ daughter, as follQW s . James Slattery, 8 Loraine, Ohio; Joseph Slattery, Alli- '' ance, Ohio, and Mary flflattery, the daughter, who arrived in this city : last evening to make arrangements [ for the removal of the body. The same will be shipped to Dayton, Ohio, 1 Wednesday.” 1 o— IN THE WAKE OF THE MEASLES. The little son of Mrs. O. B. Palmer. Little Rock, Ark., had the measles. The result was a severe cought, which grew worse, and he could not sleep. She says: “One bottle of Foley’s Honey and Tar Compound completely cured him and he has never been bothered since.” Croup,*whooping cough, measles cough all yield to Foley’s Honey and Tar Compound. The genuine is the yellow packagae always. Refuse! substitutes. The HolUiouse Drug go.