Decatur Democrat, Volume 56, Number 24, Decatur, Adams County, 15 June 1911 — Page 3

A large number of Red Men were preeent at the lodge quarters Wedneo- i day night, at which time the Red Men elected officers for the coming term. The degree was also conferred on several candidates and a social time en joyed. Delegates were elected to attend the great council to be held in Indianapolis next month and the proposition to have a home for the order was also discussed. The officers elect- * ed for the coming term were: Prophet, B. F. Breiner; sachem, Richard Helm; senior, George Kinzle; 1 junior, Anurew Moyer; representatives, Fred Blosser and Herbert Breiner; trustee, James Bain. This order has made great strides In the last year toward becoming larger, there being very few evenings 1 on which there was no degree conferred. Every member of the lodge is giving every effort to securing more members this year because of the proposed improvements, and also to make the order the largest, in numbers, in the city. Great success has crowned the efforts of the past term, and now the membership is hovering close to the two hundred mark. The principles of the order appeal to the working man, the clerk, or in tact any man who labors for a daily wage, and this class of men is rapidly seeing the advantages of an affiliation with an order and are being enrolled. M 11. A" — The meeting of the hr ary board last week was quite an important one.] the work of the year being gone over, the reports showing a most successful period. Mrs. E. J. Bailey, who was appointed by court a member of the library boarc, succeeding Mrs. L. G. Ellingham upon her resignation and removal <o Indianapolis, was elected to succeed her in office as vice president of the board, the other officers keeping their offices without change, as follows: President, Mrs. Elizabeth Morrison; secretary, H. B. Heller; treasurer, E. X. Ehinger. Other members of the board are Mrs. C. D. Lewton. M. Kirsch and T. C. Corbett. Among the new plans made, were those for a number of improvements at the library, including changes in the basement. The furnace arrangement is located on the south side of the library and it is necessary to haul the coal across the lawn at the rear to send it down a chute to this part of the basement. The new plans will include the enrargement of the basement, extending the excavation to the north half so that the coal supply can be gotten in from the alley at the side. The improvements will be made this summer. — -o Wednesday afternon at 3 o'clock a quiet wedding was neld in which the lives of Zeak Evans and Miss Ethel Stetler were united. The wedding occurred at the home of the groom’s father on Mercer street, only a few of the closest friends being present to witness the ceremony. Mr. Evans is the son of Mr. Steven Evans, and is a blacksmith by trade, working at the Mougey shop on Jefferson street. The young lady is the daughter of Homer and Emma Stettler and formerly resided in Pleasant Mills. This morning the young couple left for Monroe, where friends will meet them and conduct them to the farm of Mr. Evans’ sister, where they will «pend the remaining days of the week, returning here Saturday evening. The couple will go to housekeeping at once. Wednesday night friends of the young couple searched in vain for traces of them, being equipped with noise-making utensils of every description, but as one of the party said, ‘‘He must have seen them coming. They were unable to locate them and had to console themselves with promises of what would happen next Saturday night upon the arrival of the newly married couple upon their return trip. o —— A lecture by the Rev. F. C. Berger of Cleveland, general secretary of the ' Young People's Alliance, officially closed the two days’ joint district con-, ference of the Ministers and laiymen and the Young People’s societies of the Evangelical association. Rev. Berger will be one of the speakers during the annual state convention of the Indiana Sunday school association, which begins today in this city. A missionary conference was held Wednesday afternoon and addresses were delivered by the Rev. P. L. Browns of Waterloo; Rev. D. A. Caley, Berne. Rev. E. E. Miller, Markle, and Miss Alice Niederhouser, Defiance, Ohio. The ladies of the congregation of ; the Crescent Avenue church served i dinner and supper in the church par- , lors to all the visiting delegates. One of the important matters of the morning session resulted in the decision that herealiter the two associations will hold separate district conferences. The next meeting of the District Young People’s Alliance will ■^□KildreiTCry ~ FOR FLETCHER’S castoria

' be held at Portland. < Ihe election of officers for the Mln- 1 iatera' and Laymen's association was i held in the morning and resulted as i follows: President, Rev. J. J. Wise, ’ Fort Wayne; secretary, Ralph E 1 Browns, Waterloo; treasurer, Eli Haff- f ner, Portland; evangelist committee, 1 F. H. Hersh, Julius Yost. William < Mertz, L. A. Schmetzrled. and the I •church pastors of Kendallville, Port- I land, Van Wert, Huntington and Wa- 1 terloo—Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette. ( The Rev. D. O. Wise, pastor of the < local Evangelical church, is confer- i ence president of the Y. P. A. Many < i representatives of the local Evangelical church attended the convention. — o i Frederick Maurer, administrator, » filed sale bill in the matter of the es- i I tate of Melcholr Maurer, which the 1 , court aproved. i — ■ i Sarah A. Tindall, executrix of the i Henry Tindall estate, filed final re- i port and was discharged, the court ap- i proving the reports 1 I In the divorce case of Laura A. Foughty vs. Charles K. Foughty, an i application to modify the order of the . court respecting Russell Foughty was filed. A notice to the defendant was I ordered returnable on the first day of the next term. In the recent order made by the court the custody of Russel was given the defendant. i —_ I In the Michael Hoffman vs. Samuel Battenfield et al. quiet title case, a judgment and decree quieting the title of lands in the plaintiff was made by tßt court. The clerk is ordered to satisfy the mortgage of record. CARD OF THANKS, Alva Aurand and children take this Way of extending to the neighbors and friends their sincere thanks for the kindnesses extended to them during the Illness and gt the time of the death of their wife and mother. c *— A farewell party was given at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John A. Mumma for their grandchildren, Hattie and Homer Kern, who since the death of their mother have been living with their grandparents, but who will nowgo to Muncie to join their father. Eighteen guests attended the party and sped the two on their way with good wishes. Games were played, and there was music, with refreshments of ice cream and cake later. Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Busch most royally entertained at Sunday dinner Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Hendricks and son, McGee; Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Hofer and daughter, Martha. A good time was enjoyed by all. Although the writer was not present it is presumed a fine dinner was served and all enjoyed the occasion. The Ladies' Aid society of Monroe met on Thursday afternoon. June Ist, with Rev. and Mrs. Crafts, with quite a number present, and the attendance of several ladles other than the members of the society was noted. One was voted into membership into the society. Sister Crafts entertained most royally, serving ice cream and cake. The next meeting will be held with Mrs. Jesse Essex the first Thursday in July. Mr. and Mrs. Trank Strickler, southeast of Decatur, gave a delightfifi Tuesday evening party at their country borne. Singing, music and various gßmws were the chief features of the evening’s pleasures. Those present were Mr. George Strickler, Otis and Calvin Yost, Giles Porter, Chris Andrews. Virgil Springer, George Lord, Claude Harvey, Ruby Wynn, Floyd Shoaf, Roy Shoaf, Enoch Fairchild, Howard and Ralph Kdler, Grover Carver. 'Willie Gause, Rufus, Marion, Roy and Robert Case of Pleasant Mills, Didr Boch of Decatur, James and William St ri drier of Rockford, Calvin Myers, Ijee Hillard, Ralph and ' Frank Bolinger of Willshire, Medford ! Wynn, Gregg Brandyberry and Miles Detier, Misses Edna Durr, Mabel Hillard, Iva Harvey, Lilia and Lulu Teepie, Mary Myers, Ruble Harvey, Dale Payne, Velma Springer, Elma Payne, Laura Springer, Laura Wolfe, Birffie Wolfe and Perle Strickler a®d Mr. anfi Mrs. Frank Strickler. All returned to their homes at a late hour fully convinced that Mr. and Mrs. Strickler were royal entertainers. The wedding of Miss Beulah ( onnett, daughter of Mrs. Emma Dykeman. and Mr. Omar Kenyon of Birmingham, Ala., took place at 6 o'clock I last night at the bride's home on Eby avenue. Relatives and friends to the i number of fifty were guests at the ' wedding, which was followed by a I buffet supper. M'ss Eva Tinkham played the wedding march from ''Lohengrin" as the bride descended the stairs in her filmy gown of white. Embroidered chiffon over satin composed the robe, and her bouquet of bride roses and swansonla completed the girlish appearance of the bride. Smilax, palms and vases of roses and

carnations formed a pretty decoration ' I for the house. In the evening Mr. I * and Mrs. Kenyon left for the south,' 1 where they will make their home, i The bride has been popular in i her social circle and has had many ’ farewell parties given in her honor, t Mr. Kenyon was formerly a linotype j operator on the Journal-Gazette and i Is a young man of perseverance and t ability.—Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette, c Mrs. Dykeman and daughter, Miss 1 c Connett, were former residents of this I city and county, as was the groom,' i who is a son of C. M. Kenyon, former n editor of the Decatur Journal ! t — i v John Smith, who has just arrived at i the age of manhood, was fully aware 1 of the fact on Tuesday evening when 1 a number of his friends gathered at 1 his home north of the city and desired < to spend the evening with him. The i several happy hovs were whiled t away in playing ga nss and other < sports, wl l h afforded great I astime, . \ and the dav n ng of tbetv ty-first < birthday ot Mr. Smith will lo: % dwell i tn his mind. During the evening he < was presented with a be?.”': ul gold i ring from his mother, and ho also re- 1 < ceived many other pretty and usel i presents from the many present. A i delicious lunch was served the guests 1 bef< ro their departure for their re- i specti '■ homes. The invited guests . 1 were lost Hoffman, Bertha. Golda and' ■ Huldr Lammert, Dorothy Smith, ' Flora Hoop, Harold Roop, John Smith,' , Harold Butler, Herman Hoffman, Bert 1 ( Bailey :nd Carl Smith. The 9:50 car this morning was besieged with little folks—the members of the Sunday school class taught by Miss Alice Dailey—with a number of friends—bound for the pleasant grove near Monmouth, where they j spent the day picnicking. The party i included In part, Alta Teeple, Gladys Flanders, Genevieve Smith, Naomi Peterson, Fanny Heller, Rowena Shoaf, Mildred Strebe, Arbie McConnahey, Ruth Frislnger, Portia Thomas, Isabel Edwards. Naomi Meyers, Vivian Burke, Gladys Barone, Grace and Florence L'chtensteiger, Rachel Leav-1 ell, Cora Peck, Bertha Vogt, Thelma j and Dorothy Williams, Helen Everett, Naomi Van Camp, Mary Moses, Grace Shroll, Pauline Wolford and Hazel France of Columbia City. Invitations to the marriage of Miss Irene Laurer to Robert J. Miller of Fort Wayne were received by a num- j Rr of Decatur friends. Miss l,auer is quite well known here, having visited here a number of times. The wedding will take place on Wednesday moraing, the 21st of June, at St. Ma:y s church. — o — Ailing for morethan a year with Bright'* disease, which, however, as- 1 sumed a most serious phase only dur- j ing the last forty-eight hours, John ■ N. Kerr, one of the prominent farmers of Monroe township, died Wednesa •• _ _ A- Vl I n

day night at 10 o’clock at his home . three and one-half miles northeast of I Berne. Complicated with the Bright’s di-. sease was an abscess. Two days ago Mr. Kerr complained of a pain in one side es his face, and this was later found to be an abscess and lanced, his death occurring soon afterward, the serious phase of his illness extending only over forty-eight hours. Miss Kauffman, a trained nurse from Fort Wayne was called to attend the isl man during his last days. Mr. Kerr, | ;to whom was allotted only fifty-eix years, four months and fifteen days of this life, was born in Crawford coub- ' ty, Ohio, but in 1865, with his parents*, David H. Kern and wife, j settled in Monroe township, this coub tty, his entire life being practically ,: spent there, where he became a most influential and prominent man of as-1 fairs. He is survived by his wife and ■ three children —John R., who is mar-1 tied, and Lulu and Dessie Kerr. wh®i< reside at home. One son has preceded I the father in death. He also leaves i three brothers, but no sisters. The ' funeral was held Saturday morn- : ing at 9:30 o’clock, standard time, I from the home. The service was. t in charge of the Knights of Pythias . lodge. No. 389, Berne. .' Dr. J. N. Hurty. secretary of the < state board of health, Issues the fol-, : lowing statement on tte (extravagance ' of having unsanitary school houses: !i Os course all unsanitary conditions j 1 bring heavy expense in the form of j I sickness, ill health, disease and death.! 1 The loss of efficiency whteta attends ■ 1 sickness is very great. Indiana loses 1 greatly from •“sickness-inefficiency.'’ 1 The people of Indiana spend over $5,- 1 000,000 annually for doctors and over 1 $3,000,000 for medicines, and the doc-11 tors are preaching prevention to them f all the time. 'Yet, the people win! at i the ounce of prevention and keep up J the awful pound expenditure for o ire.' I This is a curious situation. When t Moses would preserve his people from <! preventable sickness, he did not talk e about the sorrow, weakness, suffering c and loss, which preventable sickness t brings and thus try to lead them to t self preservation: but instead he ap- I pealed to their religion and so be be- v

gan bls sanitary commands with: ( ‘‘Thus xaith the Lord." This cannot be done nowadays, and the only appeal left is io common sense and'self preservation. But this does not avail as one thinks it should. The forces which , prevent this appeal from bringing practical results are—irremovable ig- ' norance with Its accompanying conceit. apathy, procrastination, and the- i clutch-of-the-dollar with Its attendant i ideas of false economy. As avarice, 1 ignorance, apathy, procrastination I are all sins, It is not strange to find 1 them to be the cause of the sin of < unsanitary conditions, Os all unsan- 1 itary sins, the unsanitary school house Is the worst. This is true, because t little defenseless children are injured. 1 The school house which is not thor- i oughly ventilated with ample ventilat- 1 Ing ducts, or, which is not thoroughly and properly lighted, or, which is not i evenly warmed or kept clean, or ( which does not htr e C" ample supply i of pure water, or which has abomin- i able outhouses. Is a sin. It marks the i community in .vhlch It exists as ignorant, cruel and extravagant. Yet, such school houses are all over our , state. But wl at shall be said of those who oppose building sanitary school houses? We certainly cannot pro-, nounce them wise and practical, for they propose to continue conditions which cost like sin, condition" which bring ill health, disease and even death, upon little children. The said conditions also bring inefficiency upon teacher and pupils and the trxpayers do not get the value of the'r money. I In sanitary school house-, efficiency is so increased tb-t pupils need go only three years to accomplish as much as is done in four years in unsanitary school houses. This is a saving of 25 per cent, not to speak of the saving of doctors* bills, medicine and nurses' bills. The person who stands against building a new sanlte-y; r hocl house, saying “the people are rlrea-’y taxed to death," is to be pitj, j—»or he wants to send good money p ter tad, and he does not understand true economy. And let it here be said —the trustee whose only idea of ' economy is to spend less than his predecessor is a dangerous man. His leading idea should be how much more good he can do even if he is compelled to spend more money. It is estimated by the state board of health that—our failure to always ' surround school children with all of the conditions of health and efficiency, results in a loss of not less than $2,000,000 annually. In other words, give every school child a chance for his “white-ally of health,” and our annual school tax can be reduced 12,000,000. We hope the business men of the state will take hold of this matter and help secure this great saving. i o MILK DEALERS’ NOTICE, All persons holding a license to sell

milk and cream within the city of Decatur. Ind., are hereby notified that they must file certificates of examinations of their cow or cows before the 30th day of June, 1911, or their license will be cancelled. Respectfully yours, ( 135t5 H. E. KELLER. In three of the finest interurbap , cars belonging to the Indiana Union Traction company the State Democratic Editorial association left Indianapolis for a four-day trip through the northern part of the state, maikng stops at Peru, Warsaw, Goshen, Elkhart. South Bend, Laporte and Michigan City, returning home from the latter point on Sunday, Jene 4th. The cars in this service hath been especially fitted up for the party, combining every possible convenience. In no other manner would it be- possible to make such a trip and have the same ( momfort and cleanliness as can be afforded by the interurin.ii service—fl/-j ing across the country with wide-open windows, a cool breew blowing, seeing the best of the cities and towns through which they pass—absolute absence of dust and cinders and no annoyance to mar the iierfect pleasure ot such a ride. The trip itself was carefully select-1 eki as being one which would prob-! ably offer the greatest amount of pleasure for the time allowed start- > ing from the capital city northward,; through the counties of Marion, Ham-1 llton. Tiptoi Howard, Miami, Fulton, Koschißko, Elkhart, St. Joseph and Laporte, a distance ot approximately 400 miles for the round trip, -passing over the lines o' the Indiana Union Traction company, Indiananolls to Peru; the Winonr T-nterurban Railway, Peru to Goshen; -.’nd Chicago, South Bend and Northern Indian.'. Gnahei: to Michigan City, < n the cool shore of Lake Michigan. Ten years ago such a trip by trolley would have been impossible. Now there arc many trips of like distance and even trips cf much greater mileage ran be taken in the states of Indiana, Ohio, Illinois or Michigan, the four states that represent probably the greatest development o f interurban lines in like territory in the world When we look bad wards less

than a score of years and see the development that has come about during that time—the trolley being the great es* of all —we can in a measure grasp the Immensity and wonder what the next decade will bring However, the one live subject we know of now Is the interurban. The advent of the trolley has put life In dead communities, built new towns, and in fact no factor in the world's history can point to the rapid advancement in the up-1 building of the territory as has and ! Is being brought about by the interur ! ban; business, both mercantile and In ' dustrlal— society, education, and the' latter the greatest of all. The February Issue of "Forward!" the Commercial club publication of Indianapolis, featured the I. T. V. system and the interurban lines generally, entering Indianapolis. The article told of how the first interurban car entered the capital city eleven years ago, to be precise, on the first day of January, 1900. It was from Greenwood, eleven miles away to the southwest. Today there are, on an average, 47! traction cars In and out of Indiana; - oils each twenty-four hours—ap; roxi mately twenty to every hour of the twenty-four. This article states that fiction is outdone and romance is out-romanced in the wonderful story of interurban development in Indiana. Its end no one can fortell, and its past, present and future importance to Indianapolis is equally beyond the power of approximation. • There are nearly 16,000 people being carried in and out of Indianapolis every day on the interurban lines. An article by Will J. Dobyne, secretary of the Indianapolis Trade association, of a trip by The "Boosters" Club, over the same territory- as was made by the Editorial association, has this to say: Indianapolis the Hub. i ’ The numerous interurban lines radiating from Indianapolis traverse a great section of the state of Indiana. In this respect Indianapolis is like the hub of a wheel, the spokes representing the interurban lines. ' There are now six separate and dis tinct companies operating interurban lines in and out of Indianapolis. These are the Terre Haute, Indianapolis and Eastern, with 380 miles of track: the Indiana Union Traction company, 365 miles; the Indianapolis Columbus and Southern, 117 miles; the Indianapolis and Cincinnati, 108 miles; the Indianapolis, Crawfordsville and Western, 46 miles, and the Indianapolis, Newcastle and Toledo. 45 miles. The total mileage is 1,060. Directly contributory and running their own cars into Indianapolis, are four other lines, the Fort Wayne and Northern Indiana, the Winona Interur han, the Ohio Electric and the Leba 1 non and Thorntown, their mileage be ing respectively, 130 miles, 67, 5i ! 1 and 11.

The mileage of these four companies is 248, which, added to the mileage of the first six companies, bring the total to 1,308 miles. There is, in addition. 710 miles of ' track in Indiana over which cars are 1 not run into Indianapolis. This makes the total interurban mileage in Indiana, 2,018. , Os the 710 miles not directly contributory to Indianapolis, however, only 128 miles is not connected with lines that do enter Indianapolis. The actual number of campanies does not give an adequate idea of scope of the interurban systems i Three of the sn companies that j operate in and out of Indianapolis are composed of divisions that constitute practically separate and individual .lines. Thus, the Terre Haute. Indianapolis and Eastern has five divisions, the Indiana Union Traction three. So j while only six companies are operat- : ing, thirteen distinct lines enter InI dianapolis. Again, these divisions | have various terminals and connections. Quoting again from the 1. U. T. system maga-zine for February: Trolleys and Business. (Wall Street Journal.) ’Business opinion in Cincinnati estij mates that the commercial and finanI cial interest of that city profit to the extent ©f $50,000,000 annually as a di- . rect result of trolley communication ; with the surrounding country and ! neighboring towns. The middle west has a large number of points which have excellent interurban systems, among which Cincinnati, Ohio; Indianapolis, Indiana, and Columbus, Ohio, are especially worthy of mention. Ten years ago nothing of the sort existed, but a revolution in merchan i dising and in the relations of the rural and village people to the larger cities : has since taken place. The country merchant has not bepn wiped out. He still handles the small trade, while the people of the towns and country go t< ' the cities for their larger purchases. 1 The country merchant can make a 1 turn-over in goods more quickly now '* by aid of telephones and trolleys. Another resuit lias been the increase 1 in the value of farm land. Census reports for different states frequent! 1

•how gains of 100 per cent or mor*. Not a little of this Is among the older portions of the country, and has come from Interurban electrfs roads. It is different with steam roads, became their influence on the value of the lan-i depends more largely upon the distance fro-i the stations. The trolle> lines, however, have stations everywhere: euch farm Is a station for pee senger and goods The transformation i* doing mar ! vels in making the count-y more at 1 tractive and the city more accessible. Millions of pounds of copier, tho'isands of tuns of steel rails and hun ' dreds of cars of a modern type will be needed to supply the expansion of interurban electric lines for manr years to come. Another article in the 1. U. T. system magazine for April aptly tells th* tales of a merchant in a small town and his trade. The Interurban and the Small City Merchant. The retailer in the small city or town with trolley line to the largocommercial centers, has learned the solution of what was at first glance ’ paradoxial situation. He watched the growth of traction line travel primarily with alarm, but now with a satisfaction resulting from the past few years' experience, knowing that while ' some of his customers will avail them- ' selves of the city trip to make purchases, In the end nothing could serve his purpose better than that they 1 should, as the bringing within his zone of trade, of new merchandise of styles of wearing apparel serves to i stimulate or create new business for him. Is he not making weekly trips • to the same sources of supply and ar- ■ ranging for a showing of the very ar- ’ tides which the "city shopper" has se- > cured? Novelties in every line of gen ’ eral merchandising can be turned quicker because the detnand has been created for him. Moreover the farm er (and the farmer's wife) have more 5 ready money to spend, also by reason of the traction line influence. Quick and frequent transportation facilities 8 have brought city produce buyers to 8 the farmers who live near the trolley, offering a continuous market for al) his surplus—he has learned that it is 1 worth a considerable sum every year to be near a traction line, aside from the convenience to his family an>l ' should be want to buy or sell, it is asn tonisbing how much more a farm with- '' i in a mile of hourly traction service is ' ' worth in cash than one five or t i miles away. ’’ To return to the origin?! text—*’* ■ e retailer looks at interurban travel complacently—it all helps. All of the foregoing articles apply in a general way to the interurban e situation and what is true of one lod calitv is true of all others, where goes the trolley—advancement in even 1 line of business is sure to follow. The trolley always builds up—never tears ° down. rv —

o — ONE MORE HORSE SALE. The Decatur Horse Sale company held a meeting Thursday night at which several questions of vast importance were settled concerning the future policy of the company. It wts agreed to hold another sale on June 22nd, and from that date have a six weeks' vacation, reopening the sales about the middle of August. The sale held Thursday, although attended by a great many people, was remarkably slow in results, part of the stock offered being withdrawn from the sale. The company will continue to occupy the present quarters, the main bam accommodating one hundred and fifty head and subside: y barns across the street holding a hundred more. At Thursday's sale all the heavk horses seemed to bring the high i lar and today strings of the sic. ■: looking animals were led to the di lerent stations where they were load <-d for shipment to other points. '"police court news. —v- ] In the paternity base heard ce.u. 'Squire Stone Friday the plaint. ", Miss Edith Adams, offered the defen d ant a proposition of settlement. That if Saturday he would pay $3lO an I costs the suit would be dismissed, and if no payment was offered on tha: date she would require S4OO in full s tlement. The police courts will be rather onesided Monday as onlv the mayor'■, court will be open. Squire Stone going for a visit to Van Wert and (from there take a little jaunt up '■> Fort Wayne, returning here Tuesday morning. FUNERAL OF J. N. KERR. • The funeral of John N. Kerr, a prominent Monroe township farm*", whose death occurred Wednesda 'night, was held this morning at 9:3<> from the homo, the K. of P. lodge from Berne being in charge of the services. .. Democrat Want Ads Paiy