Decatur Democrat, Volume 56, Number 29, Decatur, Adams County, 20 July 1911 — Page 1

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~,h aU the member. preßent, and 1 over by Mayor Teeple. the '“chambers wa. the acene of a .lace for two hours Tuesday ev thlg time being necessary for Lying out of the great amount .Less UP f° r (ll,poßal ' The r ° ! ' been called they at once set „ k and the first to start off with the filing of the notice to propowners for the Mylott sewer. Ob ln , were also heard relative to cessment roll, which was filed 'some time was spent hearing the property ow ners had to say . rding the assessment which had ‘ placed against them. After hear a ll complaints it was left in the ds of the street and sewer committo report at the next meeting. Erie railroad company will be noil by the clerk to raise their tracks Mercer avenue to the required de The clerk was also authorized 10 tify them to place a watchman Thirteenth street, which has retly become more prominent for le l from the south arid west, and ng to this it was deemed necesF that the traveling public be proed from the great danger which there. The watchman is also to on duty within thirty days. report from Irvin Brandyberry John D. Stultz, both of whom ght the office as a member of the 00l board, the election taking ■e some time previous, was filed ting that no money was donated asked, or in any way used during canvass for the office, which retis required by law. A petition an alley in the Crabbs addition, I an improvement to be made on gg street, running from Market to ichester streets was also asked for, this was left in the hands of the set and sewer committee. A numof property owners who have been itied to build sidewalks on various sets throughout the city, and who ed to take the matter into connation, will be taken over by the . who will advertise for bids for dr construction at the property tiers' expense, the plans and speciitions to be completed by the eneer and ready to report at the next eting. Fred Fruchte was present, resenting the Bowers-Niblick tin company, with a petition asking t the Grand Rapids railroad be nted the right to go ahead and iplete the track which they startlast week, the work being stopped, account of some trouble which se. A motion was passed that they allowed to continue their work as gas they keep on their right-of-way which they hold a franchise. It is extend across Monroe street, so as allow siding for several cars. A ret showing that Henry Stevens had ered into a contract with the city the construction of the Keller sewAnother for the Mylott sewer, enad Into with W. J. and D. W. Myers, I a third, also with Myers & Myers, the Gause sewer, were filed and cred to be spread on record. A amunication from Clarence Brown, leral counsel for the Clover Leaf, ed that the city put their wires in air which pass over the company’s it-of-way, and which, they believe, II the present condition may soon irfsre with the company's lines. In er to remedy this the city’s lines . I have to be raised, and this was in the hands of Superintendent lott. A revised blue print of the >t for the new city hall was subted by Councilman Christen and ln explanation was thought to be ’factory to all concerned. The two j h rooms, where the firemen will e their rooms have been changed ' one large room, giving them more m and ventilation. A representa-, ! for the McGuire incinerating M of Oklahoma, manufacturing a | e stove or oven used for the con'ihg of all rubbish, as well a's all ayod vegetable or animal matter 1 Present and explained his propion to the officials. The plant ■id be of much value to any city, as the city at present would be bi® to install one, it was not conif ed for the time being. The suntendent, who is in need of an air for a well at the city plant, was °rized to purchase a four-inch air °r whatever is required for the The following bills were then »ed: T Archbold, Atz alley $ 21.14 “■ Archbold, 7th street .... 296.14 Archbold, Monroe street. 67.50 iy Gregory 20.00 brty Mfg. Co 10.84 8 Foundry & Machine Wks. 54.33 ! *• Uughlin 10.75 : «>nal Express Co ........ 8.80 1 H *mmond w.... 19.50 p

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Dominion Coal Co 1399(j g John Sprague t 3 30 t! Wells Fargo Express Co 1.63 o H. W. Johns Manville Co 201.65 p Ft. Wayne Oil & Supply Wks.. 79 40 e Clinton Oil Co 8 .56 c G. R. * I. R. R 285.14 a John W. Coffee 82.45 t XV J. Archbold, old order fund 497.76 g H. S. Michaud, dismissed 665.20 t First National bank 59.75 a First National bank 13.60 First National bank 144,20 c W. J. Archbold, sinking fund.. 10.00 d ,W. J. Archbold, water works.. 3091.00 ti ,W. J. Archbold, N. 2nd’St 530.00 v W. .1. Archbold, Ist St. 1mp.... 443.36 t W. J. Archbold, sinking fund.. 765.00!f Milton Leavell 8.60 t Clarence Stevens 22.75 i Seph Melchi 50.00 t George Kiser Co 8.16 i J. H. Bremerkamp 30.00 < First National bank 1362.30 t First National bank 1549.25 i First National bank 1.70 1 First National bank 1.70 1 First National bank 133.301 ’ W. J. Archbold, Rugg & Fornax 17.40 1 W. J. Archbold, Marshall St... 48.75 1 W. J. Archbold. 6th St 15.75 1 W. J. Archbold, Madison 5t.... 78.30 I , ~ ' I Detroit, Mich., July 19—Editors from all parts of the United States and a considerable number from Can- ■ ada are in Detroit to attend the annual convention of the National Editorial association, which began Tuesday. During the three days' sessions there will be papers and discus-1 sions on all phases of editorial and , news writing and the relations of newspapers to the public. 1 i One of the important questions to , be decided by the delegates is a prop--1 osition to reorganize the association • so as to include in its membership 1 business, advertising and circulation . 1 managers of newspapers, as well as 1 editors. An extensive program of entertain--1 ments has been arranged for the ■ amusement and edification of the vis-, iting writers between business ses- _ • sions. At t’ue conclqsion of the convention : many of the visitors intend making , a lake tri pto Montreal and Quebec, . with side trips to the Muskoka Lakes and the Cobalt mining regions of 1 northern Ontario. John B. Stoll, in his address to the editors yesterday made a strong ■ statement relative to the so-called trust evil. "The belief is warranted," said Mr. Stoll, "that by supplementing the Sherman anti-trust law so as to provide for the imprisonment of offenders and the forfeiture of their illgotten gains, the temptation to extort and to oppress would soon become extinct.” Mr. Ctoll touched on many of the important issues of the | day, advocating general reforms in many directions, pronouncing abnor- • mal wealth unrepublican, and setting forth in appreciative terms the duty 1 of the American press. "With Buoyant hearts," he said in conclusion, "with confidence and faith, let us resolve to do our part toward making and preserving this re-j public as the abiding place of the freest and happiest people on earth." J. H. Heller, editor of the Decatur Democrat, is attending the national 1 editorial convention, having left Mon--1 day morning for Detroit. He will return Friday morning. Rochester, Ind., July 10, 1911. Friend Heller: • In the Issue of your paper of July 3rd, in one of your editorials you very plainly gave us your definition of a booster in these words: "Have you 'ever noticed that the BOOSTER is 1 the happiest man on earth, that his road through life is the smoothest? He is welcome wherever he goes, and greatest of all his business is always ' better jthan the calamity howler." You 1 certainly have a good conception of 1 the BOOSTER, and it coincides with 1 my opinion that a person to be a boos- 1 ter does not necessarily need to weigh 1 200 to 250 pounds, or to be six or sev-; en feet tali, nor command a voice like Pitch-fork Tillman, but simply get in the game and quietly, persistently and 1 earnestly boost. Every city, town or I hamlet needs a booster, as they all < have their calamity howlers. We have always thought that it was 1 better to boost than to be boosted. : It was a booster that made the Daily ’ Democrat one of the best daily papers i published in any city of its size m i Indiana, and it's a booster that keeps t it up to its present standard. Auto- 1 mobile, piano and other contests may t help for a time, but it's the booster 1 that keeps the steam turned o*. 1 I \

Decatur, Indiana, Thursday July, 20. 1911

Speaking of contests Just reminds me 1 that the Van Trump company, editors t of the Evening Sentinel, a dully pa- 1 per published in Rochester, just dos I ed on July 4th, nt 4 p. m., sharp, one of those memorable automobile, piano, pony and cart contests, much .0 the dissatisfaction of some and to the gratification of others. And this con- 1 test was no exception. It was as hi I all like contests, a woman in the case. I After closing our place of business 1 on the evening of July 4th we mean- 1 dered down the street in order to get 1 a little fresh air, as the thermometer 1 was registering about 86, our attention was directed to the throng in front of the Sentinel office and to see the people surge and pull and squeeze and mop sweat to get a glimpse of the men that were canvassing the vote of this contest reminded me of our old friend Burkhead of Monroe, when he won the 100-piece dinner set in the Democrat contest. Burkhead was warm that night, but he was not as warm as some of the people that were in the contest here. If John Custer. Frank Foreman and Biirkhead could have been here I am positive I they would have enjoyed it as well as . I did. There were no rain coats, urn-1 breMas, in this distribution; neither were there any dinner sets, but in lieu thereof were other presents just as good. Taking it all in all the contest was a great success. Would just I add in conclusion that I ain now re-j ceiving your paper regularly and it is l just like getting a letter from home. I want to congratulate the management or the BOOSTER of the Daily Democrat for the splendid tribute of ' respect tendered the old soldiers in you" special Decoration Day edition of May 30, 1911. It was certainly a great ovation to the old boys who marched to tune of “When Johnnie Comes Marching Home Again," “Can She Bake a Cherry Pie, Billy Boy?” and “The Girl I Left Behind Me.” And by their sacrificing home and mother and going to the front, bearing Old Glory and defending her dignity and color made it possible for us and our posterity to enjoy the quiet assurance of living in the greatest country on the globe. Give honor to whom honor is due. ; for we cannot do or say too much for the old boys in blue. They are fast passing away to be mustered into the great throng that surrounds the I great white throne. As it will only be a short time until the last one answers the call it is our duty to strew their paths with flowers whenever and wherever we can. Respectfully yours, H. A. FRISTOE. While the Quinn automobile was en- . route to the 3:24 o'cloc ktraln on the G. R. & I. railroad Tuesday afternoon, near the M. E. church their automobile struck the little son of Mrs. Minnie Daniels, the fender throwing him some distance, and while spectators fully expected the little fellow to be rua over, and seriously, if not fatally hurt, he escaped with just a little bruise on the arm. The lad, with some 1 others, was riding on the pole of a hay I wagon, from which the farmer had just unloaded the hay. The farmer driver objected to the riders and tfas flicking his whip at them, and calling to tfiem to get off, when suddenly the little fellow jumped off and started to run across the street, running directly in front of the automobile. He got out of the way of all except the fender, which threw him. The auto, which was driven by Robert Quinn, was going at a low rate of speed, else the case would in all probability havel been very serious. The occupants of i the car were Mr. and Mrs. D. M. Hensley and son, David; Carlyle Flanders and Mrs. Quinn and son, and they were enroute to the train on which | Mrs. Hensley was to leave for Rome City. The Daniels lad was picked up I and taken home, and beyond the' shock, suffered little. The farmer! said he was to blame f<r driving the boys from the wagon, but the incident should be a lesson to little lads. JUST fN TIME. Chalmer Brodbeck, son of A. A. Brodbeck, residing in Union township, came near having a runaway Tuesday when about to start for town, and just previous to their leaving the barn yard. A colt had been hitched to a v’agon and from some cause or other it took fright and started to run. The single tree became fastened in one of the wheels and in their excitement, pulling back and forth, allowed the tongue to fall, when they started to run. About this time Mr. Brodbeck's attention was called to th* matter. He

ran out of the house aTid caught thi frightened horses before they becanu unmanageable for the young man on tke wagon. No damage resulted. ■- - ■ —o — TAKES POSITION AT BANK. Miss Vera Andrews, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Forest Andrews, this morning began work at the First National bank to acquaint herself with the duties there as successor to Miss Lucile Gillig, whose resignation will lake effect the middle of August. Miss Andrews is experienced in bank work, having been employed for two years at the Monroe State bank. Miss Gillig, who has been employed at the First National since her graduation in 1908 from the Decatur high school, resigns to enter a university, where she will take a four years’ course for the profession of teaching. Miss Andrews is a granddaughter of Dr. and Mrs. C. T. Rainier of this city. _—.— o— MRS. MORRISON TO ARRIVE. Mrs. Elizabeth Morrison, who has been spending the winter with her I daughter, Mrs. Richard Wallace, at Oaxaca, Mexico, is expected home to(day. Mrs. Morrison returned July 5. ! as far as St. Louis, and then went to : St. Paul, where she has been visiting . with her sister, Miss Hattie Stude- . baker, and her brother D. E. StudeI baker, and his son, David. She will j i eturn hero ana open her house, and ' will -probably spend a few weeks or ! so before returning to Mexico.

- o- — Some thirty citizens of Bluffton came over to attend Tuesday night's meeting at the tent, conducted by Evangelist A. W. Miller. Most of them came on the train but some drove over with autos. So great is the interest manifest in these services that many members of the various churches of this city are in attendance night after night. People are beginning to realize that the real purpose of the meeting is not to build up some one church but to help men and women to lead better lives. Revs. Imler, Dawson, Wise and Gleiser were among the number present Tuesday night. Some of the churches have accepted an invitation to take up the mid-week prayer service and join in the tent meeting tonight. The evangelist’s theme Tuesday night was "The Unanswerable Question.” The text, he said, was in the form of a question which never yet had been successfully answered, and which “he believed no man could answer. He said: “A skillful physician might tell all about the science of medicine, the laws of hygiene, etc., but could not answer this question. The best lawyer in the state might be able to explain law, interpreting it 1 for the supreme court, of the state, but would stand silent before this question. A successful business min could tell the secrets of the business world, but would have no answer to this query. If one could go to the gates of hell and ask the inhabitants of that awful place, or if God would honor one with the presence of an angel so that the question could be put to him, still there would be no ani'swer. That question which has never been answered by men, angels or devils, is the one asked in Hebrews 2:3, ‘How shall we escape if we neglect to great salvation?”’ Continuing in his characteristic, earnest and logical manner the speaker emphasized the fact that “It is what we neglect to do, rather than what we ' do, that causes all the sorrow, and I pain of our lives. Neglect having an Insurance policy renewed, and it will bring one a great loss in case of fire. 1 Neglect to properly care for our bodies and we must pay the penalty of disease and ultimate death. Neglect .to train and develop the mind and ' one becomes an ignoramus. Neglect God's great salvation and the soul will i sink to the awful depths of an end- ; less hell, whose fires are never 1 quenched. Men are not lost through eternity because they have lied, or sworn, or been a thief; it isn’t being a cut-throat, a boot-leg, or a boozehister that sends men to hell —it is the neglect of accepting Jesus Christ as a personal Savior, according to God’s plan for the salvation of all men who will be saved.” The speakers’ appeal to parents not to neglect a proper training of their children, reinforced by several apt illustrations, brought tears to many POLICE COURT NEWS. An affidavit was filed Tuesday night charging Mrs. Alice Jeffrey with provoke, Mrs. Laura Foughty being the complainant. A spirited trial resulted, Attorney Moran appearing for the

defendant and the prosecutor for the plaintiff Considerable time was consumed upon determining the smallest details of the transaction and if the occurrence happened as described, it probably created considerable excitement, Six witnesses were called and examined, and the testimony was practically the same. In summing up the case 'Squire Stone determined that as no particular person could be proved to have been addressed, the state . failed in presenting a case, therefore he acquitted the defendant’ O'" —■— COURT HOUSE NEWS. Deputy Clerk D. O. Roop has receiv- 1 ed from the authorities of Easthaven asylum at Richmond, notice of the ac-1 ceptance of the application of Sarah Troutner for admission to that place, and the officials will soon leave for j Richmond with the patient. Attorney Townsend of Fort Wayne was here Wednesday and filed plaintiff's exceptions in the matter of the case of Thomas Mulligan vs. Anna ' Mulligan, for divorce. The case was venued here from Fort Wayne and then appealed to She supreme court of the state.

Younger and Peterson & Moran arc j attorneys for Thomas Adams and Amanda Wilson in a quiet title case against Homer and Daisy Pearson. 1

Real estate transfers: William i Stauffer to William Burke, 20 acres. Blue Creek tp., $1000; William Burk to William Stauffer, 20 acres, Blue Creek tp., $1000; Frank M. Schirmeyer, to Anna E. Winnes, lot 90, Decatur, $275; Mary Reinking to Ferdinand Reinking. 120 acres, Union tp., sl. County Clerk James P. Haefiing, who has been spending the week in In-I dianapolis, the guest of his brother, Tom Haefiing, and family, is expected home this evening. «■ — ■— Real estate transfers: A mistake occurred Monday in the report of the transfer of Mary Ellen Richards to Fred Hahnert, lot 18, Monroe. The price should have been SIBSO instead of SIBO. The special cars carrying the Christian Sunday senool picnickers to Robinson park tomorrow will leave the interurban station at 8 o'clock. The Sunday sehool children will be taken free of charge, and all other children under twelve years of age may go for forty cents each, this being the round trip to the park. Adults will be charged sixty-five cents, round trip to the park. Everybody is invited to •ome with the school and spend a pleasant day in the park. | All is in readiness for the German Reformed picnic to be held at SCSele’s park tomorrow. The committee in charge has completed all arrangements for a day of pleasure and many are planning to attend and enjoy a day of out-door pastime. Refreshments of all kinds will be had and various amusements will be provided for the young and old. Those anticipating going are looking forward to a day of real pleasure. —o .i eyes. All who have heard this very talented man agree in the verdict that he is a speaker of unusual ability. Nearly every seat in the big tent was occupied Tuesday night, yet there was a perfect silence throughout the service, so intense was every person on i catching every word. At the close of the service three persons came forward and gave their hand to the speaker, as an expression of their determination to begin a Christian life. Services will continue all this week, including Saturday night. Meeting opens at 8 o'clock, preceded by a 15minute song service. C»me tonight! o WILL RETURN" TO GIDEON. The’Misses Lettie and. Marie Kintz have returned from a visit with relatives and friends in Tiffin, Ohio, New Washington, < Leipsic and other Ohio cities. While in Tiffin Miss Marie attended the commencement of the Ursuline Academy, of which she was a student some time ago. Miss Lettie Kintz will visit a short time with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. G. F. Kintz, and leave the latter part of next week again for Gideon, Mo., where she has been employed the past six months as cashier-• for the Gideon & Anderson Lumber and Mercantile Company, making her home while there with her sister, Mrs. Newton Anderson. Mr. and Mys. Anderson are also visiting

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here at this time, but will not return at the time Miss Kintz does. Dr. J. S. Boyers, who has been gone since June 14th on a trip through the southwest, returned Tuesday evening and reports a very enjoyable time, as well as instructive. He went to attend the annual meeting of the American Medical association, which was held at Los Angeles. Cal., June 26th to 30th, and then visited the points of interest in the west. The medical meeting was an excellent one, very well attended, considering the location of the city so far west, and he met many old acquaintances there — doctors from various parts of the United States. Dr. Boyers visited as far south in California as San Diego and Riverside. His visit at Pasadena, which is ten miles from Los Angeles, was a pleasing one. There he met Adam Schaupp and wife CMrs. Schaupp's maiden name being Martin), both of whom were born and reared in Adams county. near Linn Grove. Mr. Schaupp is engaged in the grain and coal business in Pasadena. Dr. Boyers also enjoyed a good visit with his son, Luther Boyers, and wife, and with his little grandson, Luther Morgan Boyers, all of whom are doing well. Luther, who has graduated from Leland Stanford, Jr., university, located at Palo Alto, is now taking a summer premedical course at the University of California at San Francisco. While visiting in San Francisco Dr. Boyers accidentally met Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Smith and daughter, Midge, and Miss Mary Fonner from this city, and Prof. G. W. Luckey, wife and two children, from Nebraska, formerly from this city, and the Adams county party of ten spent a very pleasant two hours together. Professor Luckey is a mem- ' ber of the faculty of the University of j Nebraska, and was at San Francisco attending the American Educational meeting, which was held there July 8-14. From there Dr. Boyers went to Denver, Colo., where he spent a part of two days with relatives, and then went to Dexter, lowa, where he was the guest of bis brother, the Rev. Simon L. Boyers, and family. The Rev. Boyers is pastor of the First M. E. church at Dexter. The trip, all in all, was a most pleasing one, and one which the busy doctor certainly deserved after a strenuous year’s work. He stated that the crops in the west will be very short, especially the corn, If rain does not come soon. o TRAVELING UNDER DIFFICULTIES Dr. and Mrs. J. M. Miller and Mrs. C. S. Colter returned this morning at 3 o’clock from Elkhart, where they had b#«a since Monday. Their return trip | was made under difficulties, as three j tires bursted on the way home and it was necessary to make long stops to 1 make repairs. They left Elkhart at 7 o’clock last evening, expecting to make the trip of ninety-two miles here by 11 o’clock. Just out of Ligonier the second tire burst, and they made the remark that they hoped they would have no more bad luck before they got home, but they had sped just a little ways out of Ligonier when the third one “went up,” and they had to return to that city to ■gain "make up." .... —■ o- — CALLED BY FATHER’S ILLNESS. Mesdames John Chronister and Loren Lake left on the 4 o'clock car for Fort Wayne Tuesday afternoon, thence to Auburn, where they were called by the critical illness of their aged father, Emanuel Hawk, who is at the point of death from erysipelas, which has affected various part of his body, and now bringing on heart complications. He is seventy-six years ' old. WORKING AT BLUFFTON. I. C. Oswald of Decatur began work this morning as bill clerk at the Clover Leaf station. On account of G. McMasters, operator of the local station, being transferred to Sway'zee, Ralph Newcomet, who has been acting as bill clerk, will take McMasters’ place as second trick operator.—Bluffton Banner. Mr. Oswalt was for a number of years employed by the Clover Leaf as night operator in this city. The Misses Gertrude and Jessie Phillips left Saturday over the C. and E. for Chicago, from where they left over the Rock Island and Pacific for Moline, 111., to make an extended visit with their uncle, George Phillips, whom they have not seen for ten years. They will also visit with Miss Edith Cline, near Holmes, while there.

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