Decatur Democrat, Volume 56, Number 33, Decatur, Adams County, 17 August 1911 — Page 2

\ ’very snort adjourned meeting of the stockholders of the Fort Wayne & Springfield railway company was ’held this afternoon, and an adjournment taken until In a few days when ♦he committee recently appointed to look after the securing of the right-of-way south to Portland and funds lor depots at the various stations alomj'the way of the proposed route between here and that city will make report. The outlook at present is very -encouraging and at each of the towns along the proposed route, meetings were held with a very enthusiastic turn-out. Committees in each town were appointed to look after the de- 1 si ed requirements and everything seems very favorable to the early extension of the line. The Portland Sun says: The committee, named on Thurs-J day night of last week at the mass meeting held in this city to take up | the right-of-way for the extension of ' the Fort Wayne & Springfield traction line to this city from Decatur, I was oh Wednesday placed in posession of all descriptions of land it willbe necessary to acquire for right- ofway purposes. Failure to commence to secure the required descriptions has delayed action to this time, but on Thursday members of the committee expect to begin work in earnest It was possible, it was stated, at about non Wednesday, that some action might be taken yet that day. The committee is composed of John F. LaFollette, A. A. Adair, John W. Holmes. Dr, C. W. Mackey, George H. Smith. E. M. Haynes and Frank White, and all have held themselves in read'ness every day this week, willing to jump into the work of securing the right-of-way and assure the extension of the line to this city. John Koenig, president of the line, was in the city Tuesday and is anxious to leave the first of next week for Cleveland, Ohio, where arrangements have already been made with the Cleveland Trust company to finance the extension of the line as soon as the matter of securing the right-of-way privileges is out of the way. . Before he makes the trip to Cleveland it will be necessary, he says, that all preliminary arrangements including the right-of-way, be closed up. On Tuesday President Koenig, accompanied by C. W. McLaughlin of this city, a Mr. Graham, and the geneia: passenger and ticket agent of the line from Decatur, drove to Bryant in an automobile They found the business men of Bryant enthusiastic over the prospects of securing the extension of the line through that place, t.nd all wtio were interviewed are ret crfed as giving out the information that, they were ready to assist in any manner possible. At both Berne and Geneva $3,500 depots will be erected by the company if the extension of the line is completed according to plans at present proposed At Bryant a $2,500 structure for use as a depot and headquarters for the company in that city is promised and it was relative to

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this that the trip to Bryant was made Tuesday. In this city the matter of the establishment of a depot has not been considered, but the local committee, named to look after the right-of-way, figs not been asked to take up this matter, the task assigned to them being to look after the right-of-way from the Jay and Adams county line, south to this city. It is not figured that the local committee will experience much difficulty in getting the right-of-way privileges. As an (ndictatlon of the Interest being ' taken by the landowners toward the extension of the line, in comparison ( with the feeling prevalent four years ago when an attempt was made to secure the right-of-way, the commit- ' tee cites two cases. Four years ago two parties owning land which will be affected by the line in case it was extended, wanted SI,OOO each for the right-of-way over their land. Now they , [ are willing <o donate the strip of I ground necessary for use in passing ] through their lands and say they will I aid in other matters. To be exact they want the line built and are will•ing to aid in any way possible. A. W, Fishbaugh, chief engineer of the line, who recently made a survey of the proposed route of the line to a point one mile north of this city, arrived here Wednesday forenoon from Van Wert, Ohio. It was through him that the description of the lands affected were secured by the committee. ,Mr. Fishbaugh is a resident of Celina, but has ben working in Van Wert, where he has charge of a large paving contract, and it was impossible for him to get to this city sooner. The work of making the survey from one mile north of the city to the heart of Portland where the propos ed line will connect with the Muncie & Portland traction line, was begun Wednesday morning. Two routes are 1 to be staked off, one of which leaves ' the course of the G. R. & I. railroad | tracks at the Polley farm north of the city and passing through the Polle - lands and the land owned by the Portland Drain Tile company and south, past and along the west side of the Jay county fair grounds to Votaw street and west to Meridian street and south. The other route will extend south across Votaw street and on to Arch street and west on this thoroughfare to Meridian street. Life’s warfare was ended for Andrew Jackson DeVinney, aged eightytwo years, a veteran of two wars—the Mexican and Civil —when at 1:45 Friday morning at the instance of the Great Commander, taps were sounded for his passing into the great, long, last sleep. The passing of Mr. DeVinney comes with very little warning. Though he had been in failing health for the past three years from a general breakdown, and in spite of his many years, he refused to be confined to the home and his presence on the street was familiar to nearly all Decatur citizens. Last Monday was the eighty-second anniversary of his birthday and all his children, with the exception of one —Elmer, of Lima, 0., had gathered home to spend the day. A surprise had been planned, but on account of Mr. DeVinney’s nervousness, this was not given, but the day spent quietly. Tuesday morning he arose as usual and came down town for a shave. About 11:30 o’clock bbecame ill and suffered an attack o’’ neuralgia of the heart, never having been troubled with this ailment be fore. While his condition grew better from time to time, the pains ceas ing at intervals, he never fully recovered. Thursday evening, however, he became so much better that he wen', out on the porch and sat, watching for the balloon ascension. About midnight the neuralgic pains came on again, and at 1:45 he .breathed his last, his bedside being surrounded by all the members of his family. Mr. DeVinney was born near Dayton, Ohio, August 7, 1829, and it was in that vicinity thr* his young manhood was spent. When the Mexican war broke out, he enlisted in Cincinnati, Ohio, at the age of eighteen, and served about a year in that war. After his discharge from honorable and faithful service, he returned to Cincinnati, Ohio, where he was employed, later coming to this county, where, with the exception of a year each at Muncie and Lima, Ohio, he and his family have resided since. Mr. DeVinne? also served three years in the Civil war, enlisting at Pleasant Mills in the 11th Indiana cavalary, under the command of Captain A. J. Hill, and serving later under Norval Blackburn. He was with Hood in his memorable battles and -was a brave, faithful soldier. Mr. DeVinney was first married to Miss Catherine Ewing, near Peterson, in the year 1852. To them were born four children, two of whom, Erastus and William, are dead. Two sons, Elmer of Lima, Ohio, and Aaron, of this city, survive. The death of the wife occurred in 1869, and Mr. DeVinney was married in 1872 to Miss Sarah Zediker. of near Monroeville. _ The union was a long and happy one, the widow surviving. The aged couple, I with their daughter, Bertha, and their

grandson, Bart DeVlnnej, have redded on Cleveland street, where the aged man's death occurred. To the second union, two children were born. Bertha of LliAa, Ohio, and Dee. the letter residing in Cincinnati, Ohio. Mr. DeVinney was a man of noble, and kind qualities, and in his demise the family has lost a loving husband I and father, and the city a highly esteemed citizen. The funeral will be held Sunday afternoon at 2:30, from the house, end burial will take place In the Decatur cemetery. The funeral will be under the auspices of the G. A. R The funeral service will be conducted by the Rev. 1. Imler, pastor of the United Brethren church. Crawfordsville, Ind., Aug. 11 John Oliver Clarkson, the two-year-old son of Janies Clarkson, living five miles north of Crawfordsville, died of infantile paralysis, after being ill only three days. Tin* child became ill Saturday and soon lost control of its arms and legs. Another child in the family has since become ill and it is feared he, too, lias the disease. There were six children in the family, three brothers and three sisters. All of the children have been exposed to the disease. Much anxiety among parents of small children exists, as the Clarkson baby was taken to an entertain ment Saturday evening and a number of others exposed. Montgomery county physicians are displeased over the failure of the state health board authorities to send an expert physician here to make an investigation. The first case in the county, that of the little Miller baby, in the White church neighborhood, north of Darlington, was reported to the state health board and the attending physician. Dr. Norman F. Pea'cock, of Darlington, had assurances I that an investigation would be made Iby the board. However, it is under stood the board did not send any one there to get a history of the case. Dr. Peacock believes the Miller child will live, although he is not certain the child will regain the use of its leg* Albany, Aug. 11 —Dr. Simon Flexner of the Rockefeller Institute of Medical Research, who has been making a special study of infantile paralysis, said at a recent conference here of medical officers under the auspices of the state department < f Health that there is no treatm nt so far as is known that is a str cific or even effective cure of this disease. Dr. Flexner said that infantile paralysis is due to a micro-organism, which develops di ' sease symptoms in from three to thir-ty-three days. The transmission of J the affection is still a matter of dispute and until this can be determined ( its prevention cannot be accomplis!:ed. The source of the entrance of the germs is through the nose and it is ( most probable infection emanates the same way. It is most important, therefore, Dr. Flexner said, thgt discharges from the note and throat o! sufferers from infantile paralysis be promptly destroyed. In New York state in 1910 forty-nine counties re ported 322 cases of the disease. Dr. Flexner appealed to medical officers | and health officers to study in detail each case coming under their observation. — o —— Life Lines. The gruffest of the lot has at least one affectionate spot.—John Emery White. Mr. and Mrs. William Kukelhan entei tained a large company of fifty or more friends last evening in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Voss and I daughter, Elia, of Cincinnati. Ohio.' who returned to their home today. Music, games and refreshments provided a jolly good time. Many from this city were in attendance. — The first meeting in six weeks or more—since the evangelistic cam-, i paign—brought forth to the meeting • of the Baptist Ladies' Aid society yesI terday afternoon at the home of Mrs. H. L. Coverdale, the remarkably good I attendance of eighteen. Besides the • business period, there was a general , social time, during which the hostess , served refreshments. Mirs. Simon Brandyberry will be hostess in two » weeks. “ A bright moonlight night, with a I delightful place in the open where all - the stray breezes are sure to wander i if there are any, combined to make ’ Brookside farm, the home of Mr. and i Mrs. C. J. Lutz, on the south side of 1 the city, Thursday night the most pleasant spot imaginable for the lawn > fete given by the Misses Bessie Boy- . ers and Jean Lutz in honor of the sevi eral visiting college girls who are > members of the house pcrty of Miss ■ Frances Dugan and Miss Helen Nib- ’ lick. The guests numbered thirty and J they dotted the spacious lawn in ani- ' mated little groups—some playing - tennis in the court on one side of the » Children Cry FOR FLETCHER'S f castoria

lawn, which was lights for the 00 lh “ other side of the lawn a haU more bon fires lighted in the rooke - I provided just the right place for the I toasting of marshmallows There w a I a i go fortuM-telllffr 'games of many kind ami then dam | lng and music in the house and delicious refreshments later. — The Ladles’ Aid society of the I nited Brethren church of this city met with Mrs. Deam on Ninth street on Thursday. This being the last mee ing before the conference year the election of officers for the coming year was held, resulting as follows: President. Mrs. Thomas Fisher: vice president, Mrs. D. V. Steele; sectary, Mrs. Blanche Elzey; treasurer, Mrs. Lillie Hill; chorister, Mrs Ruth Williams. The secretary reported th.r-ty-two members, being an increase 11 four members during the year above all losses. The treasurer s report showed that the ladies had collected during the last year $241.14, and they expended $239.44. This amount was used for carpet for the church, inter ior decoration, etc. This little band of ladies should be congratulated ioi their good work last year. They are very much encouraged and expect to do much more next year. After the business was transacted the hostess served a fine lunch, wihch was enjoyed greatly by the ladies present, and all went to their home feeling very thankful that they could be useful in the Lord's work in his church. The annual reunion of the Shady family will be held August 26th. two miles north of Bluffton. Mr. Joseph Shady and daughter, Mrs. Martin Beery, with her family, and a large number of other relatives from this city and county, will attend Mrs. Andrew Zeser of High stree, was the vic’im of a surprise partv given for her thirty-second birthday by several of her friends Wednesda' evening, and the report given from those present, not other than a royal good time was had by ail. Various amusements were indulged in during the course of the evening, including a candy contest, which proved to be very entertaining, and in which prizes were won by Mrs. Ed Johnson, who captured first, Cecelia Zeser second, while Louis Kintz was satisfied to carry away the booby. A dainty lunch was served the guests before their departure. The invited guestincluded Mrs. George Dutcher, Mrs ' Stevens. Mrs Ed Johnson. Mrs. Ther esa Schafer, Mr. and Mrs. Jacob C J Miller, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Pen

nington, Cecelia and Clara Zeser, ' ( Louis Kintz, Romaa Parent. Frank < t Gillig, Louis Kintz. Daniel, Willie and 1 Timothy Zeser. At a late hour all < ( those present wished Mrs. Zeser many < more such happy occasions. < i The wide and roomy porch of the I John Niblick home was a merry scene ! Thursday afternoon when Miss Helen 1 Niblick entertaned in compliment toll the several youg ladies who are mem- 1 bers of the house parties of herself 1 j and Miss Frances Dugan. The young : ladies brought their sewing with them with which they occupied themselves while they chatted, and afterwards came a luncheon, very delicious and tempting, in three courses. Mrs. W. G. Spencer gave a dinner party Thursday evening in compliment to the Misses Helen and Kate Thomas of Indianapolis. | The improved condition of Bernard Terveer still continues and he is gain- j ling strength each day. He will be I. able to sit up before the passing of many days, but as yet is too weak to do so. j Norbert, little son of Mr. and Mrs. ’ Henry Koenemann of Monroe street I is ill, the illness affecting the neck, I I which is stiff and swollen so that ac- j tion is exceedingly painful. He has been sick about a week. Mrs. Samuel Doak. who returned | , Monday from Piqua, Ohio, where she . was with her sister, Miss Emma, Smith, who has been at the point of, ‘ death, received word that her sister’s I condition is still critical, and that the ; danger period is not yet passed. Miss i Smith is in the hospital there. II ' " ' . | Miss Dessie Beery, daughter of Joseph Beery, is quite ill. Ida, three-year-old daughter of Mr. , and Mrs. John Baker, who has been ! sick three weeks with symptoms of typhoid fever, is better. : SAW MAN KILLED. J - Otto Peters is home from Detroit, I where he spent a day or two sightseeing and enjoying a short pleasure ; trip. While there he witnessed a sad » ( accident, in which a man was killed ’ outright, just as he stepped off of a car in front of him. He; with a party of two other persons, had just alightted from street car, and upon his

stepping to the street a hurrying au-c mobile struck him and carried him ( the length of the car, then threw him a'rross to the second car track, whore a car from the opposite direction ground his body to pieces. All was done m such a short time that it was over before one could realize what had happened, M he was carried by the auto in an instant and thrown, and later killed by a fast-approaching car death taking place before he had time to think what was taking place. —o — London, Eng., Aug. 11—(Special te paily Democrat) —The outlook for immediate relief of the strike, which has paralyzed traffic and freight trade, . was bright today. The employees of the federation accepted an agreement with the teamsters, although the men will be out until the troubles of the lighter men are adjusted. The order for more troupe was suspended this morning, but ten thousand are ready to entrain at Aidershot. Street traffic ]' is still paralyzed. T he price of ice ‘' has trebled and the city has been but slightly relieved of the pressing waut of food. One of the largest cargoes o> California fruits that has ever crossed the Atlantic is rottening at the . bottom of the liner Minntdiaha. J I , Liverpool. Eng., Aug. 11—(Special) < to Daily Democrat Two squadrons of stop Greys arrived in York today to maintain order. The strike situa- . tion is critical and crisses are fre- . quent. Transportation is tied up at Hull and Manchester. Washington. D. C„ Aug. 11—(Special to Daily Democrat)—The full cooi 1 ference of the house and senate reach--1 ed a compromise today and adopted 29 1 per cent as a duty on raw wool. The B house bill provided 20 per cent on the LaFollette measure and was adbjited by the senate, fixing a duty of 35 pc: cent. v —— v Rome, Aug. 11 —(Special to Daily v Democrat)—Pope Pius appeared in i) better spirits today according to te j ports from the Vatican. His s heart was stronger as a result of hyK podermic injections of caffine, but his a condition has shown little signs of a e general improvement. The necessity g es injecting caffein indicated the weako ened condition of the pontiff and I, which is now the most disquieting o sickness. V O

A GREAT CONVENTION. 'r~ « a The Rev. D. O. Wise writes of his enjoyable stay at Oakwood park, near Syracuse, where several conventions have been in order, the present one, that of the Y. P. A., drawing to a close on next Sunday. The one held last week was the conference convention of which the Rev. Wise is president, and his duties therefore precluded his entering into the enjoyment with the freedom with which he is allowed this week at the general session. Speakers from all parts of the United States and one from Europe are on the program, which is an excellent one, and Rev. Wise is privileged to meet here many of his ministerial friends. Several other Decatur people are in attendance and will probably return Monday. MOVES TO MONTANA. B. A. Winans Superintendent of the Schools in Livingstone. Professor B. A. Winans, an Adams county man, formerlj- superintendent of the Berne schools, has been apI pointed superintendent of the schools i at Livingstone, Mont., moving to that i place last week from Momence, 111., where he had charge of the schools the past two years. TO TAKE N-ORTHERN TRIP. Mrs. Martin Beery and daughter I Mrs. C. S. Colter and children, Rob ert and Leah, will leave Sunday even ing for McMillen, Mich., where thej will make a two months' visit witt relatives. They will be joined Sep I tember Ist by Mrs. Beery’s father , Joseph Shady, and granddaughter Mrs. Pearl Bryan. The trip, whicl , covers a distance of five hundrei miles or more will be a delightful one part of it being by boat. o—- - . A Passing Hall. , Let us rest ourselves a bit! Worry!—wave your hand to it— Kiss your finger tips and smile It farewell a little while. Weary of the weary way M e have come from yesterday, Let us fret us not, instead Os the weary way ahead. if Let us launch us smoothly on The soft billow of the lawn, And drift out across the main, Os our childish dreams again. Voyage off, beneath the frees O’er the fields enchanted seas. Where the lilies are our sails And our sea-guhs, nightingales. Where no wilder storm shall boat

Than the w lnl And no temp... . :.--W ;•“¥ •“ Languor, ami . , Cruising idly tll( . M Calm, mid o. , . H , ( Let us rest om a U ". ~rry! - Kiss your tin.;. , It farewell a lioi,. wtllle ’ H " WhiUamb mH , ——■ M A number . gathered at ■ ' 1 Jesse Part-mi, , | l||Mo >‘“lP Mr* I’., day arnivers.c x W' net- was on ■ in , T went from )hi 1 We ’ e s .•tTHrffi Mrs. Jerry M,... Craigville au.i (| ~ M ' Ceot-ge Em.).-- V; . gle . . mum Notable a. l; : lightful social .„ to the college J f i'.e dame . | Xi‘>l < k home aa . . Dug n home ,j. k . home, coiner . ,| a;i(i | streets, with - ... spacious por. i) -;.en:ap. into the other, ;H() , thrown togeth-■ d large circle. * ■ '.rat for the dam - :;;us up and with o ■ . „ lhe .. and the por. h : '.;k e a mirror, it wa.-, , for the trimen- •• . steps of the iw.. o :ple, ed the party .'.an p were daintily r , ors ami th.- . twelve dam-.-,, w ■ sic tor which w, ~ :: mshed by Wemhoff ami v- .Millei the numbers ,j-is was served n . -. o’clock tile p.i • le-i ; s the C. A Dug,.:; 'orne: ami Monroe • a ing him heon . ■■ its special <1attractive pine ■■■: ; this. The wnl.- .with its stairway, w is ferns, and the »b given to pink roses .:.<:nty white somed bram h..- "5- -ibies. accommodating ' throughout ill- ’ inviting witli i - la. ■ and their dee,,:;,- >- green i leaves and ivy isic and I brought a hai>; ’ a The out-of ’ • iteElvin.lmii.n -.- E'OieliM Racine. Wis.; !’■. Moors, -11 l : Louise Dry ■ ■ aeo: J Moore. Aurora. I. 1 cago: Catherim E” f Ralph (’as.-, - BriceTlM ■ Fort Wayne; ■ Weaver K > Harry Mclntyie - u ■ Nicholson. Ari .- i- of Miss Niblic k - oarty leftH ■ day for Leifum 1 Miss Dugan w < n 'C next Wednesda' d '-’ cial affaire hav l honor, among Ci- 'is tertainment rhi- -noan e evening, and on '

week. The house . Il: " gan and Niblmk .<!>■’ honor at a lun< I ■ ~’' en -I C. A. Dugan at J 1 k F ' rl(lay noon. Miss I.ollie M- : tertained a coin; friends o’clock dinner ! “JW pllment to the M . ■ U.-'-n and« Thomas of Indian ~ Mr. and Mrs. Wm K> hards of J Geneva were hen - e t,l! * ‘ supplies for their ne* 'they recently ■ ■and Mrs. R.iehar.l- c.-nierly this city. H An oversight in the write-up I party of Mrs. Andrew Zeser. W I took place on Wedm’.-d-’O e ' eD eral of the names of those were left out, which we P u ■ day upon request, b<-< ause 0 ror. Mrs. Frank Tester, Charles Zeeer. ■’ ■ er, Ed Johnson ami lM wari ■ Pueblo, Colo., EPJLEPSJ St Vitus Dance, Nervous J respond immediately to >' f went that has for 39 yrarj Cltfl Bottle a ° r ° e ‘ UX - jpfll fully send. witßout I> -sTlTt™’fl Address Branch 101, " —_.fl RMS¥SH»NEYJS i |