Decatur Democrat, Volume 56, Number 41, Decatur, Adams County, 12 October 1911 — Page 1

Volume LVI

I THE CONTRACTS ARE COMING | Second days work completed with seven hundred and fifty acres subscribed

SCHOOL MEETINGS First One to be Held To-night-Manager Hubbard Arrived Today. WORKERS ENLIST Farmers and Business Men Working Together to Land the Big Factory, Tie taking of acreage for the beet sugar plant goes merrily on. and the res. Its are satisfactory to the workthough it would be much easier rhe farmers would have their minds made up by the time the solicitors re >h them. It’s a big job to cover the territory and when it has to be done several times, it becomes harder each trip. However, each day brings more workers into the fight for the acreage rad the result will be that we will secure even more than the required amount. However, it must be borne i.i mind that we cannot take months to do this. The Holland-St. Louis company wants to know whether or not it can be done and the only way to prove it is to secure the contracts, '•'s a simple proposition. If you have the land that will raise beets, and no c.ne knows that fact better than the farmer that has tilled the soil, then your duty to contract for as many acres as you believe you can take <are of. If you haven’t that kind of land, say so, and you won’t be botheted. We know that surrounding Decatur are thousands of acres that will raise beets. The lands have been tested and good crops have been raised in every direction, so that it’s only a question of whether or not you are patriotic enough to raise beets, if you want to improve your own condition and that of your children and their children, if you want to improve your soil. This is to be a lond, hard pull, and every man must do his part. The St. Mary's papers say we have promised a number of things that we probably can’t deliver. The facts are we have promised nothing. The sugar c< rnpany has named certain requirements. and it’s up to us to meet them, if we want the factory. Our only bothersome one is the acreage, which, by the way, is the most important. Adams county will next year furnish 10,000 acres of beet contracts, and we should furnish 5,000 or 6,000 this year. Mr. F. H. Hubbard, manager of the St. Ixiuis plant, and who will probably be the manager of the plant here, arrived this morning and is arranging various details. He will attend the meetings over the county, one at the Kohr school house tonight in Union, at the Election school house in Preble

township Thursday evening, at Mon-, toe and Pleasant Mills Friday evening i About four hundred acres were contracted Tuesday, bringing the list up to 700 acres for the two days. This is a good acreage for the number of workers out, but it must be kept up two weeks. The headquarters over this office are a busy place, each day and evening, and farmers are invited to call there when in town. If you haven t contracted, get ready to do so. If you have, get your neighbor to do 'o. it will help you to have all the People in your community raising sugar beets, for it will prove a valuable thing when the labor question comes up. Read the following contract over: In consideration of the Holland-St. Lculs Sugar Company’s erecting a sugar factory' at or near the city of Decatur, Indiana. ® The undersigned agrees to plant, cultivate, harvest and deliver to the Holland-St. Louis Sugar company, at its factory in Decatur, Ind acres of sugar beets during tlw year Hl 2 and acres of sugar beets during the year 1913, on the following lands, to-wit: in section townshio of in the

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C ° un, J' ° r State of Indiana. Not less than 15 pounds of seed petacre shall be planted, which seed shall be furnished by the Holland-St. Louis Sugar company, at 10 cents per pound •*nd the cost ot same is to be deducted from the first payments made for beets delivered. The title to said beets and to said crop ot beets, from the time when the same begins to grow, shall be and remain in the company. The beets are to be given due care and as far as practicable, the growers will follow instructions in regard to preparing the soil, seeding, caring for and harvesting the crop. Said beets shall be harvested and delivered at the factory sheds, or loaded by the grower for the company on cars at such time and in such quantities as may be directed by the company, allowing each grower his pro rata amount. The company will not be liable to receive or pay for l ects which are rotten or otherwise unfit or undesirable for making sugar. For beets delivered to the company under this contract the company will pay at the rate of Five Dollars t $5.00) per ton. subject to tare for dirt and improper topping. Payment to be made on the 15th of the month following the delivery of the beets. All wagons used in the hauling and delivery of beets grown under this contract must have boxes with tight sides and bottoms and be free from holes and cracks of any sort. Beets must be forked from wagon and all dirt remaining in wagon must be weighed out with wagon. All samples for tare and test must be forked into tare baskets in the regular manner. This contract is not valid until approved by an officer of the company or its agriculturist and no agent of the company has any authority to change or alter the terms and conditions of this contract. Signature of Grower. Date 191.. HOLLAND-ST. LOUIS SUGAR CO. Per Agt. DEATH OF TOM WATSON. Wife Was a Former Decatur Young Lady. Mrs. B. J. Rice received a letter from Mrs. Allie Metzgar Watson, of Omaha, Neb., formerly of this city, announcing the death of her husband, Tom Watson, which occurred last week. Mrs. Watson formerly made her home with Mrs. John King of this city, where she attended school and is well known to many here, who will be grieved to learn of her bereavement. — o — HARVEY KESSLER OPERATED ON. Harvey Kessler, son of Frank Kessler of near Monroe, was operated upon Tuesday morning at the Lutheran hospital, Fort Wayne, by Dr. Duemling for appendicitis, the operation being a very successful one. Mr. Kessler has been subject to attacks of appen dicits for four years or more. He has been working in a hardware store near Fort Wayne for some time and vast week was obliged to return to his home here on account of becoming worse, when the operation was decided upon. MOVES NEWS STAND. Elgin King, who for some time has been conducting the news agency at the Lachot &’ Rice store “ has transferred it to the Reiter & Fiance cigar store, where he will hold out during the winter months. The magazines and books will still be on sale at the drug store, they being in th. care of Herbert Lachot, where you can get any of the leading ones that are on the market. g 7neva7a nitor injured. Geneva. Ind, Oct. 10-D. F. Connor, vnitor of the Geneva public sehoo s . " rang the bell for school dis- *■“ •) yesterday forenoon when he : n his .ankle out of joint 1 breaking the bone about halfway fortunes.

TIRED OF LIFE J \ Said a Note Pinned to Ragged Clothes Found on the Monroe Street Bridge, SIGNATURE OF “H. D.” May be Stern Rality or May be Doings of a Practical Joker. “The world don’t need me any longer, so 1 am going to a better place. “I have no friends, so don’t hunt for any. If you find me please bury my remains. H. D.” Another unsolved semi-mysterious problem has been brought to the attention of the police, the matter being discovered late Tuesday night by Elwood Blazer, who promptly notified Night Policeman Melchi, who took charge of the case at once. Blazer had intended crossing the< Monroe street bridge, when ce came upon a pile of clothes, old and ragged, to which a note had been pinned. The note stated that the party was tired , of life, and was signed “H. D.” The ! clothes were brought to the McConnell ] sigar store where they have been placed on exhibition. In the investigation at once undertaken it developed that steps leading to the edge of the water could easily be discerned, and upon the other side it was said that the steps came out again. The whole thing may be the fabrication of some practical joker and again it may possess stern reality. The uncertainty of the affair is perplexing and the river may be dragged to settle the affair once for all. A peculiar circumstance is that the party left' the clothing on the bridge several hun-, dred feet from any water deep enough to promise a successful result to the step contemplated. The clothing has not been identified as belonging to any resident hereabouts, nor has a man of the initials given been missing from his accustomed haunts. The police believe the story to be a practical joke, but steps will be taken to solve the case tol the satisfaction of all.

BROKE AIR RECORD Aviator Rodgers Lands at Marshall, Mo.. After Ex- I cellent Day’s Flight. COVERED 1398 MILES Traveled 214 Mies Tuesday, and is First Man to Have Covered the Distance. i Kansas City, Mo., Oct. 11—Aviator C P. Rodgers, flying from ocean to ocean, left Marshall, Mo., at 8:32 this morning and arrived here at 11:05.He expects to leave here this evening, j Marshall, Mo„ Oct. 11—Exceeding the world's record for a cross-country aeroplane flight by 133 miles, and ] speeding througn the air at the rate of j seventy miles an hour, C. P. Rodgers landed here at 4:31 o’clock yesterday] afternoon on his air voyage from New '. York to San Francisco. The former ( world’s record, 1,265 miles, was made by Aviator Harry Atwood in a recent flight from St. Louis to New York. ' Rodgers has flown 1,398 miles, according to railroad mileage. “It was a bully day for a flight,” | Rodgers said, as he stepped from his I plane. “If I had started earlier this morning I certainly would have tried , to reach Kansas City tonight.” Rodgers will start for Kansas City, eighty-five miles distant, this morning. ] From a start from Springfield at ] 8:35 o'clock Tuesday morning Rodgers flew 214 miles Tuesday. He made two stops at Nebo, Mo., and at Thompson,' Mo. At both places the aviator replenished his supply of gasoline. Mr. and Mrs. John Merkle returned this afternoon from Wapakoneta, 0., after a visit with Mr. and Mrs. Henry Kruel.

Decatur, Indiana, Thursday Oct, 12 1911.

ART SMITH MAKES AIRSHIP. Fort Wayne Boy Flies in it to New Haven and Return. Arthur Sftiith, a young Fort Wayne boy, who has been working for some time on a flying machine, surprised the residents there by rising Tuesday afternoon and flying to New Haven, where he circled over the town and landed safely in a field on the farm of John Ehinger. .north of the Maumee river at New Haven. After a short rest there he left New Haven at 5: !’■ o'clock Tuesday evening and made the return trip to Fort Wayne in seve : minutes. While he was preparing to return to Fort Wayne, the connecting rod on the engine broke, necessitating a slight delay there. Triumph has come to young Smith after months of endeavor, he beginning work more than a year ago upon the building of his Curtiss-type biplane. Smith's machine has been named “Honey-Bug.''

FATAL PNEUMONIA Life of Mrs. A. T. Studebaker Claimed at Bluffton Yesterday. WELL KNOWN HERE Mother of Mesdames L. L. Baumgartner and A. M. Bauman—The Funeral. Mrs. A. T. Studebaker, one of the oldest and best known residents of I county, passed away at her home on South Main street at 2:30 1 o’clock Tuesday afternoon. Mrs. ' Studebaker bad been in poor health ' for several months, and two days ago she was taken worse, pneumonia developing. Relatives were summoned to her bedside and when she passed away she was surrounded by her husband and children. With the husband and father there survive her three sons, William, of Iowa; Noah, of Van i Buren, and John of Vera Cruz; six daughters, Mrs. Marion French. Linn Grove; Mrs. Jane Carter, Marion; Mrs. Ida Helms, Elwood; Mrs. Adda Bau- ' man, Decatur; Mrs. L. L. Baumgartner, Linn Grove, and Mrs. Minnie Hoff- ' man, east of Bluffton.—Bluffton Banner. A dispatch from Bluffton today says regarding the funeral arrangements, that the cortege will leave the house I for the Six Mile church at 1 o’clock , Thursday, where the services will be 'in charge of the Rev. Carter. Interment will be made in the church cemetery.

WHAT MR. WILSON SAYS. Milwaukee, Wis., Oct. 10 —That the American public can forever deliver ' itself from the peril of high sugar I prices is the opinion of Secretary Wili son of the department of agriculture, j who says the great remedy lies in the ‘ production of more sugar and he adds i that the production of beet sugar in I America is increasing at a remarkable rate, owing to the profit to the farmer ! and the increasing demand for the , finished product. He said beet factories could operate to advantage in connection with the dairying industry, in that the refuse from the beet sugar plants makes ex- : cellent feed for dairy cattle. In his opinion the American farmer can raise , enough sugar to supply the world. He said: , “We ought to make our own sugar ', in this country, and this has been my theory ever since I went into the department of agriculture. Drouth in Germany and revolution in Cuba could ] bring no panic to the American house- • wife if the American farmer seized his opportunity. Relief is even now in . sight. When I went into the departI ment the production of the entire country was 29,000 tons, and now it is ] more than half a million tons.” o_ — TO CONDUCT STREET SERVICES. I Evangelist Urich of Zanesville. Ohio, has arrived to conduct a ten days' series of gospel meetings on the street 'at the court house corner, and this evening at 7 o’clock will hold the first of these services. Every evening at this hour the services will be opened, and an afternoon service at 2 o’clock will be held on Saturdays. Everybody is invited to come and enI joy these services.

WED LAST NIGHT Della Frauhiger and Lewis Yake Surprise Friends Tuesday Evening. WED AT CRAIGVILLE By Rev. Ickes—Will Live on Lewis Scherry Farm in Kirkland Township. Miss Della Frauhiger, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Philip Frauhiger, of Wells county, formerly a clerk in the True & Runyon store of this city, and Lewis Yake, a prominent Adams county young man, residing in Kirkland township, were quietly married Tuesday evening at 6 o'clock, by the Rev. Ickes at his home in Craigville. The young couple have been warm friends for some time, and it was known that their marriage was to take place soon, but the exact date was kept a secret from their friends, and many did not know of it even this morning, when they came to this city to buy their household goods and supplies. The bride’s wedding dress was a very pretty cream with yoke and trimming of lace, with which she wore a long tan coat and navy blue hat. Mr. Yake is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Herman Yake, well known Kirkland township residents, and is a very highly esteemed young man. While the bride lites in Wells chounty, it is so near the Adams county line, that she may well be called a resident of this county, also. During her stay in this city, where she\ served as a clerk at the True & Runyon store, resigning a few weeks ago to prepare for the approaching wedding, she became widely acquainted and was well liked by all on account of her excellent qualities. She is a sister of Mrs. August Schlickman of this city. The young couple will make their home on the Lewis Scherry farm in Kirkland township.

BABE AT OPLIGER HOME. County School Superintendent and Mrs. L. E. Opliger are rejoicing over the birth of a girl baby. This is the second child in the household, the eldest child also being a girl. ATTEND SYNOD German Reformed Ministers of Synod of the Northwest Will Convene IN FORT WAYNE Remainder of the Week —i Opening Sssion This Evening—The Service. The Rev. L. C. Hessert, Rev. Snyder and their guests, Prof. Grether of Sheboygan, Wis.. and Rev. Fred Biesser of Plymouth, Wis., and other ministers of the Reformed church of the county will leave this evening for Fort Wayne where they will attend the annual synod of the northwest of the German Reformed church, which opens this evening at the St. John’s Reformed church, and which will continue until next Monday. The evening’s program includes devotions conducted by Rev. C. F. Kriete of Louisville, Ky., the synod vice president, and the sermon delivered by Rev. Henry VV. Vitz ot Indianapolis, the president of the synod. The address of welcome will be made by Rev.-51. H. Bosch, the pastor, at the convention church. Very ! many of the nearly 180 ministers who | will attend are expected to arrive in ] the city today. The sessions will coni tlnue over Sunday. THE ART EXHIBIT. Many tickets have been sold by the pupils of the public city schools for the art exhibit to be held at the library hall Thursday, Friday and Saturday afternoons and evenings. All children under school age, wishing to attend with their mothers will be admitted free of charge.

DR. NEPTUNE LEAVES THURSDAY On Annual Hunting Trip—Twenty-five in Party—Go to Witch Lake, Mich. Dr. .1. Q. Nel tune, the dentist, of this city, and George Nettles of Union township will leave Thursday for Foit Wayne, where they will join a company of twenty-five men, in a special car, enroute to Witch Lake, in the northern peninsula of Michigan, where they will spend a delightful three weeks hunting deer and other game. For many years this crowd ’,::.s ma t:.’p to the game country each fall and only those who have been a member realizes the enjoyment. In this crowd are four parties, including that of Senator Kritz o Elida, Ohio; Drs. Leslie and Hall o Convoy and the Gideon Brothers o; Paulding.

COURTHOUSE NEWS The Dugan and Hockenrider Cases Reset For October 25th and 26th. THE BRANYAN CASE Will be Heard October 30th —Divorce Case Left Off Trial Calendar. The case against James Dugan, charged with assault and battery, with intent, has been reset for October 25, and that against Charles Hockenrider for October 26th. Lucinda J. Branyan et al. vs. Asael Brookover et al., quiet title. Demurver to complaint filed by defendants, separately and severally. Cause set for October 30th. Margaret Reber vs. Earl Reber, divorce. Cause left off trial calednar. Rosa Blazer vs. Elwood Blazer, divorce. Cause left off trial calendar. Says the Portland Sun: "The petit jury will be called into court again Wednesday, when the trial of a damage suit sent here on change of venue from Adams county, will be begun.

The case is one in which Charles Lammirnann is plaintiff and Frederick Scheimann is defendant, and the exchange of a farm for stock in the Decatur Packing company forms the basist of the suit. It is expected that three or four days will be required to try the case. The plaintiff will be represented by C. J. Lutz, Decatur, and S. A. D. Whipple of this city, in the trial of the case, while the defendant has employed Heller, Sutton & Heller. Hooper & Lenhart of Decatur and Smith & Fleming of this city. A motion to require the defendant to produe in court certain papers, was made Tuesday and sustained by Judge Moran.” County Clerk J. P. Haefling was at Portland today, being a witness in the Lammimann-Scbeiman case from this county, which began trial there today . Marriage licenses: Ruby Florence Artman, born Dec. 5, 1893, daughter of A. D. Artman, to wed Robert Olin Baker, born August 16, 1889, photographer of Bluffton, son of James Wood Baker. The wedding will be solemnis - ed this evening at the home of the bride’s parents. Orval Stucky, born June 20, 1890, oil pumper, of Hartford township, son of John and Cora Stucky, to wed Nettie Liechty, born July 1, 1892, daughter of Amos Leichty. Real estate transfers: Eugene Chronister et al. to George Chronister, pt. lot 248, Decatur, quit claim, $35; Minerva A. Meyers et al .to George Chronister, pt. lot 248, Decatur, quit claim, $250; Decatur Cemetery Assn, to Fred Mutschler, lot 548, Decatur cemetery, $100.80; John Wittwer to Rudolph Truxel, 160 acres, Kirkland tp„ $18,500; Daniel Moshberger to Edward Moshberger, undivided one-half of 80 acres, French tp., S3OOO. — <> CARD OF THANKS. The Rev. Edward Worthmann and Mr. and Mrs. Fred Mutschler and family wish to thank all who performed kinfl services for them during their late bereavement, also for the floral offerings and all expressions of kindness and sympathy.

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TO GIVE PROGRAM Students of Public Schools to Render Program in Connection With THEIR ART EXHIBIT Interesting Numbers Have Been Arranged For Tomorrow’s Showing. In connection with the many interesting and useful pictures of art which will be displayed by the high school at the library building Thursday aiternoon and evening a program by the pupils will be rendered, and one which will add greatly to the already interesting program which is assured. The numbers will be as follows: Thursday Afternoon. West Ward, Room I—ta) Baby Bunting, Mr. Meissner; (b) Cat Tall, Mrs. Gaynor; (c) I See You, Mrs. Gaynor. Room 2—(a) Morning Glory, Mrs. Gaynor; (b) Umbrella Drill, Mrs. Gaynor. Room 3—Sciline Marine Song, Germany. Room 4—October, School; Piano Solo, Martha McCrory. ’ . Thursday Afternoon. South Ward, Room I—Round We Go. Mrs. Gaynor; Hey Diddle, Diddle, Mrs. Gaynor. Room 2—Marching Song; Popples. Room 3—Shell Song; Moon, Miessner. Room 4—Piano Solo. Bereneta Reynolds; Vocal Solo, Isabelle Edwards. Thursday Evening. Song—My Heart’s in the Highlands. Reading —Alexander Sutton. Instrumental Solo —Imo Sowle. Reading—Zelma Stevens. Duet —Dancing Song—Ada Stevens, Blanch Biggs. Reading—Chalmer Porter. Song—The Spinning Time. Seventh Grade —Song, Happy Farmer; Santa Lucia. Piano Duet —Pearl Lyons, Doris DeVoss. Reading—Rowena Shoaf. < Vocal Solo —Naomi Van Camp. o — —- —- — DEAF MUTES WILL WED. License Issued This Afternoon —A Quiet Wedding.

A marriage license yas issued at 2:30 o’clock this afternoon to Owen E. Dondt of Steuben county and Miss Ida E. Worthman, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Worthman, of near Magley. The case was rather peculiar in that both parties are deaf mutes. They were accompanied by Miss Worthman’s parents, who assisted in making known their wants, though both of the young people, who are highly educated, were able to give the necessary information to the clerk in writing, while they conversed to each other in the sign language. The wedding will take place next Thursday afternoon at Angola, the Rev. Smith, who is also a deaf mute, officiating. The two young people have attended the school for deaf mutes at Indianapolis and it was while there that they became acquainted with each other. They will* make their home with the young man's uncle near Angola, he having been reared by his uncle and aunt. The groom was born August 30, 1890, and the bride, September 30, 1890. POLICE COURT NEWS. No new developments have come to light in the case concerning the dynamite found, or in the case of the shooting of the city hall cellar. Although the police are working quietly and several good clues have been secured, the matter is being kept quiet until the entire case can be made up and then the matter will probably receive some publicity in the police courts. Mayor Teeple has received a letter from the mayor of Black River Falls, Wis.. appealing for help for the sufferers of the flood, which occurred at that place October 6th. The mayor, Gillivrag, sends a personal letter with the one from the city council, asking that the funds be forwarded to the council. All the surrounding towns have received similar letters in the last few days. oAttorney R. A. Kaufman of Huntington was a business caller here today, looking after court matters.