Decatur Democrat, Volume 56, Number 42, Decatur, Adams County, 19 October 1911 — Page 1

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MR. ALLEN I LECTURES Ar. Interesting Lecture at the Court House on Subject of Sugar Beets. I JUDGE DWYER TALKS A Dayton, Ohio, Jurist Has Caught the Fever and Gives His Reasons. Forty business men made the trip to j Willshire Tuesday evening, where a I rousing meeting was held in the opera house. Professor Rice introduced George E. Smith, the first speaker. He told the history of the Holland-St. I.ouis company. Mr. Charles Allen of Paulding followed in an hour’s talk on | the beets, interesting from | start to finish, and the farmers listen ! ed attentively to every word Mr. I Wagner closed with a talk as to con tracts and labor and the boys got bus.. ; with their contracts. Quite a number were signed andz it was decided to meet at the council rooms at that place again this evening, when the.' i :<; eet to secure 400 acres, assuring them a weighing and pay station. Rep- ( | resentatives from Wren and Glenmore I were there insisting on meetings. I About 300 acres was the total for I Tuesday’s work, running the list up to. I about 2,800. A half-dozen rigs started again this morning and there is to be I no let-up until the promised 5.000 acres are in* Then you fellows who j want to raise beets will have to hustle ! for yourselves. If you are thinking of going into this splendid and profitable business you should get your contracts in now. for those who sign this year will be the first to have the opi portunity to increase next year. The following interesting item is taken from the St. Mary’s Leader of Tuesday evening: ' ‘I tell you, gentlemen, you’ll make a mistake if you give up the idea of rais ig sugar beets; they'll doublediscount. in proJits, corn, wheat, of any other staple crop now produced in this region,’ declared Judge Dennis Dwyer, owner of 550 acres of land, in the rich Cranberry marsh in southern Mercer county, where the judge this year has 100 acres in sugar beets. Judge Dyer is an eminent Dayton jurist, candidate for delegate to the constitutional convention, now building a railway in Kansas, and was a special friend of the late M. J. Mooney, sr. The above words were uttered Tuesday in St. Mary’s, while the judge was enroute east after visiting his Mercer county estate, where the beet harvest is now revealing better than twenty tons to the acre. Fifty-two tons were, Monday taken from two and one-third acres of his land. “Judge Dwyer states having a con tract with a sugar company at tjie minimum rate of five dollars per ton for his beets, delivered at the nearest railway station. In the event his crop; shows above a certain per cent of sugar, the jirice is raised accordingly. Some of his neighbors who raised beets last year received six dollars per ton. according to the test. “•This is the first year that any of, the Dwyer manor has been devoted to beet culture. The owner is already so well satisfied that he announces plans i for planting 150 acres to beets in 1912. He expects next spring to place small grain in the space on which beets are now being harvested. Clover will be sown with the grain. The clover will be plowed under in the fall. Com will be raised the following year ani beets the year after that. “Enthusiasm like unto that of a twenty-year-old was displayed on the sugar proposition by Judge Dwyer, who apparently has passed the threescore and ten span. He feels assured that the great demand for sugar is reasonable assurance that beets will remain for'years the banner crop in the United States. He urges the program in securing a factory and thinks a company can be engaged to build a factory in St. Mary’s. He declares himself conservative in giving S6O per acre as an ordinary annual net profit derived from raising beets. His own i land Is surpassing fine and its initial crop is above the mark recently set| forth by Secretary of Agriculture Wil-| sop, who gives twenty tons per acre as j the ultimate yield in America. The

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judge is acquainted by personal observation with rand surrounding St. , Mary’s He deems It highly suited to I this class of products." “■ i o BUYS ALLISON BUILDING. At the office of the Bowers Realty company was effected the sale of the large brick business building occupied by the Reiter & France cigar store, the sale being made by the trustees of the' Allison estate, to Everett & Hite, for the consideration of $5,500. Everett & Hite have long conducted their grocery and bazaar in the buildings adjoining on the south, and stated this morning that while they might sometime occupy their newly purchased property, removal was indefinite, and that they would not move until spring, at the earliest, as they have all their winter supplies stored in the old building and the moving would be almost an endless task.

CITY COUNCIL MET H - i ’ In Regular Session Tuesday Evening For Disposal of Usual Routine Work. ■I i NEW STREET LAMPS . Were Taken Up—New Ones ’ Soon to be Purchased— Allow Some Bills. Although there was nothing of great , importance up for discussion, the city . council, witn an roemuers on hand, indulged in a very interesting session > Tuesday evening, and transacted such I business as was up for disposal. The ■ minutes o£ the last meeting were read i and approved and ordered to be placed > on the record. A resolution for the re- . funding of >26.73 to Mrs. Margaret Meyers, which had been erroneously > paid for taxes, "as also approved and • adopted. Check No. 2927, which had i been issued by the clerk for the de- - fraying of a debt, and for which an • order had already been issued was ori dered to be canceled and a record ■ of same made. A number of citizens, especially business men, have asked i the city whether or not they would fur- ’ nish electric current for the lighting ■ of streets along their places of busi- ’ ness, provided they would furnish the posts and lamps for same. After be- ; ing considered, and deeming it was for i the better protection of the city, they agreed to do so. with the placing of the i posts as sanctioned by the street and sewer committee. One of the most important questions of the evening and . one which has been considered by the city for some months was for new street lamps, the present ones in use I having nearly given their required . service, and new ones are in great de- ; inand. Councilman Hale made a mo- •' tion that the council receive proposals for fifty new .lights, and also the necessary electrical equipments for fifty . lamps, and to be able to report at the next regular meeting. A motion was ’ also made, that since the Holland-St. ■ Louis Sugar company expects to place one of their factories here, that the city show their appreciation and aid them in every way possible, as they previously done for other establishments, and they would run a six-inch water line to the north corporation line and at a point opposite the location of the factory. A report that the city had disposed of $45.00 worth of cinders and a receipt issued by the city treas- , urer was read and ordered to be plac- , 1 ed on record. The following bills II were allowed: , Wells Fargo Express Co $ 5.15 , ■ Qld Adams County bnak 22.50 Old Adams County bank 56.2a .j Old Adams County bank 56.2» i First National bank 22 -’ ,r| , i First National bank 22.50 Schaub, Gottemoller & Co 12.27 Ft. Wayne Electric Wks 28.61 Elk Coal Co 1274 , National Mill & Supply Co. ... 5.30 Viscosity Oil Co 18 00 . John Sprhgue 12 00 Ft. Wayne Oil & Supply C 0.... 10.47 Fred Sowers 6,12 Ft. Wayne Oil & Supply Co. ... 9.20 Ft. Wayne Oil & Supply Co. ... 6.00 ' Ft. Wayne Oil & Supply Co. ... 19.84 Ft. Wayne Oil & Supply Co. ... 10 00 Chas. H. Moore Oil Co 8 -°® A Foos pay roll, extra labor... 14.00 Supply Seal Co 108 D. F. Teeple 6-39 , G. R. & I. R. R- Co 219 26 J. D. Andrews ••••• 12W) , Decatur Furnace Co 136.30 John W. Coffee 40 ’ 97 I Lucy Gregory « John Stultz

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A GOOD SOLDIER » High Tribute Paid to Manassa Gilson as a Soldier by One OF HIS COMRADES Served Four Years in Civil War—Fought Bravely in Many Battles. Manassa Gilsotf, the former Adams county man, whose death occurred suddenly Monday night at his home in Paragould, Ark., and whose body will be brought here Thursday evening, where the funeral will be held, is the subject of a high tribute paid by one of his comrades, Robert Blackburn, as follows: Editor Democrat: —The deceased soh' dier, Manassa Gilson, having a four years’ military services as a member of Company C, 47th Indiana infantry, and a good military record, I give you a brief history of said record, namely: Mustered into service October 23, 1861, and mustered out October 23, 1865, having served three years of his first enlistment and one year as a veteran. His regiment was sent into Kentucky in 1861, after participating in all the hard marching and battles during said winter, and were sent to Island No. 10, New Madrid, on the Mississippi river. After the fall of Island No. 10 they proceeded down the river and captured Fort Pillow, thence to Memphis, Tenn. Next they were assigned to General Grant's army at Vicksburg, Miss., taking part in the siege and capture. At the battle of Champion Hills May 16, 186:1, the 47th Indiana Volunteers lost about one-fourth of its command. After the fall of Vicksburg the regiment was thrown into the army of the gulf, taking part in all of said battles, closing with the siege and capture of Spanish Fort and Foit Blakely, Alabama, April 8 and 9, 1865. During the entire four years’ service the deceased soldier was with his company and regiment, discharging his duty as a true and faithful soldier. Very respectfully, ROBERT BLACKBURN. Dictated by bis comrade.

TAKENUPTIALVOWS Wedding of Peter Hess and Mary Kohne Solemnized at Nine O’clock at ST. MARY’S CHURCH Big Reception Tendered the Couple at Kohne FarmDance This Evening. Father Wilken officiated this morning at a pretty wedding at 9 o’clock at the St. Mary's church, Miss Mary Kohne and Mr. Peter Hess taking the nuptial vows. The bride is a young lady of pleasing appearance, endowed with many qualities of excellence, and was very attractive appearing in her gown of white net made with a messaline silk slip. The frock was made princess effect and trimmings were of lace and fringe. In her hair she wore lilies of the valley, and a spray ■of this same pretty flower served as a marekr in the white prayer book which she carried. The bridesmaids were the Misses Amelia Kohne and Frances Hess, and both wore costumes of white over yellow and carried white chrysanthemums. The groom Was attended by Messrs. Leo Kohne and Fred Hess. Over one hundred guests attended the reception and wedding dinner given at the bride’s home south of the city following the church ceremony, and the festivities will be carried further by a big dance in the evening. The bride is a daughter of the late Henry Kohne and the groom is a son of Mrs. Amelia Hess, and are two of the most highly esteemed young people of the community, the best wishes of all attending them. They will make their home on a farm near thia city.

PUT UP A BOX. Pottoffice Department Urges Establishment of Receptacle. Circulars advocating the establishment of a mail box have been dlstri' • uted to nearly every home in the city by the postoffice department and many have responded to the appeal by putting up the boxes. There are still many homes whAre this receptacle has not been provided, and Postmaster Lower, echoed by every one of the city ■■mail carriers, again asks that this he done as soon as possible, especially before the bad and stormy weather !■•■ gins. It is the occasion of much de lay and inconvenience for the mail carrier to have to knock on the door and wait until It is answered, before delivering the mail, and much better and quicker service can be given all if this box is provided. o A HAPPY TIME Was Spent by Vince D. Bell Family at Craigville Yesterday. A SHORT HISTORY Os Couple Who Celebrated Their Golden Wedding in a Happy Way. The many Adams county relatives who attended the golden wedding celI bration of Mr. and Mrs. V. D. Bell at Craigville 1 uesday nave returned and I report that it was one of the happiest ' events of their lives. All the children, i grandchildren and great-grandchildren I of the happy couple were present and [ enjoyed the fine dinner at noon, and i lived over the past, as well as the anticipations of the happy future, which gives promise of many more happy ; years together. A photographer took a picture of the happy crowd, which will be much cherished, and another ' picture representing four generai tions whic'a includes besides Mr. and 1 Mrs. V. D. Bell, their daughter, Mrs. Mary L. Parrish, of Poneto; her daughter, Mrs. Gertrude Wileman, of 1 Bluffton, and her son, Luzerne. The descendants of the two celebrants presented each with a fine gold ring as a token of love, Mr. Bell s being a Masonic emblem ring, and Mrs. Bell s a fine plain gold band ring. Invitations were also extended to the brothers and sisters of the couple but they could not attend. Mr. Bell has two sisters living—Mrs. Linn Bari rett of Columbus, Ohio, and Mrs. Han- ' nah Anderson of West Union, lowa, while Mrs. Bell has a brother and sisj ter, Samuel Alexander, and Mrs. Marggie Kendig, of Missouri. History of Couple. V. D. Bell was born in Shelby i county, Ohio, December 19, 1836, a ! son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Bell, and iis in his seventy-fifth year. Mrs. Bell j was Miss Sarah A. Alexander, a daugh- ■ ter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Alexander, i and was born on March 26, 1842, in i Pennsylvania, and is sixty-nine years lof age. The couple, Mr. V. D. Bell and ; Miss Sarah Alexander, were united, in ! marriage October 17, 1861, at Xenia, | Ohio, by Rev. Albert Guy, a Baptist ! minister, and they have enjoyed fifty ’ y,ears of unbroken married happiness. ) Mr. Bell first became a resident o' I Indiana when his parents moved to I Adams county in 1850, from Miami I county, Ohio. His father died in 1854 I and he was placed by his mother in ! the employ of a Decatur cabinet maker !to learn the trade. He worked there : ’until 1865 when he and his mother 1 moved to Ohio, where he continued to ; follow the cabinet making trade Jor ' another two years. After he was mar- ; rled he decided that he would make a good farmer, something his mother had doubted because she thought he was not strong enough. He and his wife came to Indiana again in 1863 and first located on a farm in French township, Adams county, where they resided continuously until 1907. They first established a home in .a hewn log cabin, built by Mr. Bell himself, which served as their home for many years. In 1883 he erected a handsome brick house on the farm. A farm of 160 acres which he bought from his sisters in 1863 for $1,600 was sold by him in 1907 to John Hyerly for $16,- , 000, and he also sold another 160 acres 1 in Kirkland township, Adams county, [ for which he had paid $3,000 at the handsome advanoe to $16,000. After ' CONTINUED OTY PAGE FOUR

TO MEET SUNDAY Washington Township Sunday School Convention Will be Held IN THIS CITY Sunday Afternoon and Evening at Evangelical and Methodist Churches. The program for the Washington township Sunday school convention to be held in the Evangelical and Methodist churches, this city, next Sunday afternoon and evening, October 22nd, has been announced, and the public is very cordially invited to attend the interesting services. The program: Afternoon Session. 2:00 —Evangelical Church. Song Service —Led by Rev. D. O. Wise. Devotional Service —Led by Rev. L. C. Hessert. Ad’dress—"Our Standards" — Jesse Rupp, County President. Song—Audience. Discussion —"The Departments" — Teacher. Song and Offering. Benediction —-Rev. W. H. Gleiser. Evening Session, 7:OO—M. E. Church. Invocation—'Rev .R. L. Semans. Anthem —M. E. Choir. Scripture Reading—Rev. E. A. Goodwin. Prayer—Rev. J. M. Dawson. Song—Audience. Address —"The Family Altar" —Rev. W. H. Gleiser. Solo. Song and Offering. Benediction —Rev. Charles Ehle. NEARLY KILLED BY TRAIN. Frank Butler, one of the .general merchandise delivery men, had a narrow escape from death about 4:39 o'clock Tuesday afternoon, while driving along Winchester street. He had just reached the Erie railroad, when the fast Wells-Fargo express train came thundering past and had he not had presence of mind or time enough to back his horse and wagon from the track, he would have been killed.'

A STATE MEETING Os Pocahontas Lodge Will Hold Session Thursday at Indianapolis. DELEGATES ATTEND Mrs. Al. Garard, Represntative, and Others Left This Morning. Mrs. Al Garard, Mrs. Al Burdg and Mrs. Florence Bain left this morning for Indianapolis and on Thursday will attend the sessions of the Pocahontas lodge, which convenes there for the day. Mrs. Garard goes as a delegate from the local lodge, while Mrs. Burdg who is a member of one of the committees, will also represent the home lodge. Mrs. Bain, who accompanied them merely went to witness the day’s work, and who has been attending the various meetings being held. The day will be one of great interest, the election of state officers taking place during the day, a»id such other business as always comes up before the session, will be looked after. The sessions will be held at the Knights of Pythias hall and delegates from all parts of the state will be in attendance. Several important business meetings will be held during the day, as well as social gatherings for the meeting of all present, and enjoying the day of business and pleasure combined. Mrs. Ferdinand Kessler and grandson, Kenneth O’Neal Kessler, of near Monroe went to Fort Wayne this morning to call on Kenneth’s father, Harvey Kessler, a patient at the Lutheran hospital. He is recovering nicely from a recent operation for appendicitis.

REV. IMLER WRITES. This office Is in receipt of a caid from Rev. Imler, who has recently been changed to South Whitley, stating that everything is o. k. and that they like their new home quite well. Monday evening about- seventy-five members of the church came in on them for the evening and a most enjoyable time was had. A program of recitations, speeches and music was rendered and was highly interesting throughout the evening. Refreshments were served and guests remained until late in the evening. On last Frida' evening seventeen new members were added .to the Ladies’ Aid society, and the organization is now in a much bt ter condition’ for the carrying on < their desired work.

AN OFFICIAL CALL Adams County People Wil be Delegates to First Conservation Congress. HELD IN INDIANA Superintendent Opliger and Mayor Teeple Will Each Appoint Delegates. County Superintendent Opliger. Mayor Teeple and the press are in receipt of the official call of Governor Marshall for the first conservation congress in Indiana. Each will appoint two delegates. The call reads as follows: To the People of Indiana, Greeting: In accordance with a general expression of desire on the part of persons having at heart the prosperity of our people, I hereby call a Conservation Congress to be held in the city of Indianapolis, October 28th. I concur in the belief that the soil is the ultimate employer of all industry and the greatest source of all wealth: that land conservation is, therefore, the most important phase of the conservation question; that the farmer is the real conservator of the resources of the earth; and, therefore urge that the congress, herein called, devote its thought and activities to questions pertaining to the soil with its underlying beds of coal and its ( wells of gas and oil and to streams—! particularly to the pollution thereof — and to the ownership of their beds. It has been aptly said that the farmer is near the cradle of supplies, near I the sources of the streams, next to the j margin of the forests and '•p the hills and in the valleys and on tne plains just where the resources lie. For this reason it is appropriate that the Conservation Congress of Indiana, an agricultural state, give particular thought to the soil and the resources connected therewith. THOS. R. MARSHALL, ’ Governor.

NEARLY FINISHED. The new slaughter house being erected by Hower & Baker, on the Nuttman land, northwest of the city, is nearing completion and in a few weeks will be occupied by that enterprising firm. Some time ago they found that the house they had was too small, and at once plans were made for the building of a new structure, which is about forty by sixty feet. A modern equipment will be installed and the operation of slaughtering will be greatly simplified. They will have considerable pasture for the keeping o fstock and the institution will be one of the largest private slaughtering houses in this part of the country. NEWS FROM THE COURT HOUSE. Elizabeth Farber vs. George W. Farber, divorce. Cause ordered left off trial docket. Emma Bucher vs. Grover Bucher, divorce. Default of defendant. Mary Shaw vs. Harvey Shaw, divorce. Appearance by DeVoss for defendant. Rule to answer. Frederick Hanni vs. Charles Schug. Ferdinand Mettler, damages, S3OO. Appearance by Cottrell for defendants. Rule to answer. Real estate transfers: George H. Kelley to John W. Burris, lot 101 and part of 102, Geneva, SBOO.

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HEGRASPED LIVE WIRE Burford Proffitt Grasps Trolley Wire With Current of 6,6 C) Volts. 'STANDING ON STONE Was All That Saved His Life —Hand Burned Horribly —Finger Amputated. The fact that Burford Broffi.tr of 1 near Celina, Ohio, a workman on the : Magley pike in the north part of the 'county, was standlug ou a car load of I crushed stone, which is a poor conductor of electricity, was all that saved his lite Tuesday afternoon about 2 o'clock, when he grasped the trolley wire, -carrying about 6,600 volts of electricity, wnile shoveling stone from the interurban cars at Stop 22. His left hand was burned until his grip was lost and he fell senseless to the ground. His escape from death is littla short of miraculous. As it is, his little finger, which was burned horribly, will necessarily be amputated, the thumb and index finger of the hand being burned in a minor degree. Proffitt with others of the force were working on the interurban cars at Stop 22, near the Gallmeyer home, shoveling stone which was being unloaded for the road. Not knew.ng the danger of the trolley wire c erhead. he in some way, to maintain his balance, threw up his left hand, grasping the wire. He was drawn to the wire till his fingers burned away by the heavy electric current, and he fell senseless. William Weens, another workman, seeing the danger of the man as he hung to the trolley, rushed to pull him away, but as soon as he touched him he was thrown away with such force that he fell, and he himself was injured, his injuries being a bruised and cut place on the top of his hand and a burn on one of his fingers. When Proffitt fell, his companions rushed to him, fully expecting to find him dead. After about ten minutes, however, he regained consciousness and was hurriedly brought to this city in the Charles Dirkson automobile, where his wounds were dressed, the amputation of the finger not being effected at this time. He left today for his home at Celina, Ohio. Carrey Shingledecker of Celina, Ohio, who is overseer of the pike force, together with Mr. Weens, were ■iniong those who accompanied the injured man to this city.

ABER BOX SOCIAL. Box socials are all the go these days the last one to come to our notice being the one to be held at the Aber school in Root township, two miles north of the Dent school, Thursday evening of this week. Miss Carrie Dowling, the teacher, is being greatly assisted by her pupils who are endeavoring to make the evening a pleasant one. A special program has been prepared which will be rendered, alone with other amusements, to make the event a highly interesting one. Everyone come. GAME CANCELLED. (United Press Service.) Phllade’pllia. Pa., Oct. 18 —(Special to Daily Democrat} —A heavy rain which began falling at 10 o’clock last night and continuing today, caused the national commission to meet shortly after 10 o’clock today and declare off the game between the New York Giants and Philadelphia Athletics for the world’s championship series today. The next game will be played at Philadelphia on the first clear day. POLICE COURT NEWS. About 4 o’clock Tuesday afternoon Marshal Peterson found a tramp on the streets who made a practice of visiting each business house and making himself generally obnoxious and he took him in charge, He towed him through the alleys to the city limits where he was advised to make a getaway, a chance of which the tramp availed himself.