Decatur Democrat, Volume 56, Number 43, Decatur, Adams County, 26 October 1911 — Page 1

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OFFICIAL ACTION Holland-St.Louis Sugar Co. Wires City of Decatur Congratulations. COME TO DECATUR Acreage Accepted, the Five Thousand Having Practically Been Secured. Holland, Mich., Oct. 24. ".J. H. Heller. Decatur, Ind: "Congratulations. Location decision left to committee. We expect to come to Decatur. "HOLLAND-ST. LOUIS SUGAR CO." The above message was received a few minutes before 6 o’clock Tuesday evening. We thank them for that first kind word. Whi'e every one felt assured that the big beet sugar plant would come to this city, from the very first, and particularly so, after the committee referred to above came here just three weeks ago this aftternoon and told us we could have the plant if certain conditions were complied with. The most difficult of these at that time was the securing of contracts for 5,000 acres of beet land, for two years. However, the boys rolled up their sleeves and pitched in. An organization of the working force was quietly made, and on Monday, October 9th, they started on the big job, the company sending two agriculturists, E. M. Wagner and George E. Smith, here from St. Louis. The campaign waged was never equaled here and we believe never excelled in the world. Experts predicted that three months would be required, but the boys never faltered for a minute and when the word came last Friday that the meeting was to be held Tuesday, when definite action would be taken, the energy was toned up again and a renewed effort made which brought forth a thousand acres in three days. Tuesday morning the exact acreage was wired to the company and this telegram means that the work was not in vain, that the specifications of the committee have been met, and that the work of that committee in selecting Decatur has been o. k'd by the stockholders or board of directors. There are still some details to be arranged. An option on the Haugk land has been secured and the land will be bought this week, outright. An option has also been secured on the three-corner-ed tract belonging to Spuller and -Mayer, so that work on the laying of the railroad tracks can begin as soon as directed by the company, which will likely be in a very few days. The Decatur citizens w ill also have to contract for the drilling of two or three, wells, and attend to a few minor details, all of which is being looked after in away that there will be no slip. You may rest assured that Decatur will land the big industry, which] means so much to this city and the surrounding community. It has been a marvelous work, sur-] prising citizens of other towns whoj have had similar experiences, and the, outcome is the result of the concerted action of our business men and farmers. We have accomplished something and now that we have the hang of it. we can do it again. Come on, you fellows, with good proposl- ] tions, and see if we don’t handle you in the right way. Don’t come if you haven't got the right kind of a proposition. for you will be turned down, cold, but if you have, we will take care of you. Just when the dfrt will begin to fly j is now- the question that is being ask-j ed and we will no doubt be able to] tell you about it in a few days. The ( exact acreage in this morning was) 4,891, just 109 short, and the boys had , notices from enough to make up that amount. About 150 acres more will be secured to cover any possible error and this will likely come in today or tomorrow. The big work is over and the result is satisfactory. Heller. Sutton & Heller are attorneys for Ida Mills et al. vs. William H. Ruprigbt et al., a new partitton case.

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date changed. Owing to the inability of one of the speakers to be present at the dedication of the new school house postponed until one week later, Friday evening, November 3rd, at which time every arrangement will be completed. Program of exercises will be published next week. ■ o —— SPECIAL MEETING. I here will be a special meeting of the Red Men this evening at their hall at which time business of vital importance will come up before the members, All members are earnestly requested to be on hand. COURT HOUSE NEWS James Dugan Trial Postponed Till October 30th— Witness WAS NOT PRESENT At Time of Trial Today— New Partition Case Was Filed. An affidavit was filed in the circuit court today by Dan N. Erwin, charging Frank Knoll with the theft of a tendollar grey suit, a fifty-cent pair of gloves and a fifty-cent cap, the theft alleged to have been made October 10th. Mr. Erwin kept the clothes in a winter storage trunk in the barn, and it was from that place that they are alleged to have been taken. In the case of the State vs. James Dugan, the blind man charged with assault and battery with intent, which was set for trial today, a motion was filed to quasn each count of the affidavit. Upon application for defense as a poor person, John C. Moran was appointed counsel for the defendant. On account of the absence of the prosecuting witness, Margaret Carson, the Dugan case was postponed until October 30th. An attachment was issued for her.

Miles W. Hamrick vs. Maria Brandt ! et al., to abate nuisance, damages and injunction. Rule to answer absolute in five days. Judge J. T. Merryman of Decatur, the new judge in the Steward fair ground liquor case, was in the circuit court today to hear arguments on the several motions filed to defeat the affidavit on which the warrant was bas- ] cd. He agreed to begin the hearing on November 11th, the last day oi the present term and once on the way the matter can be taken up during the week of vacation that intervenes. Fort Wayne Sentinel. Lucinda J. Branyan et al. vs. Aseal ] Brookover et al., quit title. Para- ’ graph of answer filed by defendants ! except Manyetian Brookover and Martin L. Vickery, guardian. Rule to reply. Motion for continuance filed. Demurrer to second paragraph of answer filed. Motion for continuance sustained and cause continued. Set for November 2nd on application for receiver, and on the demurrer to second paragraph of answer. The Independent Torpedo 1 0. vs. Silas W. Hale et al., account, $75. Motion to make more specific filed by de fendant overruled, and exceptionsAAnswer in two paragraphs and crosscomplain in one paragraph filed by defendants. Rule to reply to second paragraph of answer and to cross-com-plaint. Reply to second paragraph of answer filed, and answer to crosscomplaint filed by the plaintiff. A marriage license was issued this afternoon to Miss Laura Bixler, daughter of D. Bixler of Berne, to wed William J- Rinderspacher, a packing house man of Hastings, Neb. The wedding will be solemnized Thursday noon at the home of the bride’s father at Berne. Myrtle Daughtry vs. John Daughtry. Attachment on defendant filed by plaintiff for not complying with the order of court in reference to payment for support of the minor child, was sustained. Attachment for defendant directed to sheriff of Allen county,Returnable forthwith.

THE TICKET SALE ■ ■ 1 ■ I , . I High School Seniors Begin ( Sale of Lecture Course Tickets. I THE FIRST NUMBER J - _ < Will be Bell Ringers November 9—Five Numbers in the Series. The high school seniors today began ' the sale of tickets for the lecture course to be given this winter under their auspices, in Bosse’s opera house, the five numbers to be given by some of the best talent in the country, tin- ' der the management of the Colt Ly- • ceum bureau of Cleveland, Ohio, un- ■ der which the course last winter was ! also given. The season tickets will | be $1.25, a very small price for a course of such excellence, any number of which is worth nearly the sum . charged for the whole. The first num - ! ber will be given November 9th, by ■ the Apollo Concert company and bell ' ringers, one of the company being also a reader; the second will be November 20th, a lecture by Col. George W. Bain, the Kentucky orator; December Sth will be given “The Captain of Plymouth,” a successful comic opera, the plot of which is based on ‘‘Longfellow’s poem, “The Courtship of Miles Standish,” and which will be a home talent production, a chorus of fiftyhigh school students under the direction of Miss Bess Schrock, teacher of music. The fourth of the series will be a lecture by Albert Edward Wiggam, January sth, and the last, February 1, an entertainment by Ned Woodman, humorist, cartoonist and rhymist.

TO BE AT BERNE The Adams County Sunday School Association Will Hold Convention THERE NOV. 8 AND 9 Programs Will be Issued in a Few Days--Inspiring Sessions. The officials of the Adams County Sunday School association have issued the following notice; The program for the county Sunday school convention to be held at Berne on No”ember Btb and 9th, X is about completed, special, strong talent has been secured for the convention this year and it will be a great treat for Sunday school workers in this county. In addition to some of the best talent in the county the committee has secured two state workers, and also two able and well known speakers from Muncie, Ind. It will also be a very practical convention. One of the leading features will be the various conferences of the different departments. All Sunday school workers should avail themselves of this splendid opportunity to get information and inspiration. Just what you need. Evening sessions at the Mennonite church, and day services at Mission and Evangelical churches. Good music. Come! JOS. SCHILLING SELLS FARM. Joseph Schilling, living south of this city, in Washington township, Tuesday afternoon, sold his forty acre farm to Harvey Lammiman, the consideration being $5,200, or $132 per acre. The farm is a good one. A BOX SOCIAL. Miss Clara Boknecht, teacher at the Mallonee school, announces a box social for Thursday evening. Everybody is invited to come and share the pleasures of the evening with them. o Mary Shaw vs. Harvey Shaw, divorce. Plaintiff filed application for allowance. Appearance by defendant withdrawn.

Decatur, Indiana, Thursday Oct, 26 1911.

INDIANIANS WERE SUCCESSFUL. Gregory, S. D., det. 25—Three Hoosiers were amonglthe lucky ones at the opening yesterday of the drawing] of the 4,000 prizes in the Rosebud land allottment. Jessie Maaitlen of Redkey, Ind., drew No. 35A; Will P. Keefe of Elkhart, No. 719, and Thomas E. Morris of Redkey No. 780. No. 1, estimated to be’worth SIO,OOO, was drawn by Mary J. Kendall of Rapid City, S. D., and No. 2 by Frank Boyles of Gregory. o- — - I GOING OVER LINE E. B. Lincoln, General Manager Muncie & Portland Traction Line — I WAS HERE TODAYi I '■A 11 I Accompanied W. H. Fledi derjohann Over North Line—Extension South. ( — E. B. Lincoln of Portland, Indiana, general manager of the Muncie k ; Portland Traction company, was in the city this morning and with W. H. , Fledderjohann of the Fort Wayne &, Springfield Railway company, .est at 10 o’clock over the line between this , city and Fort Wayne, viewing the same, in preparation for a considera-, tion of the southern extension of the road, arrangements for which will be finished within a short time. With the assurance of the coming of the i beet sugar plant, Mr. Fledderjohann stated the work of the southern ex- \ tension will be pushed rapidly and soon another excellent service line i will be established from the city connecting at Portland with other roads. ■ both steam and traction, and making ] a continuance of this line on to Richmond. With the southern extension , of the road, there will be another ex-, i cellent way opened up for local trans-! i portation for the Adams county sugar . beet producers, CARD t)F THANKS. The wife, children, sister and other j relatives of Manassa Gilson, whose i body was brought here from his late ; ] home in Paragould. Ark., for burial,, ' wish in this way to thank the many j | kind friends who aided them so kindly !' in all ways during their bereavement.; | o | BUUCK FUNERAL TODAY. The funeral of Ernst Buuck of Preble township, whose death occurred < Sunday morning, was held this after-1 noon at the Freidheim Lutheran church, in charge of the Rev. Preuss.,

SAW THE COMET County Recorder H. S. Steele Gets Fine View of the Brooks CometEARLY THIS MORNING ’ I Says It Was Much More] ■ Plain to Sight Than Halley’s Comet. I County Recorder H. S. Steele was numbered among the first of Decatur ’ citizens in getting a view of Brooks'. comet which is now visible to the! naked eye, mornings in the east. Mr. I Steele stated that he arose this morning about 4 o'clock and had a very plain view’ of the comet, just about thirty-five degrees north of east, the ] comet being much more bright than the Halley comet. He stated that. the nucleus or head is very bright and i that the tail shoots up nearly perpen-1 dicularly. Mr. Steele and family t watched the comet for some time and then retired agais. About 5 o’clock they again took a look at it, it being still visible. By this time, however, it had moved to about the samfe posi-. tion south that it occupied north, when viewed at 4 o’clock. Real estate transfers: Charles W. Yager to Clyde M. Rice, part of lot, 71, Decatur, $2400.

STATE CONVENTION Os Bankers Open Two Days’, Session This Morning at Indianapolis. A SMOKER TONIGHT Senator Aldrich of Rhode Island to be Principal Speaker of Evening. Bankers E. X. Ehinger and C. A Dugan, and also Mrs. Dugan have gone to Indianapolis where the gentlemen will attend the two days' session of the State Bankers' convention, which convened this morning at the Claypool hotel. The two days will be of great interest to both, several business meetings to be held in the morning, while at the same time they will have the opportunity of meeting many of their associates in the banking business ami renewing their former acquaintances. This evening there will be an elaborate smoker, at which time Senator Aldrich of Rhode Island will be the principal speaker of the occasion, as well as other prominent men in the business world. Mr. Ehinger. who has also a number of other business problems to transact, will attend to them while there, thus losing no time while taking in the convention as the occasion offers. An election of state officers will also take place and such other affairs attended to as are common to arise at the convention. Mrs. Dugan, who accompanied her husband, will, while there, attend a meeting of the State Federation of ' Clubs, and while at the capital citywill be the guest of Mrs. Nellie Ellingham.

WILL BUY TODAY — — Decatur Cemetery Association Holds Meeting to Close Deal ’•OR FIFTEEN ACRES ■Consideration is Said to be $3,000 —Will be Opened , 1 at Once. —«■» «■ The Decatur Cemetery association met Tuesday afternoon at which time they took up the matter of the ad- ' visability of the purchase of another portion of lana to add to the present 1 cemetery in order to accommodate the ; ' patrons for years to come. They had a fifteen-acre piece in view and several ] trips to view the proposed addition | were made but nothing definite was done until it was brought before the meeting Tuesday. At that time the matter was gone into thoroughly and argued, but this morning it was stated that nothing , definite had yet been accomplished. | If the purchase is made, which will I probably be before night, the new por- ! tion will at once be opened up and ! the lots therein sold. With this i large addition the Decatur cemetery | will prove to be one of the most beauI tiful in this portion of the state. Just ! now about all the lots in the old ceme- • tery have been sold and the new opi tion lying along the road will prove j 1 to be a very good proposition. TO ATTEND WEDDINGS.

Dr. Lizzie Burns, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Clark Brothers, of east of the city, went to Fort Wayne this afternoon, where this evening she will attend the wedding of her cousin, Miss Maude Ensminger to Grover Hugenard. Dr. Burns, who has been practicing in Chicago, will open an of flee in this city November Ist, and will locate in the building occupied by the Bowers Millinery company, after it moves to one of the new Bowers rooms now in course of construction. Dr. and Mrs. J. W. Vizzard of Pleasant Mills went to Fort Wayne this afternoon, thence to Dixon, Ohio, and this evening will attend the wedding of Dr. Morgan’s daughter, Goldie, to Alvin Smith of Fort Wayne.

NOT A SON-IN-LAW. Os Albert Kindle is Raymond French, Who Was Swindled. A mistake was made in saying that tho Raymond French, who was swin died out of $3,300 in the purchase of an auto non-freezing water In South Bend, was a son-in-law of Albert Kindle, of near Linn Grove. The son-in-law of Mr. Kindle is Hubert French of Linn Grove, and is not the man who was swindled, the Raymond French, who was mixed up in the swindle, being his third cousin, and a resident of South Bend. The correction is made with pleasure.

FORMER PIONEER ■■ ■ k Mrs. George Numbers. Resident Here Many Years Ago, Passed Away. AT AUSTIN, TEXAS Remains Will be Taken to the John Niblick Home For a Short Service, George Beers of Fort Wayne was here Tuesday evening to secure an undertaker and to make some funeral arrangements relative to she death of his monier-m-iaw, Mrs. Elizabeth Numbers, now residing at Austin, Texas, and years ago a former resident of this city, the sad news of which he received in the earlier part of the day. Mrs. Beers was the widow of the late George Numbers, one of the pioneer residents of the city, and for many years a cabinet maker and undertaker. About twenty years ago, and a short time following the death of her husband. Mrs. Numbers and children left for Austin, where they have since made'' their home, three of the daughters teaching in a private school. She had reached the advanced age of about eighty-four years and death was due to the infirmities brought on through it. They were numbered among the prominent citizens of the city, and will no doubt be well remembered by the older pioneers of the city. She leaves three daughters, Artie, Melette and Emily, who have been making their home with her; Mrs. Kathryn Beers of Fort Wayne, and a son, Dayton, at St. Louis, Mo., Albert Numbers of this city being a grandson of the deceased, The remains will be brought to this city, having left Austin Tuesday evening, accompanied by her daughter, and are expected to arrive here either Thursday night or Friday morning. Miss Melette. She will also be joined by her brother, Dayton, at St. Louis, Mo. Upon the arrival of the remains they will at once be taken to the John 1 Niblick home, they being near friends ' for years, and where a short service | will be held Friday morning at 10 o’clock in charge of the Rev. Gleiser. She has been a faithful member of the Presbyterian church for many years, and although the regular funeral service was held previous to their leaving Austin, the brief one here will give those acquainted with her an opportunity of attending and showing their respect. Mrs. George Beers of Fort Wayne, her daughter, will be here to meet the remains. Interment will be made at the Maplewood cemetery. MISS DUNATHAN BETTER. Was the Wor I Received Today—Mrs. Ross Harden Improving. Prof. E. E. Rice, superintendent of the city schools, today received a card from Van Wert, Ohio, stating that Miss Rose Dunathan, principal of the Decatur high school, who was obliged to return to her home there Monday on account of illness, is better. Miss Dunathan became ill last week, suffering from indigestion, which superinduced other ailments. She will not be able to resume her school work here this week. Samuel Doak received a card from his wife, who has been with her sister, Miss Emma Smith; at Piqua, 0., for several weeks, stating that Miss Smith passed successfully through her third operation and that the physicians have now declared that she has passed the danger period, and it is thought she will get along all right, though she is still very weak.

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WE RE ON THE MAP Charley Hernley Says Beet Industry is One of the Best on Earth. AND HE KNOWS Mr. Ellingham Adds Congralulations to Those of the Rest of the World. —— i * Indianapolis, Ind., Oct. 25 —In an- > ■ other conversation with the Hon. : Charles S. Hernley he easily conI vinces one that he is more than interested in the beet sugar industry. He expects to se’e Indiana one of the largest producers of sugar beets of any state in the union, and he thinks Decatur and Adams county more than fortunate in being the pioneer. Mr. Henrley has a vast knowledge of this business and at one time was financially interested in a factory located in New York. At that time he labored long and earnestly in locating a branch factory in his home town, Newcastle, but after they had the farmers there worked up to the point of contracting beet acreage, the one practical member of the firm died, and the project was abandoned. He later disposed of his holdings in the | New York factory, and since has had no connection with this sort of manufacturing. He has, however, kept in close touch with the progress made in beet sugar farming and believes it to be the best and most legitimate undertaking that capital can be invested in. Statistics bear out such a claim, as it is a matter of common knowledge that the day is not far dis- ■ tant when this country will have to ' raise all her own sugar, and this taken in connection with the natural increase in consumption each year, means that this country has got to get busy. That being true where in all this broad domain can they do things as well as in Indiana, and where in Indiana so well as in Adams county?

Mr. Hernley says the establishing of this industry is the best advertiser possible. It advertises the town, the cotlhly, the soil, the character and enterprise of our people. It is notice to the world _that we are worth while, and that henceforth it will be unnecessary to supply a bill of character every time we appear among strangers. All this is true. It is like the struggle in line—to start; the amassing of a competence—the getting of the first ten thousand. So it is with Decatur. She has both feet firmly planted on the highway of prosperity and success in the business world. May she never falter, and may every one of her citizenship grow sleek and fat and rich. Congratulations are due the mighty hosts that have labored the labor of love. The last two weeks spoke volumes for the character of the citizenship, the good fellowship and the good business judgment exercised in making a certainty of a possibility. This one was so easy that when the proper time comes you will try* another, and that one will doubtless be easier than this one. So it will go. But it was a great victory and you did yourselves proud. L. G. E. “THE WIDOW McCARTY. He has woven a fabric of fun and melody of sufficient strength to produce uninterruptedly good business all over the country. “The Widow McCarty” has more than any other attraction of a similar character the fun diversified. There is the drollery of Russel Craner, in his many sided character of O'Hooligan, the Irish aiderman, the irresistable flirtation of Mayme McPharlan as the dashing widow, and Frank Christie as the honest Irishman. Opera house tonight. Mrs. Ross Harden, who Sunday morning was operated upon at her home in Union township, by Dr. McOscar of Fort Wayne, assisted by local physicians, for the removal of a fibroid tumor, is getting along nicely. Miss Avery, a trained nurse from Hope hospital, Fort Wayne, is in attendance.