Decatur Democrat, Volume 56, Number 43, Decatur, Adams County, 26 October 1911 — Page 3

Thursday was another four-hundred-| dere-day, mating uie (.otai nearly 3,. 6<K). With several crowds out at work today, there is little d ,übt but that we will reach the 4,000 mark to-! day, a most remarkable rec-' ord for less than two weeks'! work The territory near town has come in so good that it has not’ been necessary to thoroughly work the outlying districts, which were given in the possible territory. There are at 1 least 000 acres promised to parties who are arranging with their tenants or for renting land and the fifth thousand will come quickly. We want to call especial attention to one thing and that is, IF YOU WANT A CONTRACT, I IT'S UP TO YOU TO GET IN NOW.' It is impossible to see every one two 1 or three times. The committees have tried to cover the territory and have worked hard. Now don't come in after the list is closed and say you were not given a chance. We are giving you fair warning that the committee, is only authorized to take contracts 1 for 5,000 acres. After that is secured you must deal with the factory direct. l It is probable that they will not want 1 too much acreage the first year, and* the way to be safe is to sign up now. 1 You can decide this week just as eas- 1 Uy as a month from now. The local 1 committees have worked hard and' have tried to see you. If they haven't,! it's up to you to use a little energy! and let them know, or better still, call at the office here and sign up. Matters pertaining to the securing' of the land are being closed up today, and it is likely that the work will start soon. No one can doubt now but that we will be able to fill every requirement to secure this splendid factory. It’s up to you to get into 1 the beet business for your own good. I The territory just west and north of; town is being worked today, as the map shows that section has been slighted. These people close to the, factory should certainly take advan-l tage of their opportunity. If the solicitors miss you we want to again' warn you that you should get busy. It is mighty Important, if you expect to raise beets, either now or in the future, for now is the time to learn, * when the factory will make a special' effort to instruct you and get you off right. Besides, those who sign contracts this year, will no doubt have the first opportunity next year. We recently met a farmer from Paulding county who told us that he has been three years trying to get his contract, increased to thirty-five acres. Remem-! ber the acreage will be 4,000 by Satur-' day morning and the other thousand 1 will come quickly, in fact in might come in tomorrow. Don't wait, don’t imagine things, unless you want to continue with the old crop, while your nt ighbor is making more money with 1 beets. COMMITTEE IS GRATEFUL. The acreage committee wishes in this manner to thank everybody, aud we mean everybody from the small bey and girl to the father and mother, for their hearty 00-operation and splendid assistance in the work we have been engaged during the last ten days. It has been an arduous task and a big Job. but it has been made a pleasure by your willingness to help through suggestions. Kindly greetings and real effective vwk. Many of our loyal citizens and fanners have forgotten that they have interests of their own to look after aud have gotten into harness and helped secure contracts ■ for growing sugar beets. And the success v« have met with —think of j it! Th ' .tanvsss has on only 'en <mys, sad we have more than 3,606 acres of bona fide contracts. Notwithstanding some very bad weather we have averaged 360 acres per day. te Holland-St. Louis Sugar company asks for only 5,000 acres tor the years ' 1912-IX We have made an extensive I canvase and wished to see every man or woman who owns or rents land,■ and interest them in the growing' of sugar beets; but we have met with sueb success that we will soon have' to close our canvass as the contracts ' will soon be taken. It has not been | our desire to miss or slight any one and we wish to announce that wei have established an offles with a big| sign, Sugar Beet Office, ia front. This can easily be found and we kindly ask those whom we may have missed in our canvass to come to this office and ; secure contracts as the time is fast coming to a close. Only a tew more days and the company will have all the acreage they can use during the first season. So don’t feel hurt if you , miss getting your plum. Thanking you again for the very sincere interest you have shown, we are Y’ours very respectfully. THE ACREAGE COMMITTEE. John T. Myers, Chairman. The bo# of Manassa Gilson, whose death occurred Monday night at bis @ home in Paragould, Ark- arrived, Thursday evening at 7:03 ocloc over the Clover Leaf railroad and was tak-, en to the home of his sister Mrs. Alex Hoyer, on Chestnut stree , _ ( Fiiday afternoon at -:30, , '•

[the funeral was held -t the Baptist | church, the Rev. C. E. Ehle officiating. In attendance at thy funeral in I'Odles were the G. A. R„ W. R. C. and I K. of P. lodges, with which the de i ceased had long been affiliated. The . remains were accompanied to this city by the widow, Mrs. Mollie Gll- ■ son, and son-in-law, Al Ayres, and wife and two children. Two daugh-' ters of Mr. Gilson—Mrs. Hattie Joung, of Winchester, and Mrs. Lizzie Bunn, of Akron, Ohio, arrived Thursday afternoon, and with a large number of other relatives and the 1 members of the lodges, met the cortege at the train. A message from the ( son, Alva, in California, and a stepson. Ed Eichar, brought the word that they would be unable to come. The brief telegram message receiv ed Tuesday noon by Mr. and Mrs. Hoyer stated that Mr. Gilson had drop I ped dead, and it was supposed here that he died from heart trouble. This 1 was erroneous, however, as he died j from internal injuries received in a fall Monday morning at 9 o'clock. Mr. , Gilson, who was a carpenter, was 1 working on a porch which he was I roofing, and as he worked, stepped Ibackward from time to time, as he finished the part he was roofing. He J worked nearer the edfe from time to I time, and at last reached the extreme ' edge, where a step backward threw : hih to the ground, where he fell, strikI ing bis side on a cement step. Two I ribs were broken and he received inI ternal injuries, which resulted in his death. Mr. Gilson was seventy-three years, four months and sixteen days of age at death. Burial took place in the family lot in the Decatur cemetery. ■ 11 ■' ■'<> — —■ ■ DELEGATES TO STATE MEET. The first Indiana Conservation Congress will be held in the Claypool ho- ; tel. Indianapolis, October 26th, and I will be attended oy many. The Ad i ams county commissioners have api pointed the following delegates from this county: Ixiuis Kline of Roo’ township; John D. Meyer of Decatur, and William Anderson, Geneva. Official Call. First Indiana Conservation Con ' gress, Claypool hotel, Indianapolis, Indiana, October 28, 1911. The board of county commissioners of Adams county, appoints the following delegates: Louis Kline. Root township; John D. Meyer, Decatur; William Anderson, Geneva. 1 This is done in accordance with the ' desire of the executive department >1 I the state of Indiana, and greetings 1 to the people of the grand old state by our honored governor, Thomas R. Marshall. JIM A. HENDRICKS, , President, Board of Commissioners. POLICE COURT MEWS. i Albert Colchin was attested this morning on. a charge of allowing persons in a saloon on Sunday, and was brought up before the mayor, where he made a motion for a continuance, he wishing to fight the case. The trial was postponed until 1 o’clock, when it was heard. C. D. Murray was arrested on a charge of selling liquor without a license and was brought up before the mayor just after dinner, at -which time he entered a plea of not guilty and employed counsel. The ca»e will probably be fought this afternoon or ] evening. ; Thursday afternoon Marshal Peter--1 son was called to the Philip H. Wagner home to take charge of Mr. Wagner, who was intoxicated and had threatened to kill his family. He has been on a protracted spnee and it resulted last Sunday in a fit of dementia, when he went wild for the ‘ first time. Policeman Melchi was ! called at that time to quiet him, but did not make the arrest, owing to the ! pleas of his wife. Thursday he again 1 made the threats and he was taken in charge. Today he is in very nerv1 ous condition and will not be able 6> have Ms trial today. He is the proI prietor of a coal yard in the south part of the city. Jacob H. Baker was appointed guardian of Adam Schultz, who in court, was adjudged of unsound mind 1 upon, application of his mother, Mrs. ' Henry Schultz. Bond in the sum of '51,500 was filed. Charles H. Lammlman vs. Monro.Creamery Association, appointment of 'receiver. Petition filed by receiver 1 to sell notes and mortgage sustained. Sale of notes ordered at private sale without notice for cost, and ordered to assign same to purchaser without recourse. Hugh Miller of Muncie, son of Mrs. L C M'ller, of this city, who is an employe of the Warner Gear Works ' of Muncie, manufacturers of automobiles tad automobile gears, will be I seDt to Engfcnd by his firm to study a new English patent that is in much ' demand in the manufacture of automo--1

biles and which the firm has acquired. Mr. Miller has been one of the most valuable employees of the Warner l Gear company, and the fact that he is the one of the thirteen men of the 1 draughting department who was chos-1 en to make the trip is indeed a high compliment paid his ability by the firm. He will be accompanied by Mr. Davie, an employer of his, and they left Muncie today for New York City, from which place they will leave on Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock on the Kaiser Wilhelm. They will b-> gone about three months. The new appliance that he will study is one that is of much value in the automobile manufacturing world and Mr. Miller will bring back to bis firm much of value to them. Mr. Miller, as well as his wife, who was Miss Nellie Winnes, are former Decatur people, and their friends here will be glad to learn of the recognition of his worth.' ability, and his advancement. Mr. Miller and daughter, Gretchen, were here Friday to say good-bye to hi friends here. . | A banquet, complete in every re- • sjiect, and one fully enjoyed by all present, occurred at 7:30 o’clock ( Thursday evening at the Murray hotel, when Banker Charles S. Niblick, entertained the officers, board of directors and other employees of the Old Adams County bank, of which he is president, and the First National bank. The event was in honor of his birthday anniversary and an appropriate occasion for extending his appreciation to a certain extent for loyalty and respect paid him by his busi-, ness associates. A dinner, which, in 1 the line of delicacies, lacked nothing and which was the principal feature of the evening. A gold tip, silk urn- ( lirella, as a token of their esteem of his friendship was presented Mr. Nib- ■ lick by Mathias Kirsch, who in a few words extended their appreciation and good wishes to him. After the passing of cigars, which were enjoy- 1 ed in a smoker, all went to the Star ; theater, where they spent the remainder of the evening, witnessing the 1 show. The affair was one of those t pleasant ones frequently enjoyed to-| gether, and when all business is dis- I pensed with. 0 WERE MANY DEATHS. I September Has Nearly 2,500 Funerals in Its Thirty Days. I The total number of deaths in In- j diana in September, according to fig-] ures now being compiled for the , monthly 'bulletin of the state board of | health, was 2,409, and the state rate | was 10.8. For the corresponding; month last year the r*te was 12.4. The ! city rate in September of this year was 12.4 and the country rate was 9.6. Death was due to violent causes in 202 eases, tuberculosis caused 19.5 deaths, and cancer was responsible for 153. There were 5,051 births during the month, making a rate of 22. For the same month last year the rate was 1919. o ~ —— ■ A long illness of a year's duration, the latter weeks of which was filled with intense suffering, closed at fifteen minuttes to twelve Friday, when Delana, wife of Thomas Teeple, passed away at the family home at 426 Mercer avesue, at the age of sixty-six years. Mrs Teeple was one of the well known anc Highly respected ladies of the city, and her death comes as a grievous sorrow to all. In July the ailment assumed a more serious phase, and five weeks ago today she became bedfast. Her suffering had been most intense during this time, and -death was indeed a benefactor. She fully realized that her days were numbered, and hzd made all arrangements for her funeral, selecting the beloved ones, and for the arrangemenae for her funeral, selecting the minister, the tent, and her dress which she desired to be white or cream colored, and making other arrangements in detail. During her ill- - ness she was lovingly cared for by ! her relatives, who came from time to [ time to her bedside. Mrs. Teeple was ■ the daughter of Mr. -and Mrs. Henry Springer, and was born in Fairfield county, Ohio, July 25, 1845. When ten years of age, she came with her parents to Van Wert county, Ohio, living on a farm near Wren. Ohio. There t she was married November 29, 1866. to Thomas Teeple of this -city, and they lived in Van Wert county, Ohio, | until 1881, when they removed to this city. In 1889 they moved to Huntington, and then seven years ago returned here, where they have since lived. They were the parents of nine children, four of whom, with the bereaved and sorrowing husband, survive. They are Frank, of this city; Harriet M. Anna Gamble and Hiley M. Den- j ton of Huntington. Maggie, Nettle,' Alfred and her in death. She also leaves two brothers. George David Springer, of Van Wert county, Ohio. While the exact hour has not yet been named, the funeral will be held Monday afternoon from the house, In charge of the 1

Rev. Ehle of the Baptist church. Interment in the DectlSur cemetery. BIRD MAN FRIGHTENS EAGLE. Dallas. Texas, Oct. 20 —Sightseers here yesterday in crowding about the biplane of C. P. Rodgers, the crosscontinent flyer, damaged the right plane. Rodgers was compelled to post pone his scheduled start for San Antonio. Rodgers tells of a bloodless, featherless encounter with a curious-mind-ed eagle. While flying between Fort Worth and Dallas Rodgers saw, far below him, a racing bird. Alter driving along at express speed for a score of miles, with the bird directly beneath him a thousand feet below, Rodgers observed the eagle rise and make directly for the machine. The eagle' continued its upward flight until within lew feet of the racing aviator, il<a ‘i. b! B ."O.tpi-d st):! ..ack.> aid ana passed out of vision. Rodgers was Intensely relieved. At first he feared a collision with the big eagle. He believes it was fright- , ened off by the roaring propeller. ! « Mrs. Jessie Burdg, of this city, wife of Al Burdg, was highly honored by the state council of the Degree of Pocahontas, which closed its session at Indianapolis Thursday evening, In the Indiana Pythian building, when she was elected great keeper of wampum, receiving 400 votes. The election came as a great surprise to Mrs. Burdg who had not been working for the office, and the honor in her election to tlßs state office was therefore the ' greater pleasure to her, and honor and i ' tribute to her ability. Mrs. Burdi; has long been a member of the lo- ( cal council, where she has served in ’ official capacity, helping to make the | ' council the excellent one it is, and all will rejoice that one of their number | lias thus been honored. The local ' council was also honored some time I ago, when Mrs. James Bain was elect;ed great Pocbahontas. The voting lor ' the state ticket began shortly after 2 I o’clock Thursday afternoon and was not finished until 6 o’clock Thursday ! evening, the entire staff elected being I the following: Great Pocahontas, ‘ Mrs. Stella Bird. Cambridge City; ' 1 Great Wenonah, Mrs. Elizabeth Arbuckle, Kokotno; Great Prophetess. 1 Mrs. Nana Diggs, Muncie; Great Minnehaha, Mrs. Hesba Blough, Ande'j son; Great Keeper of Wampum. Mrs.’ Jessie Burdg, Decatur; great trustees,! i Mrs. Alma Bivin, Evansville; Mrs. Liz ! ! zie Howell, Muncie, and Mi-s. Lizzie! , Blair, Richmond. The happy news of the -wedding of' ( Miss Kate Mylott, daughter of Mr. ! and Mrs. Thomas Mylott, this city, i but who for the past three years has ( been making tier nome at Chicago, to' Mr. Harry luompscm. has been iv eeived in the city, although her anticipated step had been known to her I folks an da tew intimate friends here I for some time. The wedding look! place Monday morning at 8 o'clock I from the Cathedral parish. Miss My-1 lott, who is well known here, where 1 she served as a telephone operator for a number -of years, also being n member of the St. Mary’s church choir, has been residing in Chica-' go , where sang at one of the! motion picture -shows. .M r. Thompson ; is the son of 'John R. Thompson.! county treasurer of Cook county, and , is numbered among Chieagols well-to-do citizens. He is also the manager and overseer of a number of cases and moving picture theaters, and it was -while Miss Mylott was in the employee of one of his playhouses that their was made. Immediately following the ceremonv they left on an eastern trip, to Bus- [ falo. New York City and other places] of interest, anfl will be abees-t several i weeks, aud perhaps on ttoetr return] home will stop off here for a visit ; with her parents and other friends. 1 The best wishes of her friends are j extended. ( 1 ! ! BLUFFTON tBOOSTS BEfETS. ! - • I ; John Weinlamd and field men tor | the Continental Sugar company are | meeting with success in their work of 1 soliciting acreage in Wells county for ! the above named company, and the coming season there Will be several hundred acres at lease of the 'beets raised in this county, even if no factory is located. There appears a , strong possibility of the Continental company selecting this city as a factory point, and the willingness of the Wells county farmers to raise beets, or at least to give the cultivation of beets a trial, will have a great deal to do with it, and therefore it is of great moment to this community that a good showing be made. —Bluffton News, j 1 The body of Mrs. Mary Hopkins,] formerly of this city, whose death; occurred in Fort Wayne Thursday! morning, will be brought here Satur- J day morning on the 10 o’clock car and taken to the home of her sister, Mrs. Levi Barkley, at 110 South Third street, where JJje funeral service will

be conducted Saturday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. The Rev. W. H. Glelser of the Presbyterian church will officiate. Burial will take place in the family lot in the Decatur cemetery. The Fort Wayne Sentinel says of her death: “Mrs. Mary Hopikns, aged seventy- j seven years, 9 months and nine days, died Thutsaay morning at 2:45 o'clock at her resiaenue. 1204 Cass | ctreet. The deceased was born in Pennsylvania January 10, 1840, aud had been a resident of Fort Wayne for a number of years. Prior to her illness she was employed as a caretaker at the Rurode dry goods store.' She is survived by three sisters, Mrs. Rebecca Mcßarnes of Fort Wayne, Mrs. Levi Barkley of Decatur, and Mrs. Elizabeth Kohr of Cromwell. “Mrs. Hopkins was a woman of refinement and gentility who had seen ( better days. At one time in her life she had been a school teacher and during her married life she had had means for more than a comfortable living. Misfortune had overtaken he; however; the death of husband and | children had been a sorrow hard to bear and the care of an invalid and helpless sister nearly eighty years oid led her to do arduous work. For nearly six years Mrs. Hopkins had been caretaker at the Rurode store. From proporietor to the small boy | who ran errands, she was regarded with esteem and even with affection. Her gentleness, her patient and sweet face and her faithfulness to evety duty were characteristics that won attention from all associated witii her. ' “Mrs. Hopkins died at 3 o'clock Thursday morning, sitting in her chair.” MUSICAL EVENTS. —— I The opera house should be packer! by lovers of wholesome musical comedies on Wednesday, October 25tli. when the well known musical comedy, “The Widow McCarty,” will hold forth. Mr. Ben Craner, under whose ( sole direction this favorite attraction is, has neither spared labor nor capital, in placing "The Widow McCarty” on the road for a second tour, in the best possible shape and has gathere-1 together a carefully selected company of comedy stars, both male and female, headed by the ever-popular comedienne, Miss Mayme McPharlan, as the bewitching "widow,” in the la- ! test song hits, bewitching dancing land beautiful stage pictures, elabor ! ately costumed and appropriate dazj zllug scenic aud mechanical effects. Yin Lave > eard ->* the “W f .low,’ so Ido not be backward, but see .ter on Wednesday, October 25th, and enjoy lone of the best evenings it has been iyour good fortune to have in a long time. o Monroe, Ind., Oct. 20—-(Special le I Daily Democrat) —Don't forget the I first number of the Monroe high ! school lecture course To be held at I the assembly room in The new school I building on Wednesday evening 01 next week. The attraction will be the Grant Lyceum Stars, a musical organization. This company comes highly recommended as a musical ag- ’ gregation and it is assured that they > will draw a large audience, as they j are one of the best on the road. Get j your season tickets at once, and thereI by assist the management. Everybody 1 should hear thut -entertainment, nexb Wednesday evening. The finishing touches were completed at the new school building and everything is now in readiness to begin school work se-xt Monday morning. Professor East desires all pupils to be present and the indication now points |to the tact that Monroe school will i be better this y«ir than ever before, j the enrollment toeing larger aid the I conveniences better than heretofore. I The building is «me of the most mod • i ern in the state and much c-'erth is j due Trustee Heers, as well as Mr. ; William Everly, the contractor, who I spared neither pains nor expense in j constructing the 'building, so as tn be> 1 a credit to the cittaens of Monroe, mu. ’ Mr. Everly leaves 'this place knowing i that our people ha»-<e a warm sink in their hearts for thelsind treatment to-ws’-1 them. Friday evening, Ckjedber 27th. is ttwe aate set for the dedication of the nt" I school house. Professor East asd corp of instructors are busy making preparations to make fhi s a inemor able event. Speakers of statewidereputation will be present and a most pleasant time is assured. Program and full details, together with th* speakers, will be announced next week. Monroe has added twenty-five more ‘ ■ lots to the town by A. S. Kelleu secur-, ing an option on a strip of land in I ! the Vesey second addition to the tow 1:., 1 and Mr. fCeller informs us that he al ready has several lots sold, and m-| cording to indications there will .be a considerable number of dwelling bouses erected on these lots within n

short time. “Abe" is a hustler in th real estate line and is one of the pre gressive business men of Monroe. I you want one of these choice lots yo: will have to hurry, as they are going fast. Monroe has the beet fever in a con tagious form. You can hear beet tall: all over town and it now looks though Monroe township will be nea the top round in the number of acres., Every farmer is enthusiastic over the prospect of having a factory built near j home, and we heard one one farmer | say that he had thirty-two acres sign ed for, and may sign for twenty acremore. It seems that our farmers ar just beginning to see clearly where they can raise beets at a profit, ami many who one year ago would not listen to any kind of a proposition are ! today taking an active part in inducing their neighbors to raise sugar beets, and we predict that 1913 will have a greater acreage of planted beets than any other product on the 1 farm. | ' HAS ARM BROKEN. ' Will Schraluka. one of the em ployees of the Decatur heading sac tory, this morning met with a very painful accident while hauling a i truck load of bolts, and which will la.him up for perhaps ten days or more He had a heavy load of the bolts on the truck and was wheeling them over a plank walk, with small steps on, for the purpose of permitting the workmen to obtain a good foot-hole One of these thin strips to serve the . desired purpose slipped out from under his feet, causing him to fall ii such away that the bone just abov> tlie left wrist was cracked. In fall ing his arm, which had been strapped i to the truck handle, was held in such a position that loosening was impos sible. until the accident took place. He is carrying the aim in a sling, and will have to take life easy to ten days cr more. o 1 I By tonight we will be hovering around the forty-five hundred mark for beet acreage contracts, and th» work, so far as the local committee is concerned, will soon be over. As , to whether the factory will take more than five thousand acres is not known at this time, but will probably be announced in a short time. There artmany figuring on taking up the new ’ crop, but they are delaying, and some of them will very likely have trouble ' getting contracts. The local men who are doing everything they can to see everybody and give them a chance and if you are missed you should no' | blame them. Friday night the exact acreage in was 3,866, with two or three men still to r'eport and it was estimated that the real total was over ( 1 OOtt. Qpite a number are signing up today and the estimate of 4.500 seem i t conservative. A letter from Mr. Me . Lain, president of the company, was I 'received Friday afternoon in which he states that everything is progress , ing at that end of the line. A meet ing of the 'board of directors will be. ( held next Tuesday at which time definite action is to be taken regarding . the new factory. The contract will , I soon be let and Mr. McLain says they hope and believe they will write in the contract that the factory is to be , located at Decatur. He is pleased with the progress we are making in securing contracts, but would like to have the acreage in by Tuesday i:’ possible, and it is quite likely that this will be done. The boys will re- ( double their efforts today and Monday and hope to be able to send word to # Holland by Tuesday morning that , the entire acreage has been contractI ed. E. M. Wagner, the agriculturist, left here this morning for his home at , St. Louis, Mich., where he will be a busy man for the next month, looking after the harvesting of the company’s beet crop and closing up his own business so he can come to Decatur, i' b the company wishes him to. He will hare mrtch to look after here, shaping , up for the next year and is anxious to get started. Great praise is due the Decatur men who have hirst!ed for this acreage. They have worked raceasingly almost, and the total has grown each day, showing that the work was steady. Many farmers have assisted ■ materially by their boosting and several have secured contracts theml selves and brought them in. While |no announcement has been made as I to the future and immediate plans o" the company regarding the building.. it is expected that they will get busy 1 immediately, as it is a big Job. The 'matters with the railroad are in shape •and the dirt will likely be flying be fore many days. About two miles of side tracks and switches will be put) in, the cost for the railroad improve- ] ; ment being in the neighborhood of | I $17,000. The buildings will cover several acres, with the sheds and that section of the city wilt be a very I busy looking place. The slogan of “1,500 acres this week” was easily passed, as over 2. 066 acres bad really been secured up

to this morning. The total will he checked up tonight and the boys wi I figure out the finishing work, whic . will be done Monday and Tuesday If there is a farmer arounu Decatur ■' • 1 wants to raise beets and wants to help out the local committee by signing them, and every one of you should, if you have the ground, you should busy. Don't put it off. You may get left —-o-" —■——— —— UNDERGOES THIRD OPERATION. I Mrs. Samuel Doak, who has been 11 Piqua, Ohio, with her sister, M-s Emma Smith, who has been ill many weeks, writes that Ih-iday she underwent her third operation which -as performed at the hospital in Piqua. It was the intention to take Miss Smith to a Chicago hospital for this last operation, which was the conclusion of the second one performed some time ago, but she was too weak to make the trip. The outcome of the last ordeal is not yet known. Miss Smith has often visited here and is ' well known to many. I - In this country never again will we see the price ot' foodstuffs as cheap as they have been. The world's population is now increasing more rapidly than the area brought under the plow. even intense farming will not keep up the increase of food needed as rapidly as the people increase The £>owth of the increase in land brought to yield does not, and will not, keep pace with the demand for food. As to top-dresstng for wheat If you have just sowed your wheat in land somewhat worn and it has not. enough fertility in it to make a good ' crop of wheat, it is just the thing during the coming winter to dress it with well rotted tqanure. Yon can even put this dressing on now or this fall. But let it be barnyard manure which you know has no other gras seed in it than timothy or clover hay: you are not advised to use manure hauled out from town; this is apt to have too much quack grass and other vile weeds in it. In top dressing spread the manure evenly over the land. Os all the cereals, rice is digested the quickest—one hour only will suffice for digesting rice; wheal brtad, three hours; cornmeal, three; breakfast food, grape nuts and oal meat, from two to three hours; while whea: flour, whole or wheat meal, or shredded wheat, three hours; buckwheat cakes require from three to four hours to digest. The writer remembers well -whea he saw hind-quarters and loin beef ctff to order, sell at four cents a pound; you will never see anything like that again. Too many people, too many mouths to feed for that. The increase in production does not keep pace with that of population. | o . 1 j HAWTRY AND HIS COMPANY. •I Will be at the Majestic Theater Sun- ; day Matinee and N(9ht. I ’ At the Majestic theater Stmday, I m: tinee and night, one of the most ■ notable eventx of the current seasnu I I will take place, in the presentation 1 of the celebrated English character > comedian, Mr. William Hawtrey and his distinguished company of London t' players in what is reputed to be the laughing hit of two continents —“Dear ■' l Old Billy—" a three-act farce comedy > I from the pen of a noted English ptay- :! wright, W. H. Risque. Not since the days of “The Private Secretary/ . “Jane,” and “Charley's Aunt" has t America had anything in the laugh 1 creating line to compare with “Dea» ; Old Billy." The piece comes to Fort s Wayne almost direct from Its Chicagt • run, which lasted nearly four months and where it was unanimously de1 dared by the critic* to be the spe»*- ; iest, cleanest and funniest com< , '' jv ([ seen in years, Mr, Hawtry, w\ o so many distinct suceess'.g to )|js credit is seen at hib btist In the title role, and the company and production will be the same as seen at Chicago [j new INTERURBAN SCHEDULE. ■ls Being Arranged—Will be Effective Soon. It is said that a new interurban schedule is being arranged, and whi< h I will be effective soon. It is said that a car will be taken off, and the into vas of time between those running w range from an hour and a half to two hours and half and three hours official notice will soon be made 1”1 — - | PAROLED; Nqw DEAD. I Ch.cago, 111., Oct. 23—(Special te Daily Democrat)—John R. Walsh fcmer chief owner of fte Southern & indtana railroad, and former president of a Chicago bank, who just one week ago was paroled from the federal prison at Leavenworth, Kans., died hoe today from heart trouble.