Decatur Democrat, Volume 56, Number 48, Decatur, Adams County, 30 November 1911 — Page 2

For the first time since its organization, the state board of health is able to present a table of death statistics '.or Indiana for a period of ten years, with averages tor tne various contagious diseases with which the board has been dealing since it took up the problem of disease prevention. Dr. .1. N. Hurty, secretary of the board, says the tables are the most valuable the board has collected. He says a survey of a decade gives the public health official a sufficient grasp on conditions to enable him to see whether he is making progress. Dr. Hurty says the figures show a marked advance in the work of the board. The ravages by various diseases have been decreased in some instances, and in others, they have been prevented from increasing. The rates of deaths for various diseases have been decreased in some instances. and in virtually all instances, have been kept from increasing. Dr. Hurty contends that the board's ability to prevent an increase in the rate with ’he increase in population In the cities and the consequent, congestion of population, and the pollution of streams is a sign of successful operation. Deaths From Tuberculosis. Tuberculosis caused a greater number of deaths than any other disease during the ten-year period covered by the table, which is from 1901 to 1910, both inclusive. More than 45,000 persons died from this disease in that time. Diarrhoea diseases came next, with a total of more than 17, 000. The lend dreaded disease, smallpox, killed fewer than five hundred persons. The average death rate for the entire state for the ten years was 13.6 to each 100,000 population. The rate for cities of five thousand population or more was 15.4. and the rural rate, 12° Ti e annual state rates for the period were as follows: For 1901, 14.5; 1902, 13.5; 19043, 13.4; 1904, 14; ' 1905, 1.3.7; 1906, 13.5; 1907. 13.4: 1908, 13.2; 19“9, 13.3; 1910, 13.5. During the period, 360,016 deaths were reported to the state board. The month »f March claimed the greatest number of victims on at. average for the ten years, the average for that month being 3,599. The lowest average was for June, when the average was 2,747. Death Hates in Cities. The average dea.n rates of some of the most important cities for the ten years ware as fofiows: Indianapolis, 16.2; Evansville, : 1.1; Fort Wayne, , 14.4; Terre Haute, 19.3: South Bend, 16.2: Muncie, 16.1: Andersen. 14.3: Richmond, 15.6; Hammond. 16; N'e Albany. 17. The statistics cf the board <>•'«- e: for rue ten years show the following : Pulmonary Tuberculosis —The total number of deaths from this disease . :o" the period was 39,532, or an average of 3,953 a year. The greatest nurale; died in 1901, when the total was 4,4': The averages for the t?n years by months, showed the greatest number of deaths to have occurred in March and April, which is acLIQUOR HABif CONQUERED \ No more misery. Get r!d of drink hibit In 3 days. Jt Aherbeine a heavy drinker f° r y eai % I yrira saveC jGr providentially cams V into possession of the true / ■ Remo ly f. r overcoming alcoholism. Th? drink- - / V vran.s to ,nit Z . cv< r » pettinsf rid of the /i'-'"'' '■ awful cravh.g, can earily do losing no time a. 1 fc/.-4.' ZX xuL.Xlas.’L enjov ing hie better tnr.n everbf fore. Marvelous siic< « ‘,s. Safe,rok. hie, XSDRMS SECRETLY SO if a person is j* .diet* <i so strongly he (or rhe) has lost desire to he : rcued, he can be treu ed secretly; will n- ■ ?me c i gusted with odor • » taste of liquor. le/tons of testimonials ver ~y-ing ing genu-aen< ss of my Method. Joyous io v/s forcrinkere and for riot ?. ■ rs, wive«, etc., contained in my Book. Maih d, pla n wnnf-c’, tree. this adT .or -a -s it on Address EDW.J.WOOU® I swYork.U.Y. 3 Nfew Cw® fl WEBSTER’S , NEW INTERNATIONAL DICTIONARY THE MERRIAM WEBSTER The Only New unabridged dictionary in many years. Conlains the pith and essence of an authoritative library. Covers every field of knowl. edge. An Encyclopedia in a single book. The Only Dictionary with the New Divided Page. 400,000 Words. 2700 Pages. 6000 Illustrations. Cost nearly half a million dollars. Let us tell you about this most remarkable single volume. jSSSHag' .—~"*~X Write for sample pages, full parwsk ticulars, etc. Name this paper and we will > a set of • A wK Pocket 1 —'W Ma p®|

counted for by the state board by the fact that the patients come through the severe winter months without sufficient vitality to survive until warm weather. The smallest average was In August. From 1901 to 1910 there was a steady decrease In the number of deaths until 1904, when there was an increase, after which there set in another decrease, which continued until 1910, when there was a slight increase over 1909. Deaths by Ages. Deaths from this disease by ages showed the greatest number in the age period of from twenty to twentyfive years when the average for the ten years was 620. The average for children under one year was sixtytwo, which decreased to fifteen in the three or four years period. Then it dropped to nine, then to six, and then mounted upward during the school years. From the age of twenty-five the average steadily decreased, until the average ran down to two for the age of ninety years or over. From the afe of fifty-four to seventy the decrease was slower than for the re-, mainder of the period after the twen-ty-sixth year. The rates by counties for the period for death of this class show Floyd county to have had the highest rate., or 353.3. Crawford county was second with a rate of 348.2. The lowest was that of Ohio county, which had a rate of 11.5. Switzerland was next with a rate of 14.1. The board found the rate higher in the southern tier of counties, except in Ohio, Switzerland and Scott counties, than in the other counties. This is accounted for, the board says, by the fact that many of the houses occupied in these counties are old, the back yards sodden, and the houses and outbuildings teem- ’ ing with disease germs of years of aecumulation. All Forms or Tuberculosis. Tuberculosis in All Forms —The to-1 tai number of deaths from all forms 1 of tuberculosis was 45.836, or an average of 4.53 a year. As in the case of pulmonary tuberculosis, the highest average for a month was in March and April. The highest average byages was in the same age period as in pulmonary tuberculosis. The number of mothers of eighteen to forty years wro died of tuberculosis from 1904 to 1910, the period covered for statistics of this nature, ; was 7,170, or an average of 1,024 a 1 year. The number of fathers of the same age who died during the period was 3,825, or an average of 548. The total number of orphans caused by j tuberculosis in the se' en years was 17,363. Cancer —The statistics for cancer,' which cover only- 1908, and 1910, the board contends, justify its assertion that cancer is growing to be one of the most dangerous of the contagious . diseases in the state. A total of 5.439 deaths were caused by the disease in that time, or an average of 2,813 a year. In 1908 there were re- . ported 1,739 deaths; in 1909, there; were 1,828 deaths; in 1910, there were 1,872 deaths. Violence—From 1908 to 1910. deaths from violence numbered 8,760. Ac-. cidents caused 4,953 deaths; suicide, ' 1.174; homicides, 352. Typhoid Fever. Typhoid Fever — Typhoid fever caused 9,899 deaths in the ten years or an average of 990 a year. The months of September, October and November had the highest averages, with February the lowest, the aver- ! age beilng for the ten-year period. The total deaths by years showed almost ; a constant decrease from the begin- '■ ning of the period, although 1910 showed considerable decrease over ■ 1909. By ages, the greatest number 1 of deaths was of persons of from fifteen to nineteen years, with the age of twenty to thirty following closely. The. highest average by ages was 141 a year. Diphtheria—Diphtheria caused 3,900 leaths in the ten years, with October, November, December and January, sarly school months, having the highest average. The greatest number of deaths was of children from five to line years old. After the fortieth t-ear no averages were reported. Scarlet Fever —Scarlet fever caused 1,430 deaths, with the highest monthly average in January and February. The highest average by ages was for the same age period as that of diphtheria. No averages were reported for he period after the fortieth year. Diarrhoeal Disease (under 2 years) -This class of disease killed 17,320 •>-hies, with the highest averages for Inly, August. September and October, : mown as the microbe months. | Diarrheal Diseases (over 2 years)— Total deaths, 6,820; average as above. The statistics of deaths from diar--1 '.real disease by ages show that durI ng the first year of life, the average < vas 1,182 deaths for the ten years. \ T’or the next year it was 451. From I hat period the average drops to 124 I or the third year, and then U) below I 00 until the age period of eighty to I linety years is reached, when it I nounts to 110. ji Influenza Killed 5,630.

Influenza—This disease killed 5,680 persons, with February and March carrying the highest averages. The highest average by ages was for the age period of from eighty to ninety years, when the average was 113 deaths a year. Pneumonia—This disease killed 32,370 persons, with January, February and March having the highest averages. The hightst average by age period was in the first year, when the average for the ten years was 744. The lowest was for the age period of from three to four years. Measles —Measles killed 1,580 persons, with March and April having the highest averages. Most of the victims of this disease were less than one year old. No averages are reported for the age period after fifty-five years. Smallpox—This which was formerly the most dreaded of diseases, killed only 455 persons during the ten years, or an average of 45 a year. The highest averages were for January and February. NEWS FROM COURT HOUSE. The case of the Chicago & Erie railroad company, for reappraisement, and reappointment of appraisers, is set for December 29th. Miles W. Hawhick vs. Maria Brandt et al., to abate nuisance, damages and injunction. Demurrer to amended complaint overruled; exceptions. Henry F. Hemicks vs. Isaac D. Landis, true Christian name unknown, suit on contract ’ Demurrer to complaint overruled; exceptions; defendant admits in open court that his true name is Irwin D. Landis and the record and pleas are ordered corrected accordingly. ' The 110,000 damage suit of Rebecca . Eady administratrix, vs. City of Decai tur, is set for trial December 2Sth. The Blazer divorce case will be heard December Ist, the Reber divorce December 15th, and the Mirlie Myers vs. Frank Myers divorce case, December 6th. - Fred Homi vs. C. C. Schug et al., damages, S3OO. Answer filed by dei fendants. Florence L. McLain vs. J. R. Small et al., partition; decree for plaintiff, j Upon finding of indivisibility the land is ordered sold at private sale, oneI third cash, one-third in nine, and onethird in eighteen months, or all cash ■if desired. C. L. Walters appointed commissioner, bond fixed at SSOO. Upon default of defendants, J. C. Sutton was appointed guardian ad litem of the minors. Mary O. Christen, executrix of the Martha A. Dutcher will, was ordered _ to make distribution and discharged. i Aaron Bricker, guardian of Perry F. Miller, a person of unsound mind, I was ordered to pay to Ida Miller, petitioner. $l5O for the support and , maintenance of Herself and children ’ of the ward, this to be paid by the ■ clerk out of funds in his hands, the I balance of the amount in his hands to , be paid back to the guardian. Adam J. Bienz qualified as guardian of Christena Bittner, who was adjudged by court to be incapable of manag- ■ ing her estate. Bond was filed in the sum of $2,700. — (j Fort Wayne, Ind., Nov. 24—(Special to Daily Democrat)—Whether William Walker, aged twenty-seven, really choked his wife to death, after she had threatened to kill him with a hatchet, as he confessed to the police, probably will never be known. The body, which was today taken from its grave in the family backyard, was so 1 badly decomposed that it was impos- . sible to tell what caused her death. . The police asserted that they believe ■ the murder was more dastardly than Walker has confessed. He is being > questioned in an effort to obtain a fulli er confession. Walker pleaded not guilty when arraigned in court tcM. a y. 1 Fort Wayne, Ind., Nov. 24 —Taken . into custody at 4:3v o'clock Thursday ■ afternoon as he was preparing to leave • the city for Columbia City, William - “Buster" Walker, twenty-seven, of 152 ■i Spring street, for five years employed I as a lineman by the Home Telephone ) and Telegraph company, confessed to r the police that he brutally murdered , his wife, Katie Walker, on the morning of Sunday, September 24th, and - buried her body in the rear of the lit- . tie home, where it remained undis- - turbed ever since. For several weeks Walker had been ? under police surveillanve as evidence .. pointing to the crime had been in the i hands of the authorities since the find 4 ing of a bundle of bloody clothes in v the woods north of the city, which ) were as belonging to Mrs t Walker. When the woman’s disap i pearance was reported a clo.se watch was placed on the man and three •

1 times he was subjected to severe ex-f ( amination by Sergeant-Detective Pap- j > pert and Chief of Police Dayton Ab- ) bott, but each time the man kept up r his nerve and bluffed the matter ! through. I Thursday afternoon at 1 o'clock Sergeant Pappert was Informed that r Walker had quit his job with the tele- • phone company and he was immedi- > ately taken Into custody. He was taki en to the police station, and In emo- ) tlonless language described one of the > most cold-blooded, deliberate murders that have ever occured in the annals of the city. According to Walker’s confession, i he killed his wife, Katie Walker, to ■ save his own life. "On Saturday night, September 23, my wife accompanied my father, J. I* Walker, to the Pennsylvania railroad station, where he was to take a train for his home at Columbia Ctiy. At the station she met two men. and later I found her on Columbia street with them. I told her to come home with me, and we boarded the last Huffman street car at 11:30 o’clock. When we got to the corner of Franklin and Spring streets we had a fight about , her going out with the men. She | threatened to shoot me. I left her j and went to my home and went to bed at midnight. “My wife came at 2 o'clock Sunday morning and came in the house with a ; hatchet and started at me, saying she would kill me I was in bed, and ; reaching up, struck her in the head, j She fell to the floor and 1 got out of bed and choked her until she was unconscious. ’ “After she fell from my arms I went ' to the door and was going to call officers, but changed my mind and came back and choked her again, and < she died on my hands. j i "This was about 3 o'clock Sunday i mo“ing: and : n hour later 1 went out i in the back yard and dug a hole in 1 the ground on the east side of the, grape vines. The hole was about ‘ three feet deep, and I carried Katie 1 out and dumped her into it. She had 1 on all of her clothes and I never took s off a stitch. Just dumped her in and i covered her up with the loose earth. 1 I "I went back to the house and as i soon ae daylight came I went out and i took a pick and worked all around the. i place where I put the body. ' i “I did not want to kill her. I asked ; her if she would be good, and she said t she would not, so I just sloughed her . ] in the head and then choked her. i i When I left her lying there I intend- ; icd to call the police, but when I got i ! out of the house I though how mean she had been, and by God I decided to go back and stick her in the ground.” 11 Three weeks after he committed the': murder, Walker filed a suit for divorce ; against his wife. Mrs. Walker was . thirty-six years old and had been mar- ] i t ied four times. Her marriage tc j . Walker occurred eighteen months ago at Van Wert, Ohio. 1 Prizes, valued at $5,27i>, to be award- j ed to six cities ana towns ,in Indi- < ana, making the largest per capita ! sales of 1911 Red Cross Christinas J seals, were announced today by the ■ Red Cross Christmas Seals commis- j sion at Indianapolis. The prizes are a stationary vacuum cleaning plant and five electric or • hand suction cleaners. The first will 1 be installed complete in any school ■ building designated by the city or j town having the highest per capita j sales, the value depending upon the size of the building. The five other prizes will be given to the school buildings receiving the largest vote in the five cities ranking from second to sixth for per capita sales of Red Cross Christmas seals. , Through the use of vacuum and suc- ' tion cleaners, dust is removed abso- ) lately, when a room is cleaned, and, > inasmuch as dust carries the germs -of tuberculosis and disease, the vac- . uum system is highly conducive to ! sanitary conditions. The McCrumi Howell company of New York has of- ; sered these prizes to the National As- - sociation for the Study and Prevent tion of Tuberculosis, and the a’ssocia- . tion has in turn offered them in Indiana through the Red Cross Christmas 1 Seals commission. V, This city will be included in the e competitive seals sale and the agent a will organize a committee on schools 2 to direct the contest here. 1 The plan, which is new in Indiana, e has been tried successfully in other o states and great records have been d made for the sale of the seals. Wisi- consin and Illinois have both been d successful In selling several million t- seals with the aid of the school cons’ tests. ; In each city ballots will be disn tributed on w'hich any person buying e ten seals is entitled to one vote for a I e school building in his locality. And 1- the school having the largest vote by n January Ist will be a winner providh, ed the city ranks as high as sixth 3. in the Indiana per capita sales. ?- The first prize, which varies in h valune from five hundred dollars to e fiive thousand, according to size of the

I school building In which it Is installed, will be awarded to the city ' having the largest per capita sales in Indiana, providing 19,000 seals are sold in that community. The other five prizes will be awarded in five towns or cities having the largest per capita sales without regard to gross sales. The school buildings receiving the highest number of votes in these five cities will be the winners. The Red Cross Christmas seals agency in this city has been accepted by Miss Pansy Bell, of the Kappa, Kappa, Kappa sorority, and an active selling organization is being formed for the campaign. To l>e able to understand the great works of art, music, and literature shows a cultivated mind and proves a source of extreme joy and contentment. —John Emery White. Alma Kooken, Viola Gaskill and Zelma Stevens were guests besides the members of the Needlecraft club entrtaind by Miss Mami Kitson last entertained by Miss Mamie Kitson last rounding out a most delightful evening's entertainmet. The Ladies’ Missionary society of the Presbyterian church will meet next Tuesday afternoon with Mrs. W. H. Lee. The meeting will be called at 2:30 o’clock and a good attendance Is desired. i The Presbyterian Ladies’ Aid will meet with Mrs. W. E. Smith next Thursday afternoon. The Ben Hurs held a meeting Friday ' evening, when arrangements for the initiation of several' candidates next Wednesday evening were made. The initiation will be done by the Fort Wayne degree staff. The cccial given by the Christian Ladies' Aid Friday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Minnie Daniels, was a successful one, the attendance being unusually large, as each member brought a guest. At this time, the four sections of the society reported the sales from their pastry sales which ‘ they have been holding, the sum amounting to $23.40. A musical program, consisting of a piano duet by the Misses Glennis Mangold and Leah , Hensley, a piano solo by Irene Eady,; vocal solos by Mrs. P. G. Williams | and Nellie Daniels, was highly pleasing. Mrs. A. J. Porter was hostess at a 12 o’clock dinner Friday. Those present were Mrs. Sam Chronister. Mrs. Mary Durr, Mrs. Annis Merica ■ and Mrs. Jonas Fisher and son. Glenn. All declared Mrs. Porter to be a fine hostess. Mr. and Mr<. L. Xv Coppock entertained the Decatur Motor Car company's office employees and their wives at a five hundred party Friday evening, a luncheon in two courses fol-' lowing the games. Mrt A. K. Barn ! ard won the first honors and Mr. Brackett the booby. The guests were i Mr. and Mrs. Snooks, Mr. and Mrs.; Meyers, Mr. and Mrs. Shoemaker, Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Barnard, Mrs. I M. E. Brackett, Miss Anna Clark and j Earl Brackett, jr. Denver. Colo., Nov. 24 —(Special to I Daily Democrat) —The questioning of Mrs. Gertrude Patterson, on trial here for the murdering her husband bj' shooting, continued here today by the state. The flood of questions put by the prosecution quickly involved the woman in a series of contradictory answers. Her past life which is said to have been one of ill repute, was gone into quite deepl w . Washington, r>. Nov. 25 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —A positive denial w’as today issued by Secretary Hillits at the white house to a story published in Ohio to the effect that President Taft “met the challenge of progressive republicans and would urge a presidential primary in Ohio.” Los Angeles, Cal., Nov. 25 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —With the defense having only seven peremptory challenges left, and with eight permanent jurors in the box it was practically certain that the evidence-taking in the trial of James B. McNamara will begin within two weeks. It is certain that as soon as the seven peremptory challenges left to the defense to use on the four jurors remaining to i be selected It will take but a short time to complete the jury. Constantinople, Nov. 25 —(Special to ; Daily Democrat) —It was stated at the i war office here today that the governI ment expects Italy to make good her • threats to blockade the Dardanelles - within twenty-four hours. Turkey bei lieves by Itally carrying the war out of Africa will compell European interi vention. , „ j The first basket ball game of the

season for the Decatur high school could not have fared better, when on Friday evening they met the Liberty Center team and defeated them by the score of 25 to 22. Although it was the Initial game for the locals they went right into the game with all their might, and confident that the game was theira. did not let up until the score passed that of their opponents. Two hundred and twenty-five persons were present for the opening game, which took place Niblick oulld ing, known as the old Porter stand, and all si>cak in high praise of the work of the home boys, and say it was the best ever pulled off in this city. At the end of the first half the visitors were in the lead three points, the score being 10 to 13. This the home boys could not stand for, and when the final score count was made, an advance of five points was secured. ' and placing them In the lead three points. Martin Worthmann acted as referee for the first half, while S. Miller of the visiting team acted as referee for the last half. The game was fast throughout and the locals and lovers of the sport predict a successful season for the home boys. Their next game will be with Bluffton on December Ist, which will be played at that place. The team for Friday evening s game was as follows: Liberty Center. Forwards, Gordon and Beerbower; .center, Zimmerman; guards, Baker and Harold. Decatur. Forwards, Beery. Meyers and Tyndall; center, Vancil; guards, Lose and Peterson. OPERATE FOR TUMOR. Mrs. Harry Fritzinger Underwent Ordeal at St. Joseph Hospital. I __ Mrs. Harry Fritzinger, who on Wednesday, accompanied by her husband, ; went to Fort Wayne, Thursday underwent an operation at St. Joseph hospital for removal of a tumor of the bowels. She. was reported last evening by Mr. Fritzinger, who returned, as resting quite well, and the opera- , tion w r as considered most successful. She came out from under the influence ' of the anaesthetic all right, the opera- ■ tion being performed by Dr. Porter, assisted by a local physician. Miss Rose Center, a sister of Mrs. Friti zinger, who was also at her bedside, ; returned home today and stated that , she was resting ntuch easier, and hope for a speedy recovery is now extended. o Two prospective changes in ownership of the city’s business buildings 1 are under way, and the deals will ' probably be closed in a very short time. One is the contemplated purchase of the Jacob Schafer business building by John T. Myers and Jesse Dailey, which is located just north of the building occupied by the Myers & Dailey clothing house, the Schafer building being occupied by Holty's Case. Jacob Schafer of Austin, Texas, is in the city at present, and arrangeI ments for the deal have been under way for several days. The Myers & Dailey clothing company would, howi ever, continue to occupy their present quarters. The other deal under consideration is the purchase by D. N. Erwin of the Allison brick building occupied for • several years by the bazaar, conducted i by Everett it Hite, just north of the ■ building in which they conduct their ‘ grocery. WITH CAR OF POULTRY. -! Perman Hebble left this morning for i ■ New York in charge of a car load of ! live poultry belonging to Berling & Moltz of Bluffton, which -was shipped to eastern markets. Mr. Hebble has i made several like trips previous to 1; this one. ; I O WOMEN-SHOCKED t 5 New York, N. Y., Nov. 24 —Four hun- - dred and ninety-five out of five hundred women who attended a lecture the other day on the art of keeping 1 beautiful were rudely shocked when - they were literally told to go home and wash their faces. The other five presumably were supposed have perfectly clean faces, for the lecturer 5 announced that in New York only one a. woman in a hundred has a really ■- clean face and proceeded to add in- >- < suit to injury by informing her audio ence that women do not know how to o j keep their faces clean anyhow and t proceeded to give them instructions in this art. Men’s faces are generally ' cleaner, the lecturer said, because of o the lather used in shaving. In fact, e the expected information on all sorts i-' of secret lotions and treatments did r not materialize, the lecture taking the s' form chieflly of a eulogy of soap and >-1 water. The lecturer’s picture of New it .York women was not at all complif-. mentary either. “They get themselves up as if for moving picture shows,’ ' she told her audience. “They powder e their noses they are perfectly

white a» If they had been daubed with flour and then they pile on rouge set forth for the matinee looking i lk frights.” A small sized riot occurred at the end of the lecture in the for of an indignation meeting, at the lecturer was denounced as fectly horrid.” ___ To the Charitably Disposed Citizen, ot Indiana: There are In the state of Indiana approximately 1,100 blind women. Th Wa Is in the city of Indianapolis a gc(lou j for the blind where pupils are given a high school education. There is a | >0 in Indianapolis a work shop for blind men under the control of ten cltljea, and supported largely through the «f. forts of solicitors, but among all our institutions there is neither a home nor an employment bureau for blind women. We, therefore, ask the good people of this state, the churches Sunday schools, missionary societies lodges, clubs, Y. M. C. A. and W. C. T U. associations, schools and all other organizations to make a Thanksgiving offering expressive of their gratitude to Almighty God for the blessing of eyesight, which we as honorable graduates of the Indiana School for the Blind solemnly pledge will be used to purchase a home for our aged and helpless blind women and to establish an employment bureau for those who are able to labor. Send all donations to the Union Trust Company, John H. Holliday, president, and help to bring sunshine into the lives of your blind sisters. The Indiana Association of Blind Women, by EMMA McKIN’SEY, MATTIE EVANS, MIRANDA PRIBBLE. Directors. I. George S. Wilson, Superintendent School for Blind of Indiana, recommend these women to the people of Indiana. I heartily endorse the purposes of the above appeal and hope that they may be crowned with success. THOS. R. MARSHALL Governor' of the State of Indiana, and President of the State Board of Charities. The first sermons of the Rev. T. L. Jones of Montpelier as pastor of the Decatur Baptist church delivered tomorrow morning and evening, the morning theme to be “Imitation of God.” and the evening subject, Two Ways.” The Rev. Jones comes succeeding the Rev. C. E. Ehle, who th? first of the month became pastor of the South Side Baptist congregation at Fort Wayne. The Rev. Jones is veil qualified tn carry on the good work begun by the Rev. Ehle, having had a wide experience, though he is still a young man. Rev. Jones is a native Hoosier, Having been, born in Jeffersonville, May 4, 1882, and grew to young manhood, receiving his education in the Indiana common schools, a Bible school of the south and U. 8. Army and Y. M. C. A. institutes. His experience has been a wide : nd r: ctical one, beginning as a vol nt er Sunday school and mission worker. ! e was licensed to preach by the I st Baptist church of Atlantic Highlands, New Jersey, and was ordained a ' nister of the gospel at the Emmanuel Baptist church of Indianapolis. e Rev. Jones has had several years experience as a volunteer worker, several years as pastor of different charges in Indiana, among them being Cannelton, Elletsville and Montpelier. Mh'-ls pastor at Ellettsville he dedicated a $15,000 church, raising s6.'i'-0 on the day of the dedication. Rev. Jones family consists of himself and ’-'i.e, and they expert to move into t ie., new field here in a few weeks. Hie people of Decatur, as well as the members of his congregation, w.ll ex’end a hearty welcome to them. LAST RESPECTS PAID. The St. Mary’s church Saturday was well filled with the many friends and relatives of the late Joseph Me; ers, whose last earthly respects "e IC held this morning at 9 o'clock, "ith Father Wilken in charge. Mr. MeJ ers was numbered among the many P roir ' inent farmers of this county, han»-. been born and reared in this cotm-)• and growing up with the esteem of al ■ ’ A high tribute was paid the deceas- ’ ed by Father Wilken. Interment was made at the St. Joseph cemetery. A large attendance character -->• the funeral of Henry Berning ot h |,( ' township, the aged and respected I c neer, which was held Friday moi nin » J from the St. John’s church, in charge , of the Rev. Jaus. 3 WILL ARRIVE HERE TOMORROW 1 s A telegram received Saturday 1 1 ing stated positively that C. M ■ Lain, president of the sugar conn a - his attorney and Mr. Larrowe, ot s construction company, which h contract to build the factory he r arrive to stait t*' l ” < moving on new- buildings-