Decatur Democrat, Volume 56, Number 51, Decatur, Adams County, 21 December 1911 — Page 3

■ v the home of the bride’s sister, K MrH Jonas Fisher, four miles south ■ of this city, Thursday afternoon occurI red the quiet wedding of Mrs. Emma I j Zeritle to John H. Yancy of Celina, I Ohio. The wedding was a very priII vgt e affair, only a few of the near relI stives being present. I promptly at 4 o’clock, sun time, all ■ was in readiness when Rev. D. O. ■ Wise <)f the Evangelical church sjioke ■ t h e words that made them husband ■ and wife. Immediately after the cere- ■ mony the newly wedded couple and K le iatives retired to the dining room. ' ji e re they gathered around a table, spread with all the good things lin - nginable. Just a look at the many delicious things which Mr. and Mrs. Fisher had prepared in a neat way alffloB t made one wish for a larger capacity. The dinner was served in two courses. i The bride well known to the De-' catur people. She is the widow of the late William Zerkle, who lived about five miles south of Decatur. She is f a very estimable lady of many excellent qualities, and for many years has been a member of the Decatur Evani gelical chur.h. She was beautifully' attired in a bluish gray suit. t The groom is one of Ohio’s most ’ prominent farmers who at the pres-' i ent time owns a large farm four miles south of Celina. He is a fine gentleman of many praiseworthy character-' istics. He has been a school director | in his township for about twenty years which shows his interest in educational affairs. He plays a prominent I part in political matters, too, having I served on the board several different times. Mr. Yaney Is also eneM ic in religious movements. He is W Bated ■ with the U. B. church of his communI ity, in which he has been a class leadI er for several years. Mr and Mrs. I Yaney will make their future home on I the groom's farm near Celina, Ohio. | Those who were present were Mrs. Annis Merica, the bride's mother; Mr. > and Mrs. Jonas Fisher, Ireta, lola and | Glenn Fisher, Mr. and Mrs. Q. O. Ritter and their little son, Leon. We join in wishing the newly married couple a most happy and prosperous wedded life. —CkiHtribtfted. Twenty-five ol the Baptist Ladies’ ; Aid society members and their friends enjoyed the splendid social afternoon J at the home of Mrs. S. E. Shamp ! Thursday. 51 good program, including a reading hy Mrs. Jesse Van Hart, instrumental music by Mrs. Fred Fruchte, mill r. vocal solo by the Rev. i T. L. Jones, and a piano solo by PauI line Hite, was given. In the absence j of the president the devotional was 1 conducted by the Rev. Jcr.es. The t Christmas decorations prevailed in j the home, and the refreshments which I were served during the social hour, | also carried out the Christmas ideas. I The next meeting will be in two I weeks with Mrs. T. L. Jones. I The Thimble club, with a few other I guests, were pleasingly entertained F Thursday afternoon by Mrs. Jesse Dailey ,the usual diversions being in J order. I At the special business meeting of the Presbyterian Ladies’ Aid society held Thursday afternoon in the f church parlors, the annual election of j officers took place, resulting as fol I lows: President —Mrs. L. A. Graham. Vice President —Mrs. J. S. Coverdale. Secretary—Mrs. S. D. Beavers. Treasurer —Mrs. Jacob Atz. Reports of the year’s work were given, among them being the result of the bazaar recently conducted, most successfully. This meeting closes the ; year's work and no more will be held until January, 1912. Mrs. Isaac Chronister entertained the United Brethren Ladies’ Aid society Thursday afternoon, four new members—Olive Goodwin. Mrs. Harry Irnler, Mrs. Adam Weis and Mrs. John Spragrue—being received into the order. The meeting was purely a business meeting, after which refreshments were served. Mrs. George ; Chronister will be hostess at the next meeting to be held hext month. The Tri-Kappa sorority met Thursday evening with Miss Fanny Frisinger. The sorority hca a regular course of study which it will pursue. Thursday evening’s topic being on pottery, with a most interesting paper by Miss Jean Lutz. While Mrs. Edward Wilson of Nappanee, formerly Miss Lucile Hale, whose marriage oc- ( furred Thanskgiving day, cannot be Present in body with her sister mem-; bers, she is in spirit, and a most in-1 teresting letter from her was read Thursday evening. She is now settled in her new home and is very well Pleased with her new home city, Nappanee. The next meet will be with Madge Hite, Tuesday, November 26th.1 WHERE RED CROSS SEALS ARE SOLD With the exception of Florida, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Idaho, Utah and

/Nevada, Red Crons seals are on sale i J nCto m l ° *“ lh “ and al - I ‘ P ,° rt ° R,co and the canal zone. In t CrXlsed 1’ ,tatM ,ale h “ bw “ 1 ’ 1 hamlet P CVery V ‘ ,la « e tt,ld 1 ’' EVei ' y toncelva ble method of t I uin -'?r Ce 18 lK ’ lng em,,loyed in «hiP i Wai. from the v«n«u. ! I teUw to loc „ , ' and tT “ Al “ bama Un< i Mississippi, ( i and the pack-burro in Colorado, to the I I expres strain and automobile in New ( »> Ihese holiday seals are even 1 I being sold in mountain hamlets, where . the snow will prevent the receipt of < , returns for months after the first of I the year. , ( 1 Cruel and inhuman treatment is the ! 1 ■ gist of the complaint in the suit sor 1 1 ■ divorce filed by James C. Harmon L i against Alice Harmon, through his at-11 jtorney, J. w. Teeple. The couple ' 1 I were married March 12, 1909, and llv- ■ ] i ed together until December 12th, he h recites, when she left him. He says ' 1 i that he is a cripple, and she a stout, 1 robust woman, much stronger than he, and that she has struck and beat him < at various times, and about a year . ' ago, attempted to stab him with a pair , of scissors, calling him a name that 1 would not look well in print, and < . threatening to cut his heart out. The breaking of his cook stove and furni- i i ture by her, is also alleged, and fur- , thermore, he says in his plaint that she bought groceries at the store in : Rival re, in 1909, on credit, charging them to him and then sold the groceries and “fooled the mouey away." He accuses her of infidelity and names Elisha Everhart as correspondent, and also charged her with associating with Mrs. Rosa Blazer, a woman of bad repute. The cruel charge of her leaving him at home to care for the houseat a time, without his consent, leav-1 ing hi mat home to care for the house-1. hold and cook his own meals, is also ' placed against her. He recites that he has no real estate of his own and only a small amount of personal property, and asks for a divorce. A new state case on the charge of forgery is entered in blank on the criminal docket. Irwin D. Landis et al. vs. Adams County Pub. Co. et al., report of sale by receiver was approved and the j sale confirmed. i The account current of William S Welty, guardian of Bertha Ann Welty et al., was approved. The seats in the auditoriwm of tin I court room were nearly all taken to day with witnesses used in the trial of I the divorce case of Margaret Reber ! against Earl Reber, though a few may have had merely a "hearing’’ interest I in the case. i The commissioners decided Friday ■ i afternoon that the Hart road be constructed in Union township, the ’ Schamerloh petition being continued. It was argued that the funds on i hands would not allow the Schamer- < loh road to be built next year, while - ; there is enough to build the Hart ma- ■ cadam, and this fart gave them the J first road. The other road will be ; built as soon ns possible. Real estate transfers: David i Stuter et al., to Philip Sdhirack, 102 i acres, Kirkland tp„ $11,500; Fred W. i Fuelling to Jerry Barkley, 42*4 acres, i Union tp., $4,650; Christian Lugen- , jbuehl to John Neiffer. 9 aeres, French', j tp., 500; Samuel H. Teeple to Archie < P. Hardison, 40 acres, Wabash tp., $6000; Jacob N. Keiffer to Martin I Keiffer, 20 acres, Preble tp., SSOO. ; — i’

The Margaret Reber vs. Earl Reber I divorce case which was drawn out I from Friday morning until today when the evidence was completed, was taken under advisement by .lodge Merryman. Some forty-five or more witnesses 4'ere subnoenaed and attended the trial, but not more than half were used. The Rebers were marrid tn June, 1908, and lived together until August, 1911. Each had charges to make against the other, the defendant filing a cross-complaint. Besides a divorce Mrs. Reber asks SI,OOO and a weekly or monthly sum for support. Peterson & Moran are her attorneys, while D. E. Smith and L. C. DeVoss are appearing for the defendant. An affidavit made by S. J. Martz, charges David Roebaum and Isaac Jacobs .true names unknown, with selling goods in the county wi out getting the necessary license from 1 Auditor Michaud. Their bond was fixI ed at $2,000. I At a meeting of the committee on 1 arrangements for the democratic dlstrict convention to be held city on the 29th, the program was completed and the committees named. | Each committee is expected to organI ize and look after the work assigne 1 to them. Members of the reception 'committee will be furnishedl badges land will do everything possible fo> 'the Proper entertaining of the guest . Programs will be gnted andjor ® .

warded within a few days to newspapers and committeemen over the district and it Is believed a large numbers of delegates and workers will be here. Headquarters will be at the Hotel Murray, where the visitors will meet on the evening of the 14th. The committees are: On Decoration — Charles Ernst, chairman, P. A. Macklin, Thomas Durkin, Raleigh C. Parrish, Frank Gass, Charles H. Elzey, W. A. Kuebler. On Reception John W, Tyndall, chairman. Decatur—F. V. Mills, Isaac Chronis- ! ter, H. B. Heller, C. H. Elzey, J. W. : Bosse, J. T. Merryman, C. W. Yager, Ferdinand Bleeke, Harvey Steele, I Fred Mutschler, Jesse O. Sellemeyer, John T. Myers, H. J. Yager, C. J. Vojglewede, C. N. Christen, Henry ( Krick, David D. Coffee, James P, ■ Haef.thg, 0. L. Vance, D. B, Erwin, ! B. J. Terveer, J. R. Parrish, Barney Meibers, Orval Harruff, Mathias Kirsch, J. F. Snow, John Smitley. Union —Frank Mclntosh, Fred Koldeway, Henry Bleeke, Frank Kurber, J. A. Fleming, Phil Gase. Root —August Walters, Jay Cline, Ed Christen, Harlo Mann, Charles Getting, Harvey Clark. Preble—Louis Kleine, Ernst Doehrman, David Werling, J. C. Grandstaff, John Hoffman. Kirkland—Sim Bowers, Ed Zimmerman, Jeff Crum, William Adler. Washington—Jacob Omlor, Harvey Smith, Henry Eiting, Frank Breiner, Charles McKean. St. Mary’s—John Barrone, Elzey Jackson, William Heath, William Nolle. Dr. Vizzard, Ed France. Blue Creek —John Durr, Charles Morrison, Frank Wechter, Charles Bevington, Millen Edgel. Monroe—C. Beer, James Hendricks, I John Andrews, David Schwartz. Berne—R. R. Schug, Frank Foreman, Joe Winteregg, Sam Simison, Phil Schug. Earl K. Shalley. French —John Augsburger, John P. Steiner, Jonas Neuenschwander. Hartford—F. W. Studler, J. W. McKean, Chris Eicher, vVilliam Anderson, Jesse Kelley, Eugene Lindsey. Wabash —R. K. Kerr, John Cook, J. A, Christman. Geneva —W W. Briggs, Silas W. Hale, E. S. McCallihan, James Kelley, j Jefferson —J. L. Yaney, J. T. Kelly, iDan Booher, W. V. Buckmaster.

The winning column of the Decaitttr high school basket ball team still remains without a check, the team Friday evening adding another victory to the two previous ones, when they defeated the fast Pennville team in a well separated score of 43 to 12. Excellent ball was played by both teams, and at the opening of the game the visitors started right off toward victory, but which was not permitted to the final, the locals getting into the game themselves, and with their clever playing and well practiced tricks, took the lead, and wh«n the first half of the game was called tlie Decatur team stood twenty-one pcints to their opponents’ eight. Rrd>ert Peterson, who played guard, and a difficult position for goal throwieg, succeeded in making six goals, for which lie received deserved applause. The following goals were made by .the locals: Beery, 6; McConnell, 4; Vancil, 5, and Peterson, 6. Hamitt and Horn, for Pennville, each made tfrnee full goals. The referees were Wonhmann and Goff, the latter afterward praising the large attendance for their orderly conduct, which was manifest during the entire evening. The next game played will be wrfiti Portland at that place on December 22nd, which is also being looked fotward to with great interest. The To cals will put tn as much practice as they have time and will try to maintain as clear a record as they have

so far held. The following was the line-up: Beery Forward ... .Flamrnitt McConnell.... Forward Harper Vancil Center Horn. Peterson Guard ...:. .Hammiit Lose Guard Elliott. Mrs. Tanvas, who some weeks ago ; underwent an operation for tumor., and since which time has been holding' her own as well as could be expected, ' thin morning underwent a second ordeal and examination, and she was found to be in a better condition than had been looked for. Although her condition nas been such that much alarm was felt by those in charge, a little sunshine has now been added toward betterment, which greatly relieves those who have for weeks been t patiently watching her condition. Attorney Jesse C. Sutton is in re-' ceipt of a letter from his sister, Mrs. Grace Pennypacker, of Buffalo, N. Y., stating that their father, W. S. Sutton, formerly of this county, now residing at Eden, N. Y.. mtdonwont sa, operation on Thursday for strangulated hernia, which was very successful in itself, and that his recovery will rapidly follow. Mr. Sutton is numbered among the most well known gentlemen of rhe county, having lived at Geneva for years, where he served

as postmaster, up until the time of his going to present home, where he has since engaged in poultry raising. - The inquest of Coroner Grandstaff over the body of Henry McLean, who died suddenly and was found dead in bed in the Lane King room, where he had spent the night, shortly after life was extinct, was completed Sat urday, and death was pronounced due to chronic valvular andocarditis, also complicated arterio sclerasis, along with infirmities brought on with his extreme old age of nearly eighty years. The body, upon the request, of the coroner, was taken to the Yager Bros. & Reinking establishment where death preparations were completed, and last evening was removed to the home of his hister, Mrs. Mary Wemhoff, on North Fourth street, where 1 it will lie in state until the time of the funeral. Clem McLean, a son, at Washington, D. C„ who was at once notified of the sudden death of his father, and who wired that he would arrive here at noon Saturday, failed to arrive until late in the afternoon, and funeral arrangements were completed previous to his coming. The services were held at the home of his sister, Mrs. Mary Wemiioff, on Fourth street, at 3 o'clock and were attended by the G. A. R. in a body. Hacks will be furnished free for the old soldiers. George Baker, a young man some twenty-five or twenty-six years of age, residing south of Monroe, a son of Jacob Baker, was arrested in this city today noon, by sheriff Durkin, on the | charge of forgery. The affidavit , against the young man was preferred ' day before yesterday by Jesse Rupp, I oi the Bank of Berne, and alleges that on June 26, 1911, the said George Baker passed to the Bank of Berne a note for s!.'*>, purporting to have been made by August Hirschey and Henry Hirschey, the same being a forgery. Sheriff Durkin had been on the look-out for the man since the filing of the affidavit in the circuit court, and by good fortune got him today about 12 o’clock when he came to town. He was taken to jail, but it is thought he will be able to give the ssl>o bond required for his release.

’lhe season is approaching when scores of lives are annually lost and hundreds or fires are started by carelessness in Christmas and holiday decorations. In addition to the fires and panics in crowded stores, due to careless wiring of special displays or the catching fire of inflammable decorations, thousands of dangerous risks are run in homes, churches and Sunday scht.'. ig. Wherever possible, electric lights should* be used instead of candles on Christmas trees and the wiring should be carefully done. If this is not possible, the greatest precaution should be taken to see that the trees are firmly in stalled and well braced so that they may not be overturned when presen's are being taken down or by the overenthusiasm of the children. Under no circumstances should cotton batting be used by amateur Santa Clauses for hair and whiskers, as non-ixfiammable substitutes can easily be had, anti the risk of serious or fatal burning is excessive. If candles are used, children should not lie allowed to light them while their parents are not present as they often set fire to their clothing. Special care should be taken not to leave matches lying about as they are specially dangerous at Christmas time. The .holidays, of all periods of the year .should be freed from the -danger of terrible calamities, which is always present, unless reasonable precautions are taken in U*e matter of holiday decorations and festivities. The students and teachers of the Decatur schools are looking forward to. the anatual holiday vacation, which this year tMill be ten happy days, free I from care, from Friday, December 22 to Tuesday, January 2. including both the Christmas and the New Yewr holidays. Many of the rooms are arranging for a special Christmas program, .consisting of musical and literal? selections appropriate to the season. 1 and in many, no doubt, a real, live Santa Claus -wlil make his appenr-' ance. Many of the students, as well as the teachers, are doubtless arranging to spend their vacations in visiting relatives and friends out of the city. Many of the teachers will attend the Indiana State Teachers' association, which meets in Indianap- > olis December 27, 28 and 29. WILLIAM HAKES DEAD. William Hakes, who was suddenly stricken with paralysis while returning from a sale Thursday, and who lay in an unconscious condition following the stroke, died Friday night from the fatal effects of the first stroke. At his advanced age of sixty-seven he did not have the strength to rally from the attack and rapidly declined until Friday night, when those in attendance saw that the end was near. The relatives and friends were called

and were at the bedside when the end came, but Mr. Hakes did not regain consciousness to recognize the family. The teachers of Washington town- 1 ship held their regular institute here Saturday in the office of Trustee Sam Butler, William Faurot serving as chairman, and a very Interesting and instructive program was given. Miss Ruby Parrish conducted the opening exercises, and Hie teachers responded to the roll call, with the giving of a health rule. ’’History of Modern Education" was the subject of the pa-. per by Melvin Mallonee; “Horatius at the Bridge," exemplified a model read- ] ing lesson by Miss Pearl Miller. The ( teaching of geography was discussed; ( by the Misses Etta Brandbyerry andj Lily Teeple, while Ray Smith, who | was given a selected subject, decided upon spelling, and gave to the teachers assembled fifty words to spell, the words, as one of the teachers said, be- ‘ ing “jaw-breakers.” This closed the morning's session, and this afternoon’s program was opened by Miss Nora Ahr, who spoke on the relation jOf physical conditions and physical! defects to the educational progress of the child. William Faurot's paper was on how education may contribute to the proper development of the child, assuming that the child has a physical, mental, moral and spiritual nature, showing the relation of the school, home, church and state thereto. The query box was also conducted by Mr. Faurot. 0 “A Giving Christmas" is the pretty characterization ot t"e Metbodtet Suni day school of their observance this . year of this, the most blessed holiday of the church calendar. The true i spirit of the "giving in the name of i the King,” will attend the observance, ‘ this year, as probably never before. I A special effort will be made to bring • joy and gladness to others, and each i classes of the Sunday school, will, ‘ on Sunday evening, December 24th, Christmas Eve, bring its offering to i the church, giving it in the “name of ’ the King," to be sent to the Indiana hospital at Indianapolis, a Methodist i institution. Each class is keeping the I nature of its gift a secret from the 1 others, but the gifts will include coal, i flour, money, and everything that will , bring cheer, material as well as spir--1 itual, to the recipient. The offering will be made at the time of the special music and literary program to be giv ’ | en, the appropriate theme of the ev- '' ening’s entertainment to be “White r Gifts for the King.” A treat for the children will also be given on the s Sunday preceding Christmas Day. i 1 Bluffton, Ind., Dec. 13—The story of 1' the murder of Melvin Wolfe by his father-in-law, John W. Terrell, in , 1903, was revived Monday night when . Sheriff Freeman Carlisle received a I message from Petroleum to the e.'i? t J that Terrell had again “broken out,” 5 and requesting the sheriff to come . I to that place and take him in charge. !It was alleged in the report by tele- . j phone that Terrell was making threats . I against his daughter-in-law, Mrs. Min j | nie Terrell, who recently sued for di- . j vorce from Jacob Terrell, a son of r'John W. Terrell. i Sheriff Carlisle learned that the al- . leged threats had been mode the pre--5 vious night by Terrell and that there > appeared to be no immediate danger, and he cons;ii"ed legal authority be ) fore acting. He found that there is a . continuing bond in the sum of $15,000 j on file for Terrell, and that under the I existing conditions if the bondstuen .Ido not consider it safe for Terrel! to i be at liberty that it is their place to > turn him over to the sheriff. There- • fore the sheriff has taken no artiou but has left thv matter to the discretion of the bondsmen who inclndc eevi eral prominent citizens. I From the story learned from Petro- ; leum today it is said that Ter’-eB : j went to the home of Elias Morrical, t I i tenant on the Terrell farm, and ask 'ed for his daughter-in-law, and mad>a hunt as though trying to find bci. It is claimed that at the same ti re , he threatened her with bodily harm. Mrs. Jacob Terrell, the woman for whom J. W. Terrell was reported to be searching, is living at the presen' I time with her mother, Mrs. Geo"p • Kirkwood, in the little town of Peru leum. John W. Terrell, in July, 1903, s"'ot and killed his »ao-in-law', Melvin a buggy to ePtroleum, where he burst, laid in wait along the road and fired : a short that, partially tore off one of i Wolfe’s legs, and then he followed in; a buggy to Petroleum, where he burse; , open the door of a doctor’s office am' i I blew out the young man's brains as I he lay on the operating table. Terrell i surrendered and after a trial of sev-l eral weeks was found guilty of mur-| der and the jury fixed the penalty a*, life imprisonment. Before sentence was passed the governor interfered I and ordered Terrell, who, in the mean time, had been adjudged of unsound mind, taken to Easthaven asylum a' Richmond. After he was taken there the supreme court reversed the case. < finding a technical Wrror in the affi-

davit, which alleged an impossible date. Terrell was then reindicted and and later was brought to the Wells county jail. Special judges before whom he was brought on three oc- ' casions refused to order a new trial to proceed as long as Terrell was held to be of unsound mind, holding that it was useless to try on a criminal charge a man at the time laboring un der the finding of insanity. Then attorneys for Terrell asked that he be released under bond, and Judge H. I. Paulus of Marlon consented to this and fixed the bond at $15,000. Since ■ that time Terrell has been In the ear* of his family near Petroleum, where he now lives on a farm. I . OBITUARY. j Samuel Shell was born in Wayne county, Ohio, September 12, 1844. He 'departed this life April 7, 1911, aged 66 years, 6 months, 25 days. He emi- ' grated to Indiana with his parents. 1 when a mere boy. The parents located in St. Mary’s township, Adams ' county, where the deceased grew tc 'manhood. About twenty-five, year: ' ago he purchased a farm in Kirk’a:.“ I ’township, to which he moved his fa ( . 1 ily, and since that time he has been a 1 prominent citizen of that township, i . On the outbreak of the civil war he enlisted in Cor.pany C, Eleventh ca.- ( ' airy, and served that organization . faithfully until the war dosed. He was united in marriage to Miss Susannah Brown, November 6, 1870. To : this union were born eight children six girls and two boys. His wife and ■ two children have preceded him to tne . other world. Tuere also remain grandi children and a host of relatives and friends to mourn their loss. In the . same year he was married he united ■ with the U. B. church, of which he remained a member until about thre: years ago, when he united with the : M. E. church, which was nearer his i home. Os this he was a member at the time of his death. Brother Shell was a quiet, unassuming Christian > gentleman, and was a very Indus- [ trious farmer. He will be greatly [ missed by his family, his church and t his neighborhood. But though we > mourn he has risen to a higher, > broader sphere of activity, for “When bursts the rose of the spirit I From its withering calyx sheath, . And the bud has become a blossom ; Os heavenly color and breath; I Life utters its true revelation Through the silencq we call death.” Through the co operation of a num- ' ber of fourth-class postmasters in In ! diana, Red Cross Christmas seals are now on sale in almpst 500 cities and towns in this state. The postmasters , were appealed to at points where no 5 general agency had been established 1 Preliminary reports received at the i headquarters of the Red Cross Christi mas Seals commission of Indiana at t the postoffice building in Indianapolis ’ indicate that the sale of seals in this a state will fur exceed that of any previous year. Almost every city hr.' 'already distributed more seals th.-,: 5 were shipped to them during the tire campaign last year. Terre Haut . has already received 250,000 seals; f Eiansville, 200,000; Lafayette, 100,000; Logansport, 100,000; Marion. 50,- . 000; Anderson, 5(?,O00; Richmond, 45,- . 000; South Bend, 30,000; Greenfield, ; 30,000; Connersville, 20,000, and so on , down tho list. Some of the smaller towns, howevi er, promise to make a better per cap- ■ ita showing than the larger cities, s They are expected to give the larger i places a good race for the prizes of- > sered to schools in cities making the » greatest per capita sale. The list of - prizes which includes six vacuum i'cleaners donated by the McCrum- - HoweSl company of New York, has - been Increased by the contribution of i a handsome silk flag, given by Cap- - tain Wallake Foster known through in--1 diana as the “flag man,” because o’ his interest in teaching patriotism to tire school children. Tire state managers have annonne ?d ■that no formality is necessary in ?n---j tering the contest. An accurate rec ord wf the actual sale of seals in each i place will be kept, and the per capit-i sale will ge figured on the basis of the 1910 census. The city or town selling the largest number of serl.t per inhabitant, will, with gross receipts amounting to SIOO or more, be awarded the large stationary vacuum cleaner, and the McCnnn-Howell company agrees to install it free of charge : in any school building designated by I the winning city. The five cities or i towns, aside from the winner of the first prize, making the best per capita I records, regardless of the amount of money realized, will receive portable ' cleaners of either the electric or hand I variety. The winner of seventh place | will be awarded the beautiful silk i flag ■ o — I FRIENDS’ CHURCH DEDICATED. The new Friends’ church, south of Geneva, a fine new structure, recently completed, was dedicated Sunday with appropriate ceremony, several •peakers of state note being present j to assist In the exercises.

TESTIFIES IN COURT. Clark M. Foreman testified in the United States circuit coure here Tuesday that a big coach stallion bought from the Souers farm at Huntington was not subdued by all of the instruments used in an effort to curb his bad disposition and that even chloroform failed and the animal had to be killed. Foreman lives at Van Wert and the suit In which he is plaintiff is directed against George W., Glenn H. and Karl K. Souers and he de mands $25,000. He charges that the horse was insured to be gentle and that he paid S2OO for him. It Is charged that In a rage the big animal bit Foreman's right arm and crippled it permanently. He Is represented by Harper and Eggeman and Judge R. K. Erwin, and Leonard, Rose and Zoßats of Fort Wayne, and Emmett King of Huntington appear for the Souers. A jury was empaneled and the case was placed on trial before Judge A. B. Anderson early today with the prospect that the testimony would be finished by time of adjournment this afternoon. —Fort. Wayne News. R. O. Johnson, a former resident ol this place, and a brother of Chester, ' Johnson, of this city, but now connected with the Indiana Sales comI pany, of the booming city of Gary, made one of the largest and best land deals ever closed there. The sale was made to a number of Kendallville business men, who believed it a golden opportunity to invest, and made a 1 purchase of 343 lots, the considerai tion being $5(1,000. The Gary TribI tine prints the following: i “R. Q. Johnson, of the Indiana Sales I company, yesterday closed one of the i biggest real estate deals that has been made for some time in Gary, when h*. disposed of the entire Woodman park subdivision in South Gary' to Kendall- ! ville, Ind., buyers. I “The sale involves 343 lots and the consideration was $50,000. Contracts i were signed yesterday when the purchasers were m Gary. The owner of ! the land was T. W. Englehart and ’.be addition constituted a large part of his holdings in the Ridge Road district. “A. M. Jacobs, president of the No- ' ble County bank at Kendallville, 'nu i D. E. McCray, of the McCray Refrigi erator company, of the same city, are the purchasers. i “The property lies between Delaware and Georgia streets, along Fortyfirst avenue. This street and Georgia street are both boulevards making the property accessible from all of the principal roads. The tract is 70 feet above the lake level and the rich soil is well covered with large timber, making it a desirable residence district." 1 “HANDS ACROSS THE SEA.” j Beautiful Story in Pictures at the Star Theater on Tuesday Evening. • ! Mr. Stoneburner has succeeded in securing for Tuesday evening of tlii week one of the most popular reels on the market, “Hands Across the Sea, telling the story of the revolution and portraying in a realistic manner the battle of Yorktown and the farncu scrap at Monmouth. The two reels ' include two thousand feet and the i show tomorrow evening will be the 'best ever shown here for five cents. It is an educational reel and one that 'every school child and student of hit *tory will aptiWate '

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