Decatur Democrat, Volume 57, Number 42, Decatur, Adams County, 17 October 1912 — Page 6

NOTICE TO NON-RESIDENT. The State of Indiana, County of Adams. »».: In the Adams Circuit £ourt, September Term, 1912. Ferdinand Bleeke vs. F Adelle Neptune, Craven Neptune, Kenneth Neptune. No. 838". Partition and quiet title. It appearing from affidavit f/lled in the above entitled cause, that Craven Neptune of the above named defendants is a non-resident of the State of * Indiana. Notice is therefore hereby given the scid Craven Neptune, that he be and appear before the Hon. Judge of the Adams Circuit Court on the 28th day ot November. 1912. the same being the 10th Juridical Day of the next regular term thereof to be holden at the court house in the City of Decatur, commencing on Monday, the 18th day of November. A. D., 1912, and plead by answer or demur to said complaint, or the same will be heard and determined m his absence. Witness my name and seal of said court hereto affixed, this 2nd day of October, 1912. FERDINAND BLEEKE. Clerk Hooper & Lenhart. Attorneys for Plaintiff. 40t3 NOTICE O c RECEIVING BIDS. Notice is hereby given that the Board of Commissioners of Adams County, Indiana, have adopted and placed' on file in the office of the auditor of said county, specifications for the furnishing of all labor and material necessary for the following improvements in connection with the several public buildings in said county, towit: One public lavatory at court house. Electric light bulbs in quantities to meet the needs of said county. Water closets (new) and repairs to closets at county infirmary. Additional radiators at county farm, de- 3 rate sealed bids will be received for said supplies up to 10 o’clock a. tn., on the 4th Day of November, 1912, Each bidder will be required to give bond and accompany his bid with the necessary affidavit as provided by law. All bids to be filed with the county auditor. The board reserves the right to reject any and all bids. Time limit for the completion of the several improv en: nts will be regulated by contract not exceeding thirty days. JIM A HENDRICKS, CHRIST EICHER. HENRI" ZWICK. Board oi County Commissioners. At:-st H S Michaud, Auditor. 41t2 COMMISSIONERS’ ALLOWANCES OCTOBER 7, 1912. F- d : . eke. clerk, salary $175.00 Same, clerk s report 5.00 Same, office expense 2.00 L. C. Smith Typewriter Co., new tj vewritei, clerk 82.50 H 4 M'cbaud, auditor, salary. 191.85 Same, office expense 2®O Ed Parent,,. aud. office expense 1 •••' n F -reeple. seme, office exp.. .50 W. Yag< - treasurer, salary 191.65 sane. See expense 5.00 y F V.’elflt ’. recorder, salary. 108.33 Same, excess fees . 14.65 r :rd, by Deme. rat. Rec- ex. .96 A. F. We’fley. office expense .. 2.00 T. J. Durkin, sheriff, salary ... 166.66 Same boarding prisoners -.. 90.80 nffi. - • -rense .. .. .. 1 'MI C. C. Ernst, suryeror, off exp. 5.00 Fred Schaub, surveyor, off. ex. 1.65 Burford, by Democrat, surveyor s office expense 4.55 City of Decatur. lights, surveyor's office ... 2.721 I_ E Oblige" Co Snpt salary 112 50 Same, office expense 9 >0 Dr. AL P Parrish, inquest 60.00 I. M Miller. Co. Health Com.. salary 31.80 fame, office expense l- ,4 0 Henry Zwick, Co. Com., salary 75.00 . In: A Headricks, same 75.001 Christ Eicher, same 75.00. . : rsch. salary, Co. Council. 10. no i. W. Merryman, same 10.00 i. E. Ulman, same 10.00 E. E. Zimmerman, same 10. no I A. G. Briggs, same 10.00 j John O. Kranor, same 10.001 Wm. Baumgartner, same 10.00 C. J. Lutz. Sal.. Co. Atty 41.66. Same. Co. Atty, to Other Co 15.00 Burford, by Democrat, stationery truant officer 4-00 Everett & Hite, poor. WashTp 6.50 Vance, Hite & Macklin, same 2.00 F V. Mills, same 12.25 Elizabeth Bums, same 15.00 W E Smith, same ........ .. 25.00 Peoples & Gerke, same 2.00 M. F;.lienkanr‘. same 2.50 fam ’’utler same 1 85 n Reavers, same 35 -o I). D. Clark, same 75.00 Lucie H. Wiggins, same 66.00 "" .1 M Kean, same. Hartford. 35 no G'egg A Son. «ame. Wabash.. 688 I. 1 Mattox, same «25 Burford, by Democrat, stationery Co. Supt 21.2" J. D. Stultz, janitor, salary... 7>"2 T R. Moore, oil. <•<••••* hr----. p.l Hyland, snnnltes. same. . 1.05 D. F. Teerle. dravage, same .. 2.73 S. H. Adams, fuel, same *® ToTv"-' ra'-le err —lbeg. 10 .Ml City of Decatur, lights Ct. H 32.30 Tess Kelly, jan . jail 20.00 Indiana Lighting Co. gas. jail. 6.60 City of Decatur, lights, jail... 6.60 D F Teeple. drayage, same 68 P. J. Hyland, rep. Co. farm . SOO Dayton Laughlin, labor, some. 25.00 Harry LaFountain, same 25.00 Clara LaFountain. same 20.00 Lettie Hillary, same 20.00 - f pessert. preaching, seme 3.00 j. W. Segar same’s. " o® ’'o Srhlegei. blacksmithing . . 5.00 p. J. Mongoy. same 5.50 r’>: « Vnsrte" “6-. shoes and repair. Co. form 27.63 Fred Schaub, hardware, same. 5.97 E. L Carroll. mdse, same .... 2.10 Schaub. Dowling & Co., same 5.23 Franuk McConnell, same 9.00 D, DeFrance, same 7.00 Decatur Democrat Co., Prtg. . 19.60 Decatur Herald, same 58 60 C. C. Ernst, ditch allotment . 7! no n W Bears, labor ditch 1.50 <’ C. Ernst, labor, bridge 21.25 • -arews. overseeing poor children 10.00

Smith,* Yager & Falk, books poor children 5.38 Hattie Studabaker, rent surveyor’s office 25.00 ~ Dellas Butler, bal Trfcker bdg 8.75 : Berne Supply Co., bal Flilk bg 10.00 „ ’ Henry CWber. bridge plank... 59.4" k 1 David Averting, same 22.40 t Frat» Mclntosh. Reg. Inspector, E. Upton. Sept, and Bal. 3 May session 17.50 1 Philber E. Gase, W Union same 25 00 . August Walter, E. Root, same. 25.50 t C H. Getting, W Root. same.. 24.10. Ernst Doehrman. N Preble.... 29 1A ? John Hoffman. So. Preble .. 25.50 j 8. J Bowers. N Kirkland . .. 21.50! B Amos K Stoneburner. So. Kirk. 26.50 f Ben Efting. No. Washington... 33.50 { Jacob Omlor. So. Washington. 27.00 u E. W Jackson. No St. Mary’s. 25.5" > John Noll. So St Mary s 26.251 ■_ John Durr. No. Blue Creek . . 26 00 t- John Behout. So Blue Creek . 25.50, 1 Peter Rich. No. Monroe -'1 S< 1. G. Kerr. Middle Monroe .... 26.00 * J. C. Augsberger. French 33.50 F W. Studler. No Hartord ... 37.10 j E. Lindsay. So Hartford 32.10 f Sam Soldner. No. Wabash .... 29.80 Joseph Chrisman. Ceylon ... 25.50 I. L Yaney. E Jefferson .. 29.50 "" V. Buckmaster. W Jeff . 25.50 r F. C. Foreman. Berne A 29 10 loel Liddy. Berne B 26.10 , E. Briggs. Geneva A 32.10 t H T’nyon, Geneva B 3C.-15, F V Mills. Decatur Ist A 22 10 ■lzsac <"'ronister. Decatur Ist B 23.10 , mcO Kinzel, Decatur 2nll B. . 18.10 ’ '.lift- Miller. Decatur 2nd 8... 26.90 1 i Kirsch. Decatur 3rd A 23.25 " .’ohn Christen. Decatur 3rd B. 24 <>o, r Hemer Faust. Adler Macadam 1 road 2’o® ." Same, extras 18.00 * Noah Bieberstine. Aschleman _ | macadam road 1500.00 ’C. Ernst. Eng. same ... 10.00 The Democrat Co.. Ptg. Buuck 5 macadam road 65.4 v E. B. Adams, transcript same. 40.00 ’ Peterson & Moran. Atty same 50.00 Ft Wayne Printing Co., bonds Buuck and Conrad roads . . 80.00 Sun Pub. Co., printing, same '-I ’ T. J. Durkin, posting notices. | same ? C. C Eng Buuck Road 9a.00 ‘ Jas. Wiley, viewer, same .... 10.00 ' R B. Kerr, viewer, same ’ August Conrad, labor, same .. 5.50, Wm. Buuck, same 4.50 ( Otto Buuck. same 2 •••• Fred I.onlleman. same • 2-°*, • ’hr'st Bultemeyer. same 2.00 ’ Chris Conrad, same 2.001 ■ Phil Macklin, same 2.00 , Fred C. Buuck, same 2.00 ( Carl Beatty, same Julius Haugh, contractor. Bell macadam road ■■ IOOO.f-0 ‘ , C. C Ernst. Eng., same a.W Erie Stone Co . contractor _ Bahmgartner Macadam road 1000.00 , ■’ C Frost, engineer same . 10.0" Jesse Steele, labor, same 34.001 Carl Beatty„ labor, same 2.00 1 TVmocrat Co Ptg. Conrad Rd. 66 301 1 E. B. Adams transcript samg 4" 001 ' D. B. Erwin. Atty, same 5C5.00 I C. C. Ernst, engineer same . 90.00 1 Adam Miller, viewer same ... 10. WI 1 Tames Kinnev, viewer, same . 10.00 ' T J Durkin, posting notices 1 same ”0® 1 August C-onrad. labor, same 4.00 C. Rauck, same - 2'-j /''c-' Dresrmrn. sam» 100 ’ ’ Vn- map. same 2.'”’ i Phil Macklin. Bame . 2 <■" ~ west Srheiman. same 2 ,MI ! i Carl Beatty, same 2.00 Eli Engle, contractor, Chris«w" *>ad 2000. ,V1 1 ; Tor. Chrisman. Sunt same . 75.00 Erie Stone Co., contractor Davis road 2000.001 i Jacob Musser, contractor Engle "nad 1750. i L. Babcock. Snpt Engle Rd 84 00 • i<-hi-isT Musser, contractor. Fuelling road 3295.00 Fred H. Fuelling, supt. same 52.00 C. C Ernst.' engineer Juday Rd. Erie Stone Co., contractors. Hart road 3000.06 Merryman & Fugate, contracItors Kessler road 1430.00 "•-.-a VAgsler Supt Kessler Rd. 28.0 V i n E"nst Eng. Lenhart Road 5.00 Im-' Woods. Sure, same 37.00 poe McFarland, labor, same . 200 I Vm. Scbamerloh. same . 2.00 ! Levi Augsberger. contractor, r» nad 500.00 J<’ C Ernst. Eng. Mt. Zion Road 10.00 | w V Ruckmaster. Contractor. | same 1200.-e i -prl Bepttv. labor, same 4 <•’ inbn Whitehead, same 4 "0 n C Macnnr. same 2.00 Eli Engle, contractor Nyffler road 400.00 C. C Ernst, engineer Peele Rd 5.60 1 BWown & Bears, contractors. ’ I same 600.00 Merrvman & Fugate, contrac1 tors Parrish road 1390J" 1 C. C. Ernst, engineer Rich Rd 5."’! 1 1 R. Mang. Suns _ shirk Rosed ~~ 1 1 clay Engle, contractor, same 800 00 1 1 Heller, contractor Stahl road 200. JO ’; ’rhn F, Carpenter. Supt Turk- • — 86 00 . v-ta <stone Co., contractors ’ same ...a.. 3300 *'■ ’ I'hrisi Fortney, sunt. Vizard Rd 30.00 ’. W A". contractor Water S#net 14'10,0;. ; Jrlins Haugk. contractor A'el- , Creek 500.00 C. <’ Ernst, engineer on differ- . ent roads 150--0 Sol Moser, supt. Mt. Zion Rd 66 »•" Turnnike Repairs—District No. 1-_ ' Wm Scbamerloh ’ " > p; c h a rrt Thieme 4 oft ‘ Fred Thieme. 23 *0 I T'-'-nb A’oet *.’ B.PO * Clvde Ha r d*n 4 ”0 ■ William Bittner 6’ ** 1 Jacob Kuss 2*o 1 Wm. Brfner -A . . I Henrv Rodenbeck s ' IP-apt- Maley 1« ™ 1 Eli Mevers 10 on ’ N G-nndstaff 1’ "0 j Chas Rittner -I l fi ‘“l . Chas Johnson K ,|A ; Wm. Macke ’ ‘ n • Wm. Hockemeyer ' John E Mann 2 001 ’ Harlo Mann 2 001 ' Fred Zimmermann ■ ?60 ■ ' Wm Hunts 2.00 ( Chas Bucher ♦> 1 Albert Arnold fin ‘ cisusmeyer & Archer 63.40 Li m « Construction A Supply I Co. 110.00

Fred Doehrman 21.20 Henry Zwick 51 00 A 4 C. Stone Co 361 93 Owcar Prttzinger 7.60 P<»Mougey 8.00 District No. 2. Fred Bender 3.60 )D. R Roop 14« o i Clausmeyer a- Archer 35.68 I Geo Dellinger 3.00 R. L. Shirk 9.30 A. Spooler 14 40 A. & C. Stone Co 237.41 IN. H. AVugner 4.00 Chas. Esell 2.00 I’. Fugate 8.00 TTeme Li mber Co 18.34 Monroe G. H * M. Co 6" J. A. Hower 4.00 tv Jacobs 45.00 .D. Brandyberry S(W Sherm Essex 2.00 'Jacob Baker 200 •Roe Winn 20,'.5 Sam Martz 10.00 Howard Miller <0 A J. Smith 10'10 G D. Glancy ............... - ■ Erie Stone Co J.;»0 ■ Conrad Glllig ■••• y 4 '* Howard Miller . “-95 N Mathevson 6-25 L. S McMichael "•*" Jonas Fisher 6.tv5 Simon Meyers 4 Ruben W nn 4 *T D"'vHng I®-®; I '"her S. Hower 4 1 Kirsch & Sellemeyer 12 A"'nf Hendricks 10.80 Chas Jont Andrews ............... 3.00 j ’ames Kessler '-J® •o T Rav J’n) A Hendricks <a.oo District No. 3. Wm. Fogle \ F-i Fening t> ." Elmer Stuber 1 ■" Chas Snyder ...... "■ 1 James Durbin •' 0® Dayton Reinhart Jacob Stuber C. C Moser & Co . . . x . David Rerger 4 | John O. Neal 2 "5 John Falb Emil Sprungar _ 2.0-j, A. & C Stone Co 714 ... Ttome Grein A- Hay Co H l 2 , Jacob Eicher ’-“® 1 John Love 1 -*® potm Goff M 'fhas Mower 5.00 •cTtss Re ) '’*'elderfcr 5.00 fClem Michels i.lohn Kessler .. — .Nelson Helmer --j® Tffiilman Cross .. t »-J® I Adams McKissic I i- hn Studebaker & Son 4 - '° .Chester Hal! J® |v|"ov Stauffer I Henry Run Von ■ 1* ' I vman Runyon ’ - Grover Hucher I 4 2® I Eli Chrisman 2 111 1 1 1 Smith S- 9 ® IJ A. Eicher 10 00 ("liff Zeigler I Harry Brown . Wm. Stead '2.3'1 Geo. Hueber ... . * mos Zimmermat. •’ . Christ Roth uarrv Brown '® 9 ® V Mower 12 m* John Brown ® Zeigler ’hrist Eicher 48.i* 1 n r Sales 1 ’rvinie Renyon ,>3.00 Rufus Mesliberger |]® Mrs Dave Meshberger B.l<> Chester Runyon - Natha i Stahl . H S. MICHAUD. Auditor. _Z~'.E EVANGc-LICAL CHURCH Reopened Sunday After Several Weeks’ Remodeling Course. Sunday was a red-letter day in the history of the Evangelical church in Berne, when the Evangelical church was rebpened after a several weeks course of remodeling. The church was refrescoed, a steam heating plant Installed, a room arranged in the basement for the primary department of the Sunday school and minor repairs made Rev- D. A Kaley is pastor HORSE SHOW NOTICE. Owing to the large number of entries that are being received for the horse show on Friday, we have decided that it will be too big a job for one morning and will grade the fullblooded Belgiums and Percherons on Thursday afternoon If you enter in those classes get your horses In on Thursday The stables will be ready Thursday morning. ELI SPRUNGER c — PICTURES AT HEADQUARTERS \ny person desiring pictures of Br.<n. Wilson. Marshall or Ralston with which to decorate previous to the arrival of Bryan or Ralston on Friday <an secure them at the democratic headquarters. The committee also has a Ralston and Wilson buttons for those who wish them. Call at headquarters. They are free. danced the and as each couple advanced toward the hostesses they were blind-folded and given sails to pin upon the mast of a ship which was fastened at one end of the room. Happily, the honored guest. Miss j Midge Smith, was the most successful in “rigging the ship." The buests included the Thimble club and Mrs. Hugh Hite. Mrs. L. A. Holtbouse. Mrs _ W L. Lebne. Mrs. Bart France, the: I Misses Madge and Mary Hite. Faye i Smith, Airs Fred Bell of Elwood. Mrs. i O. E. Smith of Indianapolis. Mr. and Mrs. Schilling and son. Arden. were guests Sunday of Mr and Mrs. Hubert ZerkJe. A

Home. i want to go home. To the good old town With the shaded streets And the open square And the hill And the flats And the house 1 love The paths that I know — 1 'glint to go home. If I can't go back To the happy days, Yet I can live Where their shadows lie Under the trees And over the grass— I want to be there Where the joy was once Oh. I want to go home, I want to go home. —Paul Kester. From North and South. East and West, all paths lead to Decatur this week Already the paths are full of new foot prints, w.ih al! the toes turning towards the old town By the close of the week of festivities, it is expected the paths will be worn sraocti by the thousands of homecomers. Already,—and it is but the seventh part of the week ot festivity.—the old home town is thronged with those who are rejoicing to be back aga'n under the shadows of the trees where they played in childhood, and which are perhaps all that remain exce -t the memories—of the Decatur, which has changed her dress, with the progressiveness of the years. The "New Decatur” stands ready to greet them The slogan "Decatur Can and Will" is now giving way to the present, “Decatur Can and Is’’ and everybady is putting forth his best effort to greet the visitor and introduce him to The New Town." Registration of Visitors. While many of the visitors arrived in advance, others are coming on all the trains and at every hour. The first rlace to which they are taken by the various committees on reception is the council room of the public library. where they register The registration is in charge of Miss Bertha Heller, assisted by Mrs. E. B. Adams, and each is cheerfully taken care of. The registration is made on cards and these are carefully filed away, alphabetically, for future reference. Each visitor is given a blue badge and a flower, tie latter furnished bWilliam Jackson, the library custodian. The very first one to register this morning was our friend. James Stoops of Sharon, Okla, who has had many honors in this festivity. He had the honor of being the first arrial, having come several weeks ago. and his card leads all the rest in the file. Charles Spencer of Kansas City, was second, and third were Mr. and Mrs. Duke Stoops of Petersburg. The' others catre so fast that it was impossible to take them in their order. Os course not all who have arrived for the week Save registered. Many who made long trips have taken time -o rest and free themselves from dust of travel before making their appearance. The register up to a late hour this afternoon shows the following: The Register. James Stoops. S’naron. Okla. Charles Spencer, Kansas City Mr. and Mrs. Duke Stoops. Petersburg. Ind. Mr. and Mrs. C. E Suttles. Mansfield, Ohio. Mr. and Airs. Burt Townsend, Ana Arbor. Mich. Mrs. E. H Tunnell. Dogden. N. D Joseph Urich. Dunkirk. Ind Mr. and Mrs Herman Confer. Indianapolis, Ind. Hugh AA’oods. Warsaw, Ind. Mrs. Harry Deam. Riverside, 111. Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Harruff, Fremont, Mich. Miss Opal Harruff. Fremont, Mich Mrs. Kate Nichols. Elkhart, Ind. Frank Pio. bx. Wayne. Mr. and Mrs. Will Reiter, Plymouth Mrs. Julius Spies and daughter. Helen. Cleveland, Ohio. Mrs. Florence DeA’ilbiss, Detroit. Mich. Harry Clem, Monroeville, Ind. J M. Brown. Monroeville. R. F. Painter. Monroeville. Willis Singer, Monroeville Charles Ahr, Monroeville Jos. M. Meyers. Sharon, Okla. Mrs. Barbara Kirsch. A’incennes Otto P. Kirsch. Vincennes Margaret Louthan. Fort Wayne. J. B. Merriman. Bluffton Mat McAfee. Bluffum. R. F. Wisner. Bluffton. J W. Estabrook. Bluffton. Mary C. Merryman, Indianapolis. W. L. Fetters, Bluffton. ‘ John Brunn, Bluffton. I Mrs. Eiien Grube, St. Paris, Ohio. Esther Seelig, Fort Wayne Marion Balch, Terre Haute. A. A. Melching. Bluffton. Ind. W J. Dustman. Bluffton Henry Hunsicker, Bluffton. G. K. Stoner, Bluffton. Isaac Brown, Coffeyville. Kans. Gradon Coverdale. Marion, Ark. I Dr. A. Haughton. Bluffton. R R. 6. D. Parks. Frank Linn. Chicago. 111. U. S Echaffer. Monroeville.

i J W. E.’wards, Monroeville. George Longhenry, Weatervllle. O The registration office is open iron; Bn. m. to sp. ra Call and register. ••Dem' Jest as We Please." Os course everybody on arriving ( here thought it his first duty to Jut look around umf S-t > e-acq"«l'it ' H And It was a great tmt E» •> b. burnt d up rvetybody •’ • an I ■ • • was just a tten'-rsl so > ,1m as t5-> poet Riley said, "dolts j st ex 1 uCIU please ” There were hand s'. ..'muks and smiles and tears and: 'recalling to memories the pranks we played in days goue (by, what "Jim did,” or what "Jim j didnt do,” where we went, and why jand wherefore, what we have been (doing, and what we want to do. And ■ then everybody started'out to explore! the old town and “the new” Ard ’they are still doing it. Everywhere! ! they find evidence of the fact that i’’Decatur Can Md Will." ann “Is To greet the vleitors the city bard in its bright new uanorms, was on the street early this morning and during I I the day, rendering those old familiar | j airs to greet the home-comers to j 'Home, Sweet Home." a« well as the newer airs Town in Gala Dress. Never has the old town looked lo’ ' I Her. Seifert Brothers have fulfilled' their part well in th» decorations. | 'Gay streamers rn<* ,*nnants and flags! and bunting and designs make arcb-1 j wave over the streets through which j ' the throngs pass The streets lead-! ' ing from the railways have suspended i from an archway every half squarea large American flag All the business houses have their own special! decorations and fine special displays artictically arranged The residences! have attired themselves in splendid ■ dress and have thrown open their! doors with trug hospitality. Lodges Keep Open House. The many members of the various lodges will find an open house greeting for them at the headquarters of each Nearly all th? lotiges have given time to special decorations and there their old mert’oers and friends will find every comfort and convenience for resting. Among these are the Ben Hurs, Elks. Masons. Knights of Columbus. Knights of Pythias, Odd Fellows ; nd the auxiliaries of all. .*ll have arranged for a special reception , evening. The Odd Fe<low*’ Meet. The Qdd Fellows’ district meeting ( held here this afternoon and this ev- ( ening was one of th" <eature meetings of the order in Indiana this,year. , At noon J. L Harmon, grand master ( of Indiana, arrived over the Grand - wontdc ’• Indiana anu he was conduct- j ed to the hall where the local degree ( team conferred the initiatory degree on a candidate. The crowd was large ; and the committee made arrange- . jtnents to have the conn room for tbei> evening session which will be public.l, G»ne'a sent an advance delegation on 11 the 7 o'clock train and ’’.e team ar ! rived on the 3 o'clock train, going a ' once to the hall where they put on the first degree The parade was I started from the ball at 3 o’clock and with Grand Master Hannon leading, marched through the principal streets to music furnished by the Decatur City band The business session of the lod .e vas held direct 1 '" after the p»r?de This evening the court room w i! be used instead of the hall forth" r.ublic meeting and at that time the grand master will give an address, which will be followed by an . address by Kate I. Nichols, president |of tb Rebekah assembly of Indiana ' A social time will follow the ad- : dresses. Berne, Geneva, Bluffton, , Mon rm . He, Fort Wayne and Huntington sent delegations to be present at the meeting here and Bluffton, who will have a district meeting in their eity October 26tb. sent a bunch of boosters for it The meeting at | the court house wfl! be started 1 promptly a: 7:3® o’tlock and will be [Public and free to all who wish to hear these s "akere. J. L. Harmon is an attorney not-M throughout the northern psre of the state as an orator and hi« address will prove of i worth to all who hear it. About two, hundred Odd Fellows visited the local| lodge today. The Midway Splendors. The midway splendors are many and varied and find an echo in the interest of all. The public square is a busy place. On all sides are pitched the tents of various entertainers, the merry-go-rounds, the ferris wheel, tilhuman s'-'ders, human elephants, the mins trek, the animal shows, the for■un tellers, etc. Booths of all kinds, for refre- ments ai>d soc'euirs forth on all the streets and you can get anything you want in any line. The Mazeppa and Greater United shows arrived Saturday and the tents were up and in rlace early this morning. and will pleas' a IL The balloon races given by Co’ man Bros will take place at 4:3' o'clock o- Market streei near the *• ’ai <’ w.i! . a novel feature. Hew ranada and Fedora. ■ who are scheduled for their human elephant act, square, a free performance, could not make connections to arrive here this afternoon, hence this afternoon’s per-

formance could net be given. 1 hey will probably be here in time for tonight's act at 9 o’clock, and for the others during the w «-!i. Where Shows A' » Leca’ed. Mazepi x Shows. I’ain and Madison. Kelly Show. Main ; rd Monroe. Sherries’ Working World, Main and '." -fferson T- steers, 7,s<M‘ founds. Main and Jefferson Merry go-round. Co'rt and Thirl Maid of the Mist Court and Third Indiana George, 1 n 1 show, Madison and Third. Spider Girl, Madlso- Third. Tiger Bill's Wild Wes; Show ou D. M. Hensley lot, on Main street Ocean Wat e. Madison, between 1 Main and Third. Big Eli Ferris Wheel, Main and "lad so::. I Novelty Poodle Dog Show, Court and Main. » ■ " Indianapolis, Ind, Oct 12 —Much has been said about the state finances tor the years 1909 and 1910, the republicans charging that the democrats j were responsible for the managemem I of the financial affairs of the state in j •those two years. The fact is that tb> j ■fiscal year ending September 30, 1912. j was the first full year of democratic | administration in Indiana since the fiscal year ending October 31, 1894. I Democrats were elected to the offices of governor. Lieutenant governor and superintendent of public instr- : tion in November, 1968, tut none of | these officials were in control of the 1 finances of the state. It is true that 1 I Governor Thomas R. Marshall lias | been a member of the board of financ" | from January, 1909, up to the present I time, but during his first two year*’j 1 service on that board he was the <r ' i nority member, as the auditor o r state, | Mr Billheimer. and the treasurer o I state. Air Hadley, -ere the other], members of the board and were re"ub ( licans This republican board of fi■. nance had full control of the finances i of the state till December 1, 1910.: when Mr W. H. O'Brien, the demo cratic auditor of state, came into of I fice, and became a member of the fi- ‘ nance board It has also been charged by the re- i publicans that the legislature of 1909 ' was democratic. The democrats wei’"! in majority in the house of represen tatives of that year, but the senate, was controlled by republicans, and ev cessive appropriations to the amount, of 3511,000 must be charged to the re-: publican branch of that legislature, as ‘ that is the amount which was added to the appropriation biM by the republican senate of 1909 after the bill hau been passed by the democratic hour* of representatives Included in the expenditures in 1910 i is a sum of 213 982.73 unexpended b»l-| ances of 1907 appropriations which i had been reapportioned by the special session of the legislature in Septeuiber, 190 S. and made available til! Senumber 1910. The democrats were not in control of the finances of the (state in 1910, but even had they been ! | the renublicans would still have been; responsible for this expenditure. On September 30. 1910. the dose of 1 the last full year of republican admin | istration, there was in the gener-l fund of the state treasury. $92,768.!.'. but there was then due and unpaid $103,000 coliseum bonds and interest. Now note the record of the republican officials in the two remainine months of administration’ As < noted above, there was $92,768 35 in ' the general fund on September 30, i 1910; during October, 1910, advance payments were collected amounting to ] $228,200 The total of these three I items is $537,068.35. and of that i amount all but $9,463.91 was expended by the republicans in those last two . months in rhich they had access to and control over the state treasury! So when the demorcatic auditor ot 1 state, W. H. O’Brien, took office ’on December 1, 1910, he found available $9,463.91 rith which to pay the state's bills. In his office to be paid, he found current bills amounting to more than 11195,000: coliseum bonds and interest ’ amounting to $103,000, and more than j ; $14.000 accrued interest on A’incennes I i university bonds, making a total of. more than $312,000. During the re-' maining ten months of that fiscal year, endintr September 3(0, 1911, th" democrats not only paid this sum of $312,000, but met all current bills and! paid the final construction expenses of, the new Southeastern Hospital for Insane. the tuberculosis hospital, village for epileptics, and school for deaf. The fiscal year which ended Septem-: I>er 30. 1912. was the first complete • ar of democratic administration tince 1894. and the records made during this first year is an excellent one. Every current bill was paid, two new I i'istitutions were maintained at a cost cf $226,674.57, and a town and township deficiency-fund of $52,134.30 for school purposes was paid, and at th“ end of the fiscal year, September 30, 1 1912, there was a balance of $l6O.- 1 921.42 in the general fund. The democrats also paid off In this year $150,000* of the state’s bonded indebtedness, which was not due until 1915, thus saving the state, $5,250 interest. This excellent showing for the last

ten months of the fs-»| ywlr September 30. 1911, a Ul | the whtul the fla-al year enumg Septe m q. r ,* 1912, was made in late of a of one un i a half centa In tht u, levy, which means a saving to the u, l ayers of about $280,000 a year ** I Just two hours after retiring i 0 4 liberate the Jury in the will U'itj case, returned a verdict at 2:10 octathis afternoon, finding Ward guaty of conspiracy to commit grand larceny. Special Judge R H. Hartford at once passed sentence upon him, * ing him a fine of S2OO ana a state, prison sentence of from two to f OJr teen years in state’s prison. He wj, taken to jail and Sheriff Durkin w■[ leave Monday or Tuesday with prisoner for Michigan City. Warl«n find there. Ode McClisb, wso was aj n ed a co-derendant with him in thia suit, he having been convicted la a prior one. Gert Reynolds is also •!,»-. upon conviction in a similar cast The evidence in this case wag compietsa and a part of the argument heard Pj,. day afternoon, finishing at noon today. After dinner the jury retired I deliberate nnr’ : .ad- cnick work of it. ; Re!i h S r r.de w" t t • -rnseeutisg sit. :n< ", and rib e I 1 st 1 -d .104 qp. 1 Clibh cousi •’ to L.kv * ■• ,1 tin Iby the wei :■ rreen good ~.a e Paul G. Hooper, comrrissic . a the Anna L I-aman vs. Thom ’ohnson et al. quiet title case, rcpor.i! de« J. which court approved The n n,. ■ missioner was allowed $2.00. William T Wagoner was dis;!.-. • ed as executor of the John Yarn tate upon approval of his final re . ' port. Licensed to wed: Minnie Jan- Ej. I sex. lorn Mar ■!: 25, 1888, daughter ot 'Jess Essex, o wed Daniel David ' Kauffman, 'armer, born July 10, •$«?. ' son of Jacob Kauffman. Deputy Sneriff Kelly, who went 0 Fort Wayne to get John Kuhl, left this I afternoon at 1 o clock for Richmond, where he will be committed to the I insane asylum for the fifth time He I has escaped four prior times A bunch of six vatlle b- longinz to ■ .Mrs. Sarah Hakes, seven miles .« is ,of the cTty, which got out severs! , months ago and roamed Into the Celis 'of h»“ neighbor, Joseph Aiartz. -iia 1 cooped them up. is the cause ot anotbI er case in the courts of the county. ;n 1 which her fourteen-vear-old son, WJ! ! Ayres, is charged with pointing a :iSgerous weapon at Joseph Martz Deputy Sheriff Jesse K. ■ ma;. :■ trip to the Hakes home Frida; t- • noon/where be arrested yo z -s, , who gave the required bond 1 <l4 I and was released until the triai | Marti and Hakes are neighbor.- -M live on opposite sides of ..e -d. about forty rods apart, but it ■ said i a feud han existed between the::, for I the past six years. The six ; He, however, furnish the latest bora- of ' contention. Some tim- aeo the* e»raped from Mrs. Hakes confining | bounds and got into Martz’ terr or’ Martz claimed they ate hi- < tops and | be sh' t them up until p-iyzne-.t should be made. In the meantime Mrs. Hakes filed a replevin su nst Martz in the circuit court » i* still pending. Martz holdm- the cattle in the meantime The rattle wore confined in the Martz ham until . Thursday night. On Thursday night, it » Il be re " ■ membered, Martz heard a disturbs:** at the barn, that was evidently not the I gentle lowing of the Hakes catlle. ■ there coooed up. and both !:• and S'’ I wife went out to Investigate They say they saw three young m» n pro’l- , ing about, one of whom shot at Marti ■ twice Martz followed a short distance, j and recognized Will Ayres, he says. a» I the one who shot him. He waa atmid of the gun. however, and went back to his own domicile, where h« < ailed 'h* deputy sheriff, who went out ami investigated. but could find nothing a'that time to warrant the arrest The t ' cattle, however, had made their get*1 way from the Martz bare When the official went out Frid* 1 I afternoon to make the arre-' -:po n I!,e affidavit of Martz, the six cattle were found to be in the poesess on o' J 1 * Hakes. Afrs Hakes explain'd thisaying that when she got up Friday ] ' morning, she found the cows in I garden, peacefully browsing o n . 1 choicest vegetables much to h p r ch--rin. and however welcome the re.uro , 1 of the prodigals might have been : der other circumstances, she seen" 1 , to resent their feast upon the fat <« her garden. When young Ayres was arrested be denied being at the Martz home a | that time and said he could pro'e - he had been elsewhere. He sa had been at Monroe until 11 ' ( and was driving home when be h, a■ the first shot fired It was not j he reached home, he says, ’ba ■ ; heard the second shot at the home. His mother, brother and ? ter corroborate this claim . Martz claims that both Fred Ayres, with another young I were: prowling about rhe ba™ * he wgs shot at. ®