Decatur Democrat, Volume 57, Number 46, Decatur, Adams County, 14 November 1912 — Page 1

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LEAVE TOMORROW Eli Sprunger and Family Will Reside at Saginaw— Gets Appointment. HORSE SHOW JUDGE Will Have Charge of Belgiums at International Show at Chicago. __ >•': Sprunger and family will leave p.-catur tomorrow for Saginaw. Mich where they will make their future We regret that they have de elded to leave good old Adams coun ' tv. where tor many years they have I been known as leading citizens. Mr. St r inger has been active in business <i- les at Herne and Decatur for a long time, always progressive, and H willing worker for anything that will help the community. However,' we wish them all the good luck pos--jil- and hope they will like the new home as well as the old or better, if : possible. Mr. Sprunger has again been chosen as the judge of Belgium horses t O r the International stock shows to .• - eld at Chicago November 30th to December 7th It is a high honor and r. -inrunger has accepted the place. The letter advising him of the appointment follows: Chicago, 111., Nov. 12, 1912. ear Mr. Sprunger:—l presume you have -been advised of your appointmeat as one of the judges on Belgium* at the coming International ■ k show Your excellent wo-k two jears ago was so conspicuous I tha: I have taken the liberty to ap•o nt you again this year. You will have as your assistants Mr. Wilson of ( :r-ston, lowa, and Prof. W. I. Carlyle of Moscow, Idaho Both are ! good men and lam sure you will work well together. It will be necessary lor you to arrive here on Sunday befor* the show as the Belgium* are ■ ailed for 9 o’clock Monday morning to he passed on in the ring. I will meet you at the Stockyards Inn, where I have arranged a room for you duriag the show. Sincerely. R. B OGELVIE. Vice Pres thechurciTnotes Services at the Evangelical Church Continue With Interest LARGE ATTENDANCE Evangelist Bennett Opens Revival at the Christian Church—Good Music. The sermon Tuesday evening at the Evangelical church was to the point and well received. The subject was "A Lost Christ." Luke 2:44. The speaker showed how Christ may be lost after once enjoying the Christian ' 'o that the happy service may dwindle down into mere formality. No heart, no life which was at one time the joy and bigot of one’s ambition. The sjieaker then showed how such a lost blessing and a lost Christ may be regained and restored. In brief, Ro back to the place and time where the sad mistake was made. “A seeking soul will always find a seeking f’hrist” A blessed after service followed the sermon. The song rendered by the ladies’ quartet aided in W’lting the meeting a success. The ■ male chorus will sing this evening Subject for tonight, "How to Help Others to a Better Life.’’ Evangelist Bennett opened the revival services at the Christian church Tuesday evening with an excellent sermon A chorus of twenty-five voices under the direction and instruction of Mr. Bennett, who is an excellent musician, is being organized, and the musical part of the services will be especially attractive. Everybody is cordially invited to attend Tuesday night at the Presbyterian church Dr. F. W. Grossman of Franjj,-

| Hn. Ind, gave n very interesting and profitable address on "How to Hold the Boy.' This morning he addressed the high school students on "The Formation of Character." This evening Dr. F. w. Grossman will speak at the Presbyterian church at 7:30 on "Stewardship as it Is Related to the 1 hlld A cordial welcome is extended to all. TO ATTEND CONVENTION. Mesdatnes C. L. Walters, Dan I Sprang. J. w. Vail, F. V. Mills, B. J. Rice, P. B. Thomas and J. M. Miller left this morning for New Castle to attend the Woman’s Home Missionary association's annual convention of the Fort Wayne Methodist district. I n BEN HUR NOTICE. i P O. Bowers of Crawfordsville, state deputy of the Ben Hurs, will be here Friday night the guest of the local Ben Hurs. He requests that all, especially the beneficiary members, , be present, as he will have matters to be explained to them at this time. A SERIOUS WRECK Causes Fourteen Deaths— Many Injuries in Mix-up in Indianapolis. EARLY THIS MORNING Wreck Caught Fire from Exploding Gas TankTwo Persons Missing. I United Press Service! Indianapolis ,Ind., No. 13 —(Special to Daily Democrat I —Fourteen were I killed, two are missing, and twenty; or more persons were injured when a ! C H. & D. passenger train from Cincinnati crashed head-on into a standing freight in an open switch at Irvington, an Indianapolis suburb, early today. The wreck caught fire from an exploding gas tank and for a time the lives of the imprisoned were threaten-1 cd, but a bucket brigade of citizens | and the Irving fire department put i out the blaze. The known dead are: Mrs. Julia; Chaeney, age 30, wile of Cliffton j Chaeney, of Jackson, Ky.: Charles Chaeney, age 13, their son; Chester Chaeney, age 5 months, their baby; John Chaeney, a brother; Christ Imhold and wife, vaudeville actors .Cincinnati, Ohio; Aldritch Allen, Los Angeles, Cal.: Fred Hutchins, fireman on the freight, of Madison Va.: Bert White, passenger brakeman, Indianapolis: Williams, passenger conductor, Indianapolis; - Jefferson, negro porter; Joseph L. Palmer, Etewa, Tenn.; an unidentified woman. believed to be Mrs. Aldrich Allen, of Los Angeles, Cal., and one unidentified man passenger. The missing are: Cox. passenger, and an unidentified negro porter. Tht seriously injured are: Mrs. Jones, Burton Jones, baggageman, of Dayton, Ky., head and back injured. Clifton Chaeney, Jackson. Ky.. body, crushed, internally injured, may die; ; Lily Chaeney, two years old, head and . back injured; J. V. Skillman, Indian-, spoils, baggageman, leg injured. Willis York, freight engineer, Indianapolis. legt broken: Carl Gross, freight brakeman, Indianapolis, leg broken; F. E. Emberson, freight fireman, body burned and bruised; Harry Fells, Champaign, 111., leg broken; Fred Patterson, passenger brakeman, Madison, Va., leg broken. These injured died in the Indianapolis hospitals this morning: Chester Cheaney, Breathitt county, Ky., u 2 years old, father of Cliffton Cheaney: William Farkey, Indianapolis; Harold Burg, Indianapolis, and Ben Boyle, Chicago. 8080 QUARTERLY CONFERENCE. The third quarterly conference ol the Bobo M. E. church will be held -at Clark’s Chapel next Friday, November 15th. Dr. Beatty, the district superintendent, will conduct the services at 2:30 p. m„ and preach and administer the sacrament of the ' Lord's supper at 7GJO p. m.. All members are urged to be present, and others are cordially invited.

' ABOUT THE MERGER » ——- - — -■ —. Receiver French Quinn Was ' zs, < Closeted with the Officials of B. G. & C. AND M. B. & E. 1 - At Bluffton—The Merger is ' Considered too Visionary at Present. French Quinn, of Decatur, receiver for the Fort Wayne & Springfield electric railway, in ojieration be ..eeti Fort Wayne and Decatur, was in Bluffton this afternoon,’ accompanied by his attorney, A. P. Beatty, of De--1 catur, and they were closeted with • some of the officials of the Bluffton, Geneva & Celina and M. B. & E. trac- . tion companies. The Decatur line is one of the properties which the A. S. Terrell company of Chicago has listed in its plan of promotion, for merging several properties in this section of the state, including the C. B. & C. steam line. Some of the local parties have favored going ahead with a deal with the Kokomo, Marion & Western company, while others I have favored holding off and negotiating with the Terrell company. The latter proposition thus far is considered too visionary by a number of the stockholders and they have little hope that it will materialize. • One of the statements made to a reporter of the News recently was to; the effect that if the promotion plan was carried through the city of Decatur had promised, or someone there had promised, that the big merger company could have the Decatur city power plant without it’s costing them anything, in return for locating a central power station there. The News made inquiry on this report and was informed that nothing of the kind had 1 been promised by anyone with any I authority, and that furthermore De'catur does not want to dispqsguii" its power plant and places its value at |200,000. The News was informed moreover, that Decatur is satisfied with its municipal plant and'that pub-. lie sentiment there is almost unani-| mously in favor of keeping it.—Bluff ton News. LOOK ToIIUNTERS — I Both the State Fish and. i Game Commissioners and Forestry Board TO WATCH HUNTERS To Protect Land Owners from Fire and from Destruction of Game. The killing frosts of the past fewweeks and the consequent carpeting of the fields and woods with deadened grass and fallen leaves have been a signal tor increased activity ' in the offices of the state game and i I fish commissioners and that of the ; secretary of the state board of for-1 estry. Both are preparing for the I annual oncoming of the hunter, but with widely varying purposes, tieformer to see that the hunter’s gread does not exceed the sportsman’s honor, while the latter is preparing to protect the owner of the woods against the sportsman’s carelessness. The forces in the two offices are combining their efforts along these two lines, and the hunter who carelessly sets fire to a heap of dried and fallen leaves, to let the blaze spread through acres of forest, is as certain to feel the grasp of the law as is the one who forgets that fifteen quail are as many as he is allowed to bag in a single day. The heavy losses by forest fires during the last four years have arou - ed the state forestry department to the necessity of carefully guarding against conflagrations, especially during the hunting season, which opened Monday, November 11th, with the result that the secretary of the state board of forestry tt asking through the newspapers all the farmers and hunters of the state to guard against

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the fires. In addition he has caused to be printed on muslin copies of the law against setting fire to the forest* and fields, which notices are being Itosfed in conspicuous places throughi out the state. THE NORTHWEST IN SLIDES. A splendid opportunity will be given Friday evening to see many of the beautiful scene* of the great north-' west and a study of the varied imjustries of that region, when C. G. Strider .agent for the Bitter Root Valley Irrigation company, accompanied by the lecturer of the company, A. F. Doyle, presents to the public their list of slides in the court room. The list of views covers scenes through- ’ out the northwest including many j from Yellowstone National park, and ■ Glacier National park, as well us slides showing the actual life of the Bitter Root valley, which is reported to be the finest fruit growing s—•- ■ tfon of the world. Orchards in all stages of growth and production will be shown as well as many farm scenes and homes. These slides will ’ certainly be educational and entertaining. Parents should not fail to see that their children are taken that they may learn of this region of our country almost at first hand. Na. ad- . mission is charged, the decture being of an educational nature. SPOKE AT SCHOOL ! Dr. Grossman Lectures to Boys and Girls of Decatur High School 'I AND PLEASED THEM I Boosted Athletics and Said the Square Deal Counts There as Elsewhere. Dr. Grossman oi< Franklin, Ind., ’ spoke to the high sC’.iol fffl» morning, the subject of his most interesting •talk being on "Character.'' For forty-’ five minutes ne neta tne attention of • the students, making his points very , clear and emphatic by attacking from I various standponts. Character and ; reputation, he said, while defined differently, must finally come to be the I same. The ptoimistic attitude of the i speaker added t<- what he had to say . land he made a decided hit with the boys and girls by emphasizing the' value of athletics. He argued and he ] argued well that the square deal, fair-' , ness, honesty, co-operation and Griess of selfishness are all taught in athletics. Persons who learn to be fair, who are square in games of various kinds are fair and square in the affairs of life. It is no disgrace to lose, but is a disgrace to win dishonestly and it’s so in the school game : and in the world's game as well. There is great value in politeness and | tlAs was another point brought out Iby Dr. Grossman. Boys and men ; should always give up their seat to a lady, although she sometime forgets to say “Thank you.” Dr. Grossman will be a welcome visitor at school ' whenever he may come. COURT HOUSE NEWS. Letters of administration on the surviving partnership of John Hess- ! ler & Brother, were taken out today I by the surviving partner, John HessI ler. The firm was comprised of him- ' self and brother, Gerrhard Hessler, who died a short time ago following injuries received in the automobile accident. They had been engaged in farming and stock raising in partnership. William E. Kintz and Anthony Voglewede were appointed appraisers and filed inventory amt appraisement of tin- personal estate of the partnership. A list of liabilities was also filed. Later, the surviving partner , filed a petition asking that he be al-, lowed to sell at private sale, certain personal property listed. This peri- ( tion was presented to the court in chambers, who granted the same and ordered the sale at private sale at the 1 ; best market price. ——- Real estate transfers. Paul G. I Hooper et al. to Orlan S. Marshall.! lots 776, 777, Decatur, $1,000; Charles , E. Sullivan to Samuel Slmlson, part of lot 6, Berne, $2506. Sheriff Durkin was at Fort Wayne today, where he canvassed the senatorial Vote.

A BIG MEETING - Brotherhood Meeting at the Methodist Church Very Well Attended. MANY GOOD TALKS An Oyster Supper Wound Up Program—Will Secure Lecturer Soon. The regular meeting of the Methodist Brotherhood was held at the .church parlors Tuesday night, at which time the members either brought a boy of their own or borrowed one for'the occasion. j The first thing done was attending to the regular order of business and during this period several new members were taken into the brotherhood. This third item of the progfam was short speeches, describing some funIny boyhood experiences and Mr. A. R. Bell, Sylvester Spangler and .James Hurst covered the su/ject in a very interesting manner. Some real war stories by Joshua Parrish, Daniel Kitson and Fred Freeh were exceptionally good and very interesting to the younger generation, who appreciated the historic--lal value of the talks vryy much. I John Tyndall, who was to have delivered the principal talk of the eveni ing, could not be present and M.cjor ■ George Bowers, lately from the Philippine service, ably filled his place. i His address certainly interested the boys. An important feature of the meeting i was hte decision to secure Dr. John ;P. D. Johns, formerly president of I the Depauw university, for a series of ; lectures to be given here in the early ; part of January and lasting over the second week. The committee appointed to secure the services of the doctor and make all other necessary arrangements are C. L. Walters, Rev. I R. L. Semans, Judge J. T. Merryman., (A. D. Suttles, J. D. Hale and Henry | B. Heller. The evening's meeting closed with ; an oyster supper, a feature much ap-1 predated by the boy visitors. WAS FOUND DEAD I Mary, Wife of Daniel Bailey sr„ Succumbs to Heart Attack AT CEYLON HOME Found Dead in Bed This Morning — Two Chil- j dren Live — ' John Bailey, baker and partner in 1 the Schlickman & Bailey restamant ’and bakery, and his sister, Mrs. Cliff, ! Haughton, this morning at 6 o'clock | received a telephone message from j Ceylon that their mother, Mary, wife j of Daniel Bailey, sr„ of near that, place had been found dead in bed this morning. Mrs. Bailey .had suffered about two weeks ago from neuralgia, which went to her heart. She then grew better, and when her son, Samuel Bailey, visited here Sunday, he reported that site had recovered and was in her usual state of health. The word received here this morning of her death was therefore a most unexpected sorrow. Her death was first discovered by her immediate family at 6 o’clock this morning when some of the members ’ arose to build a fire. Later, finding that their mother did not arise as v. - i ual, they went to her room and found her dead in bed. I She was about sixty years of age, | and was a lady beloved by all who iknew her. The family was well known in the county, having resided | in that community about thirty years. They live now on the old Snow farm. The husband survives, also the following children: Mrs. Paul Gerber, Mrs. Nick Rich, Berne; Mrs. Clifford Haughton, Decatur; Jacob and Samuel Bailey, at home; John Bailey, Decatur; Daniel Bailey, at Berne. She

also had a number of brothers and I sisters and relatives various points In Ohio and lowa. The funeral will probably be held Friday. Worry over several financial re- : verses is thougfit by relatives to have superinduced the heart trouble. During the present year all the crops on the farm were ruined by the floods, except the hay which had been placed in the barn. This was later lost bv fire, which destroyed the barn and its contents in August, when it was struck by lightning. The loss of the crops necessitated the buying of all feed for the stock this winter. Mrs. Bailey is said to have worried considerably over these losses. NEW GRAIN DRYER. Established by Egley Elevator at Ft. Wayne. C. G. Egley of Berne, was here today on business for the Egley-Doan Grain Elevator of Ft. Wayne. He came to buy machinery for a new grain drying department of the elevator, which they are about to establish. The machinery including a boiler, was bought of the Decatur; foundry. NOW AT HOME Jerry Coffee and Family Settled in Home At Los Angeles 1 1 DELIGHTFUL TRIP Are All Well and Enjoying ‘ The Beauties Os The 1 Southland ’ < Mr. and Mrs. George D. Brown ( have received the following newsy letter from their brother,- Jerry Coffee and family, who recenUy left for , Los Angeles, Cal., to make their , home: , Los Angeles, Cal., Nov. 7, 1912. , Dear Sister and Folks: ( I It is with pleasure I write you ( (these few lines to let you know that s ; we are all as well as can be and a ' ( ' heartier and happier lot of kids you ( j never saw. They seem to not be able i to get enough to eat and hungry all ; the time. It seems to me I can see ; j I them grow. The girls are going to ; I | school about two squares away and , | they like it very much. Our trip was : fine and everybody seemed to enjoy . it greatly, we had plenty to eat and some left, and O you bread and butter the best that ever happened. You j bet I got my share of it and enjoyed | immensely. We bought nothing along the road except some fruit and coffee. I want to tell you this trip to Caluoruia is uo small affair, we got to Chicago late and did'nt leave there until about three A. M., we had a i solid train of Pullman sleepers with i ■fourteen sleepers and two baggage ) cars and a dining/car. We rolled into I bed and at last 1 went to sleep to | the time of the Click Click of the i wheels gonig over the joints and for | lour nights and three days the same ; music was in evidence, one must j wonder what an awful expanse of I country we traveled over we landed s : here at. about 7:30 A. M. on Monday, i went direct to the McCleans and in thirty minutes I secured sleeping . i apartments close by and in just ten 1 days from the day of our sale we had « a house furnished and enjoying the ! comforts of home once more. Our ■ house consists of seven large rooms 8 with toilet and bath, gas, electric ' lights, nice large porch with climb- 1 ing roses and geraniums ah high as i the window sills full of bloom of a < crimson hue. I could sit here for a t week and write You about the beauties and grandeur of this city, its fine I streets and lawns, its luxuriant palms < and flower beds but time and bpace i will not permit at the present, some i other time. The boys are both work- f ing and I am about thawed out and my hopes for future better. Eyes are very flattering but I am not going to expect too much in a short time. \\ ell good luck and good health to all and 1 write when you get time. Our best a to everbody. •' J. R. COFFEE, 1 3910 Walton Ave. o —— Mrs. Charles Irvin who has bAm in poor health the past week, is said to be ni quite a serious condition at i present, suffering from a complica- I rion of disease*.

_ 11 I——*———— THE REFUSE LIME Can Now be Secured at the Sugar Factory and it Makes Good Fertilizer. / FREE OF COST Many Who Did Not do Well This Year Will Give Beets Another Trial. Farmers, take advantage of this lor your farms. One of the by-produccs of the sugar mill consists of refuse lime from the lime-slacker. This material is one of your best fertilizers lor muck, black and yellow clay soil, it consists of lime in the so-called dead state, that is, only a fraction of a per cent of caustic lime. We all know the value of lime on all soils, to quote from Joseph E. Wing of Ohio, “Those localities which have some renown for agriculture without exception possess o sail rich in lime, nonproductive deserted farms will usually be found deficient in lime.” The above mentioned material may be obtained by our beet growers at the factory free of cost, if hauled away in the near future. We recommend for our farmers to use it in the following proportion per acre: Muck soil, two tons; black clay, one tor.: yellow clay, 1,500 pounds. This iu an offer which we hope a great many of our beet growers will take advaip tage of. While this season has not been even an average for the beet raisers, and a number of them feel discouraged, the greater number have agreed to raise beets again next year. They will give the new crop a fair trial, believing that it will be much better.! They have learned many things which will aid them another year, the company will be in better condition to help them and greatly to the credit of the Adams county farmers be it said they have the back-bone to thoroughly test this new crop in Adams county. DISTRICT MEET Os Twelfth District Medical Society Held Semi-An-nual Session AT FORT WAYNE A Clinic, Luncheon and Literary Program Filled the Day’s Program. Decatur is represented at the Twelfth District Medical society’s semi-annual meeting held in Fort Wayne today. From 9 to 11:30 o’clock this morning there was a clinic at the St. Joseph hospital, by Dr. Robert Bruce Preble, professor of medicine of Hie Northwestern university medical school, of Chicago. At floon luncheon was served at the Fort Wayne Commercial club, and this afternoon the regular literary program was carried out in the assembly room on the third floor of the Commercial club. On the program were prominent physicians and educators and the discourses were on subjects of general interest to the medical profession. Drs. J. S. Boyers and S. D. Beavers, from this city, attended. 0 UNCLE HEZEKIAH OBSERVES. It's orful —this livin' in a ifttul place. Bout th' only excitin' plasu:’ a feller kin hev is rentin' a mail box and keepin’ his eye unnit t' see if lie’s a-goin' t’ git anythin'. —— o UNCLE HEZEKIAH OBSERVES. • 11 Whut satisfakshun izzer in makin' a fule uv sum un when they don't know-ut an’ think it's yu they're mailin' a fule uv?

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