Decatur Democrat, Volume 57, Number 50, Decatur, Adams County, 12 December 1912 — Page 1

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Il sugar beet craze I ’lpie.uiing- -Whitley County ■ I May Consider the FeasiI bility of ■jROWING THE BEETS ®)ecatur Factory May Est iblish Station at ColumI bia City. T!... bed vulture fever is spread.’ . Columbia City Commercial M.,:l part: MB : \ Brook, representing the Ci: States I eet sugar industry, ■ the city Tuesday on his to ir of ru in the interests of 1,.-.-- > cion generally. He start-d - ■ - in the state Is locat'd. it has already been ■:• • that Indiana tan sup; 't 'ories as the one . or its- - and now in operation • t ■■" it is the business of Mr Brock ’<> - ■» -he different < ommim possibilities there are in growing beets. There is no question the soil in Whitley counts :« w. 1! to growing sugar ‘.--s '.as demonstrated in Ads:: « 1' and DeKalb coun'i- s and o'h surrounding territory Several Bj ars ago sugar beets were grown successfully In Cleveland •own ■hit). but the long distance from -i farat that time made the crop nr. Now If the farmers would ■ jHedgi 200 or more acres to growing they could market th.mi station that would ’•> n. here by the Became ’at-’ory would receive the same hauled direct to the factory. minus Me farmers of Whitley . ■ to KtK w sugar beets here rm would bo sent here '-ee of cost ■ them to analfze the soil and eduthem In the cultivation so th.c the first crop could be grown sueAll that would be provid’or free of cost to the farmers. RM “Indiana alone, if developed, could one-half of the United States sugar from 166 factories that Ml is possible to maintain, but at pr- s- ■ f t has only one factory- 'hat at !»-■ —and then only onehalf of its beet sugar prods- Ing area be used and then, too, the sugbeets could be rotated wit' crops. ■ I "This paper offers the suggestion a number of the representative interested, including the off!of the Corn Growers’ association the Farmers' Institute, get toand send a committee to visit he Decatur factory and interview the hgar beet raJsers there and see, if ssurancea can be given of the crop sing raised successfully in Whit>y co-.ntv, that a movement is carted Ml o raise the crop in the county ami soure a buying and shipping station IB r - ■ ■ IMAGINES HE'S ROCKEFELLER ■ mB An insanity commission composed t Justice of the Peace A. G. Lewis Hmd Hrs. F W. Mincks and G. L. Per- 1 if, held an inquest Tuesday forenoon ■ It the office of the former to deterline the sanity of August Kleinhenz. young man of South Portland, who ias been mentally deficient for some Ime. Although harmless Kleinhenz as alarmed many Portland citizens his actions, despite the fact that he ias not shown violent Inclinations, i iis sanity is said to be due to exces■E ive reading. He imagines himself a lartner in business with John D. Hlockefeller and with the latter has tromoted many imaginary railroads ind other industries and thinks that le is the owner of large oil leases, estecially in the west. Os late he has MRpcnt much of his time in the vicinity Be; the G. R. & I. depot, where he ■patches all trains. Kleinhenz was ad insane by the commission and for his admittance to Eastasylum for treatment will be at once.—Portland Sun. i RAINED NURSE FOR MR. MOOREA trained nurse has been secured » attend Mr. T. R. Moore, who has sen quite ill for several days with n attack of heart trouble. It is hopfl by his many friends that his reovery will be speedy from this time

; milk direct from hay. j Milk made dlrcet from hay by a •cientlflc process, which ig always sweet and never sourg, hag been discovered by the Milwaukee Synthesis company, it claims. It is declared that this milk has all the qualities of the I milk from a cow . but the manner of making excludes certain germs, which ( prevents souring. j The concern making the milk, I which is done under a chemical process transmutes timothy hay into milk without its passing through the stomach of the cow. The milk does not differ in the slightest from cow's milk, it is said. COURT HOUSE NEWS - Cold Snap at Court House is Broken—Steele Trial Resumed Today. SEVERAL NEW CASES i Filed—Big Grist of Civil and Probate Matters Attended to. After a two days’ unbroken cold snap, the temperature at the court house became normal today, with the finish of the repairs of the heating plant boiler, which put this beating plant back into commission again. Everything is now going along smoothly. The trial of Eli W. Steele, which was interrupted for two days, was resumed again this morning. It is thought the case cannot be finished this week. In all, ninety witnesses have already been subpoenaed, for both sides, and there may be more. The trial began a week ago last Monday. Mr. Steeie is charged with intent to murder Jacob Keiper, whom he shot.

Will Ward charged with conspiracy to steal filed a new recognizance bond which was approved. John W. Ward was discharged from any further liability on former bond. The case of F. J. Shephard vs Oscar Burry was left off trial docket. First National Bank of Rochester, vs. Abe Bock, et. al. The demurrer heretofore filed by the defendants to each paragraph of complaint. Dethe court overruled as to each paragraph and the defendants jointly, except to the ruling of the court as to each paragraph of the complaint Defendants ruled to answer absolute in five days. C. J. Lutz for the First National Bank of Decatur has filed suit against Wm. H. Fledderjohann, Martin and Herman Gerke on note demand SI2OO. Attorney Lutz for the First National Bank of Decatur also filed a new suit on note, demand SSOO, against John J. and Henry Meyer. Edward Moser, guardian of Francis C. Moser, filed current report. The current report of Peter N. Moser, guardian of Henry Snyder, et. al. was allowed. John C. Augsburger, guardian of John Beeler of unsound mind, filed, report of sale of personal property which was approved and the sale confirmed. A petition to repair buildings and fences on the land o ward was sustained and the same authorized to theamount of S2OO. The lease of ICO acres of the ward s land was reported and approved. The final report of William B. Drew, administrator of the John Hilt estate, was affirmed and the administrator discharged. William B. Drew was also discharged as administrator of the Hiram Pine estate, upon approval of his final report. The Inventory of William F. Step-, ler, administrator of the John Stepler estate, was approved. A petition was granted Charles S. Niblick administrator de bonis non ttlng him <« «« «»•“ “f (ConttnveG on sage Z)

FIREMEN’S SHOW The Volunteer Firemen Arrange to Hold Show on Friday Night AT THE CRYSTAL When Feature Film, Rameses, King of Egypt, Will be Shown—Two Reels. Friday evening, December 13th, the volunteer firemen of the city will hava a special show at the Crystal theater when a specially ordered feature film, "Rameses, King of Egypt,” in two reels, will be shown, the net proceeds of the evening's work to go into the fund for paying the expenses of the volunteers' convention which will be held here next June 27th, and at which time over five thousand visitors will be in the city for a day. The play to be given is a drama, showing the love of a mighty monarch for a modest shepherdess of wondrous beauty, her abduction by the king and her attempted rescue by her lover who tries to assassinate the king, and who is thrown into prison, later to be pardoned by the king, who makes a sacrifice to prove his intensifying love for the girl, who he sees happily married. This show will be shown for one night only and you will certainly be favored with a drama of the highest class once you attend this show. The proceeds will be used to further arrangements for the big day, and you will see a feature play in return. o- ...... HELP THE CAUSE

Each Red Cross Christmas Seal Purchased Will be a Shot Against THE GREAT ENEMY Tuberculosis —Will Help in Fight Against it in Our Own County. The bright little Red Cross mas seals, not only cheery and bright in themselves, but also in the promise of the good which the money derived from their sales can do, are on sale at many of the mercantile houses now, and there is much demand for them. Please remember to put one on every Christmas package you send. They cost just one cent each. This is small in itself but many sold, will bring in many pennies that will roll up into dollars. This money from those sold in the county will be used for the benefit of helping those in this county afflicted with tuberculosis. And there are many more than we who are careless, have knowledge of. Not only are the efforts spent in curing, but, what is better, in preventing. In this case, as in many others, an ounce of “prevention is worth more than a pound of cure," and will be the chief means of stamping out what is becoming known as our "National Plague.” An instance of the terrible ravages of the great white plague, and its terrible consequences, is that of Aaron Troutner, of this city, who is now in a very poor condition at the county infirmary hospital, where he was taken. He has been ill long with tuberculosis and his family was broken up, he being unable to care for them. Several of the older children were placed in others’ care, and the mother and her infant, the babe being too small to be taken from the mother’s care, remained with the husband at home, the wife assisting in making a living by doing family washings. The husband’s health has failed rapidly and it is said he is now at the point of death at the infirmary, where he was taken to be given the care required. Those who would like to assist in the sale of stamps, and who have not already secured a supply, can do so by calling on the general sales manager, Albert Sellemeyer, at the Holthouse drug store, appointed such by

Decatur, Indiana, Thursday December, 12 1912.

Dr. P. B. Thomas, who la county president of the anti-tuberculosis organization effected here in October by tho late Dr. Henry Moore of Indianapolis. Dr. Boyers Lectures. Dr. Hoyers of this city, who is a member of the state Itoard of health, gave a very instructive lecture Tuesday evening on "Tuberculosis” at the Zion's Lutheran school house In tho west part of the city. The audience was quite large. The lecture was a very practical orte, dealing with tho various phases of this disease, and its , cure and prevention. Those who heard it, were well pleased, and the doctor is to be commended highly for the stand he has taken for the betterment of public health and public conditions in general. GET FIFTY 7 LUNKS Os the $300,000 Initial Appropriation for Parcels Post Delivery. THE ZONE MAPS Also Received by Postmaster Lower—None of the Other Supplies Here. Decatur gets fifty dollars of the initial appropriation for the parcels post I delivery, according to information received today by Postmaster W. A.. Lower. Postmaster General Hitch-: cock has appropriated among 1600 postoffices having city delivery, $300,-; 000 of the parcels poet appropriation of $750,000 to be used for the equipment for the delivery) of the parcels , post business. This be used only I in getting the business started, after j which a regular appropriation for thej year will be made. This will be based upon the amount required for the first fifteen days’ delivery, a report of which must be made to headquarters. Probably the whole amount of the fifty dollars appropriated here will be used in paying for the carriage of the parcels. It is certain that the amount will not go very far, but it is thought , to be large enough to give the department some idea as to the amount needed to conduct the new system here. |. The new zone maps of the whole. United States were also received, but none of the other supplies necessary have yet arrived. The zone maps show the districts into which the U. S. is divided, and which determine the postal rates on sent. Bluffton also has received a fifty-dol- ' lar appropriation. , WIFE WAS CRUEL _ h |1 Left Him, Sold His Fumi-j' I ture, Cashed His Pen- j : sion Checks. ■ > ( — I< AND LEFT HIM ALONE ' •( —— ( So Aaron Zirkle Wants a ' Divorce from Catherine ’ Zirkle. p H The divorce suit, mentioned in this < paper Saturday evening as being in ■ preparation, has reached the Adams , circuit court, being filed by C. L. Wai- , ters, attorney for the plaintiff, Aaron , Zirkle, who wants a divorce from 1 , Catherine Zirkle. The plaintiff is sixty-nine years old, ( a veteran of the civil war, and his ( ] wife also is quite aged. They were H married in the 80’s and lived together ( until 1909, when he says she left him , and has refused to live with him | since. She left, he alleges, for French ~ Lick, and before going sold all their , househould goods, which he claims', he bought with his own money. He , was sick in bed at the time, he affirms, , but that did not deter her from tak- , Ing all the furniture, beds and all, and , leaving him no place to lay his head, , except he seek shelter with the neighbors. I He avers that he is aged and infirm j and unable to work, his only means I; being a pension from the government. J; (Oentmuea •« Page 2) j]

THE ERIE GRADE I . The Grading Will Probably be Finished by March for Laying of Steel. ■ AND IN OPERATION I' About September or October of Next Year it is Thought at This Time. The construction of the grade for the proposed Erie double tracking | scheme from Marion, Ohio, into Chicago is being pushed rapidly along and it is thought that the work as laying ballast and steel will begin about March Ist, and that the roadway will be completed easily for fall traffic. It seems that the Erie is very anx- ' ious to have the new roadway completed, for as one of the officials is quoted, “the road is like pouring the full contents of a bottle through the neck all at once,” and congestion is constantly a menace. In fact, the road had four tracks nearly as far west as Pittsburg from New York and doubletrack from there to Marion, 0., and this stretch of single track to Chicago has to accommodate the traffic handled by all of these other tracks. ! Once the second track is opened for traffic the congestion of traffic on this division will not be so marked, as much quicker service can be had. Locally, in Adams county, the grade work will be easily finished for the steel by March and it is probably that the steel will be laid as soon as possible. ORGANIZE TONIGHT Clover Leaf Railroad Inaugurates Move for “Safety First.” WILL MEET TONIGHT 'At Frankfort to Organize--i Moral Obligation to Support Cause. Superintendent C. L. Hinkle of the Clover Leaf has Issued a bulletin to all officers and employees of the road which is as follows: "The results obtained by the various railroads who have inaugurated I the ‘Safety First Movement,’ by ap- | pointing safety committee, clearly demonstrates the great good to be ! accomplished by a proper organization of this nature. "We desire to place the Clover Leaf ' at the head of the list so far as saieety and efficiency is concerned and lone of the first moves to be made in that direction is the inauguration of a safety committee composed of the officers and employees of the com- 1 pany. “A general mass meeting will be held in Caneld Hall, at Frankfort, Ind., this evening at 8 p. tn., for the purpose of effecting an organization of this kind adapted to bring about the best results on our road and you are cordially invited to attend and bring your families who are, needless to say, vitally interested in your safety and it Is your safety and that of the public which is to be given the first consideration by the proposed committee. “We, therefore, feel that with each officer and employee rests a moral obligation to lend their personal support to this movement and to do ev- 1 erything in their power to make the organization a success. “It is proposed that the safety committee be composed of the following members: Superintendent, permanet chairman; superintendent of transportaion, trainmaster first and second divisions: trainmaster third and fourth divisions; chief engineer, master mechanic, road foreman of engines. “Mr. Hinkle states that the public is cordially invited to attend the meeting, as the scope of the move[ment will include safety to general public as well as passengers and emI ployees of the road.”

BUTCHERING TIME HERE. The real brisk winter days have started a new industry on the farm — the annual butchering season. For several days the farmers have been grinding their butcher knives, scouring the big iron kettles, grind stones have been oiled up, and lard press and sausage grinder made inmaculate, and this week the butchering season opened in earnest. The farmer has waited patiently for the advent of cooler weather to lead their well fatted hogs to the slaughter. And now spare ribs, back bone and real home-made sausage, ham and other choice meats will grace the average farm table and he and his family won’t give a cuss about the high cost of living. ANNUAL ELECTION Fred Schaub Elected President of the C. B. L. of I. Society. THE OFFICIAL STAFF Royal Neighbors Also Held Election of Officers Last Evening. The C. B. L. of I. elected the following officers for the new year, the same to be installed in January: President, Fred Schaub; vice president, Blanch Ervin; secretary, Rose Colchin; treasurer, Anna Parent; collector and chancellor, Barney Wertzberger; orator, Peter Loshe; marshal, Lena Meyers; guard, Julius Schultz; trustees, John Starost, Mrs. A. Kohne and William Harting; representative to the supreme council, William Harting; alternate, Rose Colchin.

The Royal Neighbors elected the following officers Tuesday evening to serve for the ensuing year: Oracle, Mrs. William Richards; vice oracle. Mrs. Rebekah Eady; past oracle, Mrs. William Fledderjohann; chancellor, Mrs. John Christen; recorder, Mrs. William Biggs; receiver, Mrs. C. C. Enos; marshal, Miss Flora Fledderjohann; inner sentinel, Mrs. John Ray; outer sentinel, Mrs. Nellie Eady. The Masonic Blue Lodge was also among the various orders who elected officers last evening. Their staff is: Worshipful Master, Charles E. Dunn; Senior Warden, William L. Lehne; Junior Warden, Dick Meyers: secretary, E. B. Adams; treasurer, G. T. Burk; trustee to succeeed himself for a three year term, L. C. Helm. HELD FOR DRUNK But Man Who Claims Geneva as His Home May be a Forger. Gerald Miller, who claims Geneva as his home, was arrested by Officers Smith and FTy Tuesday evening after he had attempted to cash a check for $22.50 at the Morris Meyer place. The check bore the signature of C. H. Brown and has been pronounced a forgery’. While Miller is held on a charge of intoxication, it is probable that this charge will be changed to forgery.— Fort Wayne Journal Gazette. ———c FAST AND FURIOUS Was Basket Ball Game Between Bryant and Decatur Teams. The Decatur city basket ball team won another victory Tuesday evening. The Bryant team is a fast bunch, but they were not fast enough to take the victory from the Decatur boys. The local team was ahead all through the game and at the close they had the high score of 39 to 10. The Decatur team will go to Fort Wayne Thursday night where they will play the Turners. CONSIDERED TRACTION DEAL. French Quinn, receiver, and W. H. Fledderjohann, general manager of the Fort Wayne & Springfield Interurban Railway company, with lines extending from this city to Decatur, were in the city yesterday holding a conference with parties representing the local traction company. It is probable that the proposition of the Fort Wayne & Northern Indiana Traction company purchasing the Decatur line is under consideration. —Ft. Wayne Journal-Gazette.

EGGS FALL FAR Droo Eight Cents in Past Week—Fell to Twentyfive Cents Today. AND MAY GO LOWER Local Dealer Says by Saturday They May Fall to Twenty Cents. Eggs have taken a fall from the skies to the bottomless pit. apparently, and an egg spot on your shirt bo-

som at present need not mark you necessarily as a man of means. In the past week the price of eggs paid, by local dealers, has dropped eight cents on the dozen. About a week ago local dealers were paying thirty-three cents. Tuesday the market said twenty-eight, and this morning it was dropped to twenty-five. Local dealers say they anticipate a drop to twenty cents by Saturday. Mistress Hen must have adopted the Santa Claus role. Eggs by parcels post, it Is believed, can be used to break the high price of eggs in the cities. In the country eggs are sold for about one-third the price charged for them in the cities. A country poultryman or egg dealer can work out a list of customers in the city and arrange to ship to them twice weekly ,or oftener, a dozen eggs. In a like manner the city butcher can arrange to send his rural customer each day through the mails a roast or steak for dinner by posting It in the morning before the mail leaves the postoffice. If after January 1 a rural carrier from the Decatur postoffice-comes in from his trip with a sponge to his nose and bespattered with a foreign looking yellow substance it will be because of the parcels post conveniences, for under the new regime of carrying mail and merchandise the rural mail carriers have to carry as part of their equipment, eggs, butter, meat and other such articles as the farmer may see fit to send. Os course, if eggs are sent the carrier will not be required to stop and candle all the hen fruit. If some of the eggs are of questionable character and the jar of transportation causes a combustion, there is no provision made to clean out the package. The mail carrier will have to come in with his cargo of mall and freight and turn ft over to the postmaster. One of the department officials, who Is very enthusiastic about the tryout which the new system is to have, recently gave out the following: “The ambitious Indiana hen will come into her own when the new parcels post law goes into effect January 1. The shipment of eggs, meats and dressed fowls from the farm to the city consumer can be safely carried on through the mails after approaching New Year’s day, when the parcels post law becomes operative. The parcels post commission after months of study and investigation, has sumbitted to Postmaster General Hitchcock regulations providing for the transportation of these products. “Strong corrugated pasteboard egg crates and meat boxes of light weight will be used. Box manufacturers have appeared before the commission and have submitted a scheme for the construction of egg crate and meat box which the commission has indorsed and which it declares will solve the problem of shipping these articles of food through the malls. The crates and boxes are constructed similarly to the boxes used in the German parcel post system.” All merchandise must bear parcels post stamps and must be mailed at a postoffice or sub-station. FOR CHRISTMAS CHARITY. The W. R. C. will give a benifit show at the Star theatre next Tuesday evening, December 17. Besides many good reels of moving pictures, there will be special music, the high school quartet having consented to sing for the evening. Ten cents will be charged. The ladies will use the proceeds for Christmas charity. o 1 MRS. NOAH SWARTZ DEAD. Mrs. Noah Swartz, a young lady residing near Berne, is dead from consumption. Her death occurred at the home of her fatherin-law, David Swartz, the Amich preacher.

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