Decatur Democrat, Volume 58, Number 4, Decatur, Adams County, 23 January 1913 — Page 3

Though ha had been al the, point ot 'death man; UmM during bln aeveral weeks' last serious illness, death came Wednesday evening at 8:30 o'clock, when least expected, to Dr. W. W. F. McMillen, one of the veteran physiJclans, one of the oldest established , |Df the city, at bls residence on Win-. (Chester street I Dr. McMillen had been a sufferer ‘from heart trouble and a nervous breakdown for some time, but during the last few days his heart had seemed better. Wednesday evening he was sitting in his chair and bad Just taken some insurance papers, for which he had asked. He sat looking at them, when suddenly h.s hands dropped and his head fell back, and before his stepdaughter, Miss Minnie Orvis, could reach bis side, he had passed away. Dr. McMillen had been in failing health since the death of his wife, whic hoccurred a year ago last June, on t .ime day of the week that his occurred. He had been I. tireless worker in his profession, and in his efforts to do his duty to the suffering, he saved no reserve strength for himself. During the past two months he has been troubled with sleeplessness, which added to the nervous breakdown and consequent disability of the heart William Warner Potter McMillen was bom in East Greenville, Starke county, Ohio, September 30, 1847, and last September was sixty-five years old. He was a son of John and Rebekah McMillen, and came from Scotch-Irish parentage, of good old Presbyterian stock, an ancestor, Alexander McMillen, carrying the Bible with Cromwell into Ireland. His young manhood was spent in the vicinity of his birth, and he augmented his education with courses at the Smithville and Pittsburg colleges. He Ini. I'eied the medical profession, graduating from the Cincinnati Medical lege, and also the Fort Wayne Medical college. At the last named place he carried off the honors in a class of more than one hundred students. f After gaining an excellent education he began the practice of his profession, opening an office at Rome, Ohio, He later went to Fort Wayne and t dr*: years ago, came to this city, where he has since been. He had been engaged in the practice of medicine thirty-five years in all, thirty of which were spent in this city. It is said by one who knew him best, that he was a tireless worker, sacrificing himself for others, serving the rich and poor alike. He deemed his profession a high one, and he was Just as ready to administer to the poor as to the rich. His acts of charity, which were many, were done so ■ that very few of them were known to the world. While residing in Fort Wayne he was married tnlrty-two years ago to M riet P. Orvis, who preceded [he u.- !•■ fl-a’b a > .‘■nr icro last June. Since tb i, his household has tb»- : 1 eve’- by his s’»p-daugh-ter. Miss Minnie Orvis, who also cares for her aged grandmother, Mrs. Ferry. Her d'v'-»'->n to both was very great, and the do-tor in his declining days was administered to by a kind and dove d i-ard. I Dr. McMillen has one surviving sister, Mrs. Dr. Campbell, of Orrville, Ohio, wh" is the last of the parental famil' A brother, Dr. Howard McMillen, and a sister, Mrs. Hadassah Brown, have preceded him in death. Dr McMillen had a wide acquaintance and wax well and favorably iknown. He was a member of the [Methodist church, this city: of the )Ben Hur lodge, and of the Adams .County Medical association. : The funeral service will be held Frliday morning. A service will be conducted at the house at 9 o’clock by [the Rev. R. L. Semans of the Methodist church, assisted by Rev. Rilling of the Evangelical, and Rev. Glelser of the Presbyterian. The body will then be taken to Massillon, Ohio, where it will be laid to rest in the McMillen lot in the cemetery there, where the body of the wife lies. The cortege will go byway of Fort Wayne, and [will leave here at 10 o'clock Friday morning by a special interurban car, leaving Fort Wayne at 12:05 over the Pennsylvania for Massillon. Those who wish to go to Fort Wayne with the cortege may do so by making ar i rangements with Herman Yager, who is in charge. Professor McMillen of Fort Wayne, a cousin of the deceased; Mrs. Dr. Rhamy and Miss Carrie Boyles of Fort Wayne are among those who have ar-' rived for the funeral. The sister, Mrs Dr. Campbell, of Orrville, Ohio, who was here at bis bedside for a while, is expected on the earliest train. The body will lie in state from 6 to [lO o’clock this evening at the home. - ■ ■ : Judge Merryman, Clerk Bleeke, Deputy Sheriff Kelly and other officials were called to a special session of [court at 10 o’clock Wednesday night when an Injunction suit, demanding immediate action, was filed in the circuit court against the Toledo, 3t. Louis & Western railroad. The ease was filed by Attorneys Hooper ft Lenhart, and the plaintiffs I are Edward K. Faust, Norman G. Len-

hart and James B. Ellsworth. The plaintiffs are residents of Washington and St. Mary's townships, residing about four miles southeast of this city, through whose lands the defendant railroad company's right-of- , way passes. i Through their lands also runs two | tile ditches, draining about five hundred acres of land of the plaintiffs, as well as the railroad right-of-way. These ditches join at the railroad, and then l>ass over into an open ditch on the other side. The high embankment of the railroad passes over the junction of the ditches, and to provide for the over-flow ano to allow the tile drains to pass over into the open ditch, the railroad provided an opening through said embankment on top of said tile drain, four by six feet. This, it is ! said by the plaintiffs, was too small to carry off the water sufficiently in time of flood, and the water often backed up over their lands, causing much damage. During the last fresh- [ ets of last spring, it- is said that the' water came up nearly into Ellsworth's house, on account of the inability of the opening through the railroad embankment to carry it off. It is said the water also overflowed, the road' last spring to such an extent that persons driving home had their groceries ' washed out of the rear of the buggies they were driving. In spite of the plaintiffs’ averment that the opening was too small to carry off the water, the plaintiffs aver that the railroad company is preparing to substitute ror the former opening, which was four by six feet, a two-foot cast iron pipe, which would be comparatively much smaller and totally inadequate to carry off the surplus water. The material for the change, the complaint states, is already on the grounds, and it is said the railroad began work Wednesday for making the change. The plaintiffs heard of this and brought the suit at once. They asked that the company be temporarily enjoined from altering and changing the overflow, until the cause can be heard, and then permanently enjoined from reducing the size of the opening. The temporary injunction was granted, an order issuing that the railroad shall not in any way interfere with the public drain, overflow or outlet until the first day of the next term of court, when the cause will be heard. Deputy Sheriff Kelly served the papers on the railroad officials about midnight Wednesday night. The Rebekah special car from Fort Wayne arrived Wednesday evening at 7:30 o'clock, bearing ninety members of the Deborah lodge from that city, who were guests of the local lodge and initiated a •J'iss of Decatur candidates, r was one thoroughly enjoyable in every way. A reception committee, comprising Della Harn’’*. Gusta ''earner, Nellie Winnes, M-w. Bu”. 1' :rs!r-\.-r ac-i J. M. Millt , met the --arty at the interurban s>nt!r-fr. they formed a line of march to the lodge hall, the reception committee at the hall being Mrs. Dr. Miller and Mrs. E. M. Wagner. The now o!"cors of th® '<yrl order, which were installed last Tuesday ev-! ening, presided and the initiatory work I was immediate-; begun. Tne Fort Wayne team comprises twenty-eight members and their work was exceed- 1 ingly fine, especial mention being made of the fancy drills and marches. The candidates receiving the degree were Mr. and ' f rs. E > criers, Mrs. Ruby Baker and Mrs. Martha Artman. After the initiation the dining room was thrown open and the one hundred seventy-five persons were served from the following menu: Pressed chicken, brown and white bread sandwiches, potato salad, escalloped oys-, ters, pickles, cake, coffee, fruit salad. 1 Mrs. Bert Hunsicker was chairman of [ the refreshment committee. The visiting delegation returned home about midnight, and the,even-; ing was unanimously declared the best ‘ ever. Among former Decatur people now living in Fort Wayne, who were present were Mr. and Mrs. S. E. Shamp, Ethel and Tot Hildebrand, Mr. and Mrs. Burt Ault. C. B. BRODE RESIGNS. Succeeded at Interurban Car Barn by E. E. Frasher. C. B. Brode, master mechanic and car barn foreman for the Fort Wayne i & Springflel dßailway company for the past eight months, resigned Wednesday evening and was succeeded this morning by E. E. Frasher, of Rushville, as car barn foreman. Mr. Brode was sent here by the Westinghouse Electric Manufacturing company, of Pittsburg, Pa., and was asked by them to return to the shops. Mr. Brode! made many friends while here and ls[held In high esteem by the railway company, he giving sufficient service ; In all waya. i I The management of the high school i lecture course, as well as the public, ; who have been anticipating the en- < tertaininent for this evening, were | much disappointed when a memage i

came Wednesday night, slating that, owing to a mix-up of dates the con- i cert for this evening would have to be called off here tonight. The concert was to have been given by the Euclid Male Quartet and Bell Ringers, who 1 | were supposed to come here from Pen- : dleton. There has been some-mix-up ' in dates, and the company cannot possibly reach here this evening. The 1 message from the Colt Lyceum bureau 1 at Cleveland, under whose auspices I they are, expresses regret over the oc . currence and assures the management I here that the company will be hero at 1 some later date, which has not yet < been announced. The mlx-uff is one i of the unavoidable things that some- < times happen, and no blame is attach- i ed to any one. i n < A decree of quiet title was granted i William Narr in bis suit against Geo. 1 Meyers et al. the defendants default- 1 Ing, — ■ A quiet title was also rendered The Strauss Bros. Co., In their suit against David Latham et al., by default of 1 defendant. < I i In the case of Vernon G. Shifferly < vs. John Wolf, et al., an affidavit and i [bond in attachment was filed by leave l of court under this cause. i I Through D. B. Erwin, attorney, the i Old Adams County bank has brought I suit against John S. Peterson and M. i A. Friainger, on note; demand, $1,300. I Phoebe C. Pontius, a former Geneva i lady, who has not been heard of for many years, since she left home in 1 the 90's, and whom it is presumed is - dead, has been declared legally de- i ceased, and John C. Pontius was ap- ; pointed administrator of her estate to i prevent its suffering any waste on ac- i count of no one having the authority to care for it. i Anna Mersman, administrator of the ; Wm. Mersman estate, filed inventory : number one, which was allowed: also petition to sell real estate, and summons was ordered returnable the first i day of the next te-m of court. - Hoagland State bank vs. John H. i Koenig et al. Martha E. Ahr files sep- ' arate answer to complaint; Herman Gerke files answer to complaint and . to cross-complaint of Celina bank; Martin Gerke filed answer to plaintiff’s complaint and cross-complaint of Bank of Celina. A motion was filed by the plaintiff to make the Celina bank's cross-complaint more specific. William Fuelling filed answer to com- - plaint, and also filed cross-complaint, as well as an answer to the crosscomplaint of Ernst Gallmeyer, Henry Schroeder, H. Gerke, Martha E. Ahr, Kekionga K. of P., First National Bank of Celina, Ohio. Separate answer by Celina bank to aforesaid crosscomplaint; joint answer by John H. and Clara E. Koenig to said crosscomplaint . Answer filed by plaintiff bank to cross-complaint of H. Gerke.* answer by plaintiff to cross-complaint of Fuelling; answer by plaintiff to cross-complaint of Ahr. o — BIG GAME FRIDAY. ! Friday night a battle royal will be witnessed at the Porter hall when the championship Marion high school basket ball team meets the local high school team. Both of the teams are equally matched and have been busy getting into shape for this game. A preliminary game will be played at 7:30 between the Peterson high school team and the Decatur high school second team. The big game will begin promptly at 8 15. Warren Foster of Bluffton has been secured to referee the game and a square deal is assur- • ed'for both sides. I (W - ' R. Clymer, the Elwood liveryman, [with whose horse and rig, Frank Mertz [the thirteen year old boy in knee pants made way for parts unknown last Sat-[ iurday driving through this county I with them the first of the week, was I a caller in the city here this morning. He was accompanied by a fellow liveryman of Elwood, and together they , [interviewed Sheriff Durkins regarding the matter, and then went to Berne to see Brown the liveryman, where , the boy put up his horse and exchang- ; ed rigs on his drive Saturday. The j Elwood men came seeking information that might help them trace down the ' boy and the goods he took. They • stated that he is a dare-devil sort of little fellow and has appeared in public court In Elwood some five or six times. — ] Henry Miller, a Decatur boy, who j has been in the U. S. navy four years, , arrived home Wednesday for a thirty j days' visit with his mother, Mrs. Ve- | rena Miller, nils is his first visit , .here in four years, and if he had not t [home Interests here, he states he i would not have returned this time. He is really in love with the navy life and expects to go back, having reenllsted. He served first on the battleship Des Moines, where he was two years. He then became ill and was obliged to go two months to a hospital, where he was operated upon for a trouble of the neck. When he re-

covered his ship had left the harbor, and he was transferred to the Florida. This was a new ship, and he assisted in making the Anal tests of the machinery. Mr. Miller Is In the firing department, holding a position known as first-class fireman. During his navy life he has traveled over the entire ■ world, visiting all the foreign countries, Including a six weeks' stay on the eastern coast of Africa. o MAKES A CHALLENGE. The south side basket ball team today made a formal challenge to meet any tea mos 12-year-old boys in the city. Arrangements will be made that are satisfactory to both teams, should any other team have the nerve and courage to accept. The south siders are a classy bunch of players and we predict that the tenm that goes against; them will meet with a heavy defeat. All arrangements will be made with Winfield Maddy, Captain. At a meeting in the home office of the Lincoln Life at Fort Wayne a few days ago, when about thirty of the general agents of the company met to discuss plans tor tne new year it was announced that only one representative of the company of the 185 men under contract had the honor of having his name upon the weekly honor roll every week In 1912. This was O. F. Gilliom of Berne, Ind., district manager of Adams, Wells, Jay and Blackford counties. This was the first time in the history of the company that this record was set and a handsome reward has been offered to anyone in 1913 that can repeat this. The company has more insurance in Adams county than any one company. Mr. Gilliom won the capital prize of the same company one year ago for personal production. He was formerly one of Adams county's school teachers and entered the insurance work three years ago and pushed himself to the front rank of the company. “Ten commandments of good citzenship” Issued by the housing committee of the Chicago Woman’s Aid are included in the health department bulletin, which declares Chicago to be the healthiest big city in the world. The commandments are: I. Thou shalt honor thy city and keep its laws. 11. Remember thy cleaning day and keep it wholly. 111. Thou shalt love and cherish thy children and provide for them decent homes and playgrounds. IV. Thou shalt not keep thy windows closed day or night. V. Thou shalt keep order in thy alley, thy backyard, thy hall and stairway. VI. Thou shalt not kill thy neighbor’s bodies with poisonous air. nor their souls with bad companions. VTI. Tnou shalt not let the wicked fly live. { VIII. Thou shalt not steal thy children’s right to hapiness from them., IX. Thou shalt bear witness against thy neighbor's rubbish heap. X. Thou shalt covet all the air and sunlight thou canst obtain. Health Commissioner Young accompanies the ‘'commandments” with warning against insufficient ventilation. His “airy paragraphs follow: “Dirty air kills more people than dirty milk, water, and food combined.” “The best method of ventilation is to open the window." "Too much fresh air is just enough ” “Good housing promotes health, life, morality, sucess, ambition. “Bad housing promotes failure, stupidity, crime, disease, death.” The annual board bill for Chicago's rat population exceeds $3,000,000, acaccording to the bulletins, which estimates that there are two rats to each human being in the United States. [Rats cost England and France SIOO,!000 a year, while in India there are [ten times as many rats as there are .human beings. [ Comparison of death rates in the large cities of the world show that Chicago has the lowest of all, the deaths per thousands during the last ten years being 14.7, New York is seventh on the list, with 18 per thousand. Calcutta has a death rate of 31 per thousand, the highest in the. list. j PISTOLS AND REVOLVERS — May Now be Sent Through the Mails Is New Ruling. In a bulletin received this morning, Postmaster W. A. Lower has been informed that pistols and revolvers, which were heretofore barred from the mails, will be allowed to be sent as fourth class matter, under the parcels post rates. Printed matter relating to the article of merchandise with CASTOR! A lilMtatailtap tas

, which it is sent; as well as caUlacnaa . in which are two or more order forms, . or catalogues and other printed mat- > ter with samples of merchandise at- ; tachod, may be sent as fourth-class i matter. Order forme, tags, receipt - forma, letter and bill heads, blank > books and other forms with part printing; and directions sent with medicine, may be sent with fourthclass matter, under the parcels post rates. . — o TO SELL PROPERTY MONDAY. The C. E. Neptune residence on! north Fourth street will lie offered I for sale next Monday at the east door of the court house in this city, the sale being in charge of the commissioner, E. B. Lenhart. Mr. Ferdinand ! [ Bleeke holds an interest in the pro[nerty and the cause is entitled Ferdinand Bleeke vs. T. Adel Neptune et al, the rule being the result of a partition suit. The property is appraised at $1,500 and must sell for two thirds of that amount or more, payable one third in cash, one third in one year and , one third in two years, with six per cent interest. Yon can never tell by looking at a thing just what its true worth is; a . clod may contain a nugget of pure ■ gold, and James Russen Lowell says in his "Vision of Sir Launfal," “Daily with souls that cringe and plot. We Sinais climb and know it not." Sitting in front of the Adams express office this morning, awaiting the train to carry it to Albert McGill at , Sturgis, Mich., was an open slat crate : through which grinned forth knobby (not nobby) of posts and innocent of varnish, an old, old-fashioned bedstead. If you were to place it on auction it is ten to one that the average person wouldn’t bld a nickel for ft—- . in fact we saw one sold in Pennsyl- . vania lor two cents. And yet, the Albert McGill to whom this bed was shipped, said he wouldn't take SSOO for it. Mr. McGill is a descendant of the . second president of the United States, . John Quincy Adams, and this old bed . that left here this morning belonged . 'o .1. Q's mother. John Quincy Adams i was born in Quincy, Mass., October i 30, 1735—0ne hundred seventy-eight years ago. There is nothing to show I how much older the bed is, for Mother Adams, who was the wife of a MassaI chusetts farmer of moderate wealth, must have had it long years before the i future president was bom. The bedstead has descended generation by generation in the family as . an heirloom and for many years had been in the possession of Sarah Whit- . marsh Owens, widow of John Owens, . residing a number of miles east of this city. The aged lady died recently and . at a sale of her goods the bedstead ■ was offered. Her grandson. Albert McGill, knowing the history of the I bedstead, purchased it, thus keeping it in an unbroken line in the family. The relation of Albert McGill to the Adams family is this: The pres- ( ident’s daughter, Amy Adams, married a William Drum; their daughter, I Rhoda Drum, married a Benjamin ■Whitmarsh, the WTiitmarsh's daughter, . Sara, married John Owens; and their , daughter, Nancy Owens, became the . wife of John McGill, now residing on rural route 9 out of this city, Albert i McGill, of Sturgis, Mich., the present • owner of the bed, being a son of Nanj cy Owens McGill. The posts of the bed are of hard ma- • pie, the head-board of cherry, and the side posts of white walnut. On the side boards are knobs for the fas- . itenings of the ropes which were used in place of the springs of the present i [ CLAIMED BY DIPHTHERIA. Mabel, Daughter of Curt Reynolds, Is Dead. , Mrs. Minnie Daniels has received word of the death of a cousin's child, , Mabel, youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Curt Reynolds, of Union town- , ship, who died from diphtheria. The [mother was formerly Mayme Wass, and is a sister of Mrs. R. K. Erwin and of Miss Alice Wass. Several other ' children in the family, it is said, also have th® diphtheria. The nature of the disease, which places the home ! under a quarantine, necessitating a [ private funeral, barring even the nearJest friends, makes the death a very sad one The deceased was about flv .years old. RIOT AT MAGLEY. Nine Foreigners Brought In to Answer to Charge. The Holthouse livery sample wagon was pressed into service this afternoon by Deputy Sheriff Jesse Kelly and Policeman Melchl, who brought In nine Italians from Magley, where they were employed on the Erie double track construction. They will be charged with riot and their trial will, probably be held this afternoon. They are members of the Shoemaker eon i structlon gang. This morning the foreman discharged the Interpreter of the gang, who also acts as a sort ot

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boss, because he failed to get his men out to work on time. The interpreter then tried to get the other men of the gang to strike, and many of them went to the construction office there and demanded their money. As none, except the interpreter, who was discharged, could be paid until pay-day, they were refused, whereupon the foreigners became angry, threatened the foreman, bookkeeper and others in the office, and the people in general, until the foreman telephoned to the road su-1 perintendent at Magley, who advised calling the sheriff from here to settle the trouble. The officers went out and [ made the arrests and brought them to [ jail here, arriving at 2:30 o’clock. o “The boy horse thief, who got! away with the horse and buggy belonging to Frank Manship Tuesday morning, and who, on investigation, was shown to have left a trail es thefts behind him, ran into the meshes of the law at Fostoria about 4 o'clock Thursday afternoon,” says the Van Wert Daily Times. "The motives behind the lad a actions are difficult to understand as he did not make any efforts to dispose of his booty. “Deputy Sheriff Wilson got on the trail Thursday morning and located the buggy which had been stolen from Berne, Ind., at George Hauler's farm in Ridge township, where it had been abandoned; the chase was continued with the result that the horse stolen from Elwood, Ind., with its harness and Manship’s buggy was recovered near Fort Jennings, having been hitched to a tree near a farmer’s barn some time Tuesday afternoon and abandoned. He then evidently saddled the remaining horse and rode it into Ottawa, where he secured another outfit. Ot Ottawa he followed the same plan that worked so successfully here, leaving the city, as though going to some point west, and then circling to the east At Ottawa, he only bad a few hours' start over the sheriff, who, by advising officers in the neighboring towns, made It practically impossible for the lad to escape, with the result that he was arrested with the Ottawa outfit and Mr. Manship's horse in his possession as soon as he entered Fostoria. Communication with the Elwood, Indiana, authorities brought the word that the boy's name is Frank Mertz and that he lived within three blocks of the livery stable where he obtained the first hors*. Officers from that city arrived here Thursday evening to identify and re•over the Elwood horse and buggy. As the Putnam county officials have the latest case against the lad, and offered the largest reward for his capture, he was turned over to Sheriff Miller, so that he will have to face the music at Ottawa before this county can claim him. Mr. Frank Manship left for Fostoria Thursday afternoon to identify and claim his horse, which will be brought back to this city at once." Frank Brown, the Beren liveryman, whose rig was among the boy's thefts stopped off here over night as a guests of Dr. and Mrs. S. P. Hoffman. He was enroute home from Ohio where he had been tracing down the boy, finally recovering his stolen rig. He returned to Berne this morning. By request of the receivers of the Ward Fence company we publish the following statement concerning that plant, of particular interest to those who have the welfare of the city, its laboring men and the continued growth and prosperity of our community at heart: Editor Decatur Democrat: As receivers of the Ward Fence company and as citizens of Decatur who have the general welfare of. the eity and its industries at heart, we feel It our duty to the citizens and business interess of Decatur to make public sueh portions of the company’s business as will not be betraying the [ trust imposed in us as receivers. I We find, by going over the records •f the company, that there hae been paid out tn pay-roll to employees •Ince' the company started la business

Lameness Sloan’s Liniment is a quick and reliable remedy for lameness in horses and other farm | animals. “Sloai/s Liniment Burpn” B ’ an Vthing on earth for lameness in horses and other horse ailments. I would nut sleep without it in my stable.”— Martin Doyle, 432 West lath St., New I’ork City. Good for Swelling and Abscess. Mb. H. M. Gibbs, of Lawrence, Kan., R. F. D., No. 3, writes:—“ 1 had a mare with an abscess on her neck and one bottleof Sloan’s Liniment entirely I cured her. I keep it all the time for galls and small gwellinn and for everythuig about the stuck.* SLGANS ; UNIMENT | is a quick and safe remedy I for hog cholera. I Cevemor es Georgia u»*s J Sloan's Linianont for Hog Cholera. I “ I heard Got. Brown (who is quite a ) | farmer) say that he had never lost a hog from cholera and that bis remedy always was a tablespoonful of Sloan’s Liniment in a gallon of slops, decreasing the dose as the animal improved. Last month Gov. Brown and myself were at the Agricultural College building and in the discussion of the ravages of the disease, Gov. Brown gave the remedy named as unfailing.’* “ Observer.” Savannah Daily News. At All Dealers. 25c.. sOc. & 91.00. i Slofim’s Book on Horses. Cattle, Hogs and Poultry sent free. Address Dr. Earl S. Sloan. Boston.

in Decatur, the surprising sum of $102,195.99, up to January 1, 1913. We did not realize that such an amount had been paid out in pay-roll by the Ward Fence company, and no doubt there are others of us who hereto- ’ fore have not realized the value of the Ward Fence company to the citiiens and business interests of Decatur from a pay-roll basis only. It is the policy of the company to advertise and sell their products direct to the consumer and orders are daily received from every state in the union as well as quite a number of orders from foreign countries. Since January 1, 1908, there has been paid to magazines, farm papers, and various periodicals the sum of $52,194.05, and which has contributed toward spreading the fame of our fair city. 1 During the year 1912 the company paid to the local postofllce $2,582.69. Assuming that this would be an average year, they have paid out a total for postage since January 1, 1908, $12,913.45. By carefully considering the figures above, you will realize the necessity of the continuance of the Ward Fence company, its value to Decatur as a wage paying institution, and we feel that all business firms an dcitizens will more fully appreciate the value of this industry with these few facts laid before you. The history of all mail order concerns is that vast sums must be spent to advertise their products before deriving any profit. The Ward Fence company had all but reached its goal when adversity struck it, and we respectfully ask that each and every citizen lend their moral support to the company and further the continuance of the plant. The Ward Fence company is a valuable industry for Decatur and its loss would be a serious blow to both wage earners and business firms. Respectfully submitted, M. KIRSCH, C. S. NIBLICK, Receivers. T. R. MOORE THE SAME. There is no change reported in the condition of T. R. Moore. Mrs. Lulu Swearinger is the nurse in attendance now, Miss Lehman, who was in charge, returning to Fort Wayne.