Daily Democrat, Volume 5, Number 37, Decatur, Adams County, 12 February 1907 — Page 1

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A QUARTERLY CONFERENCE ■An Interesting Session At Ihe M. E. I Chuich

IFICERS ELECTED Ensuing Year and mmittees Appointed 1 RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED c of Rev. and Mrs. White Praised inference Requested to Return Them for Fifth Year. e fourth quarterly conference of Methodist Episcopal church of tur was held last evening and one of the most interesting sesever held. Reports of the varcommittees were heard and offlchosen for the ensuing year. A ution asking the North Indiana erence to return Rev. J. C. White iis fifth year as pastor here, was ted. Judge James T. Merryman ered a most interesting lecture Tithing.” This was one of the talks ever heard here and Judge yman has received many just >liments. Rev. W. J. Myers also ered a splendid talk upon the set, “The Janitor." Mr. John Nibthen presented the following ution which was unanimously ted by a standing vote of the regation: e it resolved by the Fourth QuarConference of Decatur charge of Methodist church, That Brother . C. White and wife, having so fully served this church for four s, so that today each one of its rtments is in a prosperous and ■ing condition." The finances are jp and the entire congregation remarkable state of peace and stian duty, Therefore, be it the of this conference to express :em our appreciation of their work ig us. igned, JOHN NIBLICK. ie officers as chosen for the year, the various leaders and commit were as follows: ewarda —John Niblick, Daniel ,ng, Fred Schafer, L. D. Adams, Bryson, J. T. Merryman. W. H. en, D. N. Erwin, C. D. Lewton, I. [ills, C. L. Walters, ustees —John W. Vail, chairman, i D. Hale, secretary; Mrs. Mary iblick, Adam J. Smith, Sylvester lgler, A. R. Bell, Henry Kriek. 'curding steward, John Niblick, •let steward, Daniel Sprang: coniee on appeals, John D. Hale, ■ch treasurer, Daniel Sprang ass leaders—Morris F. Hay, Mrs. rity E. Hooper, Mrs. Susan Rex Myrtie E. Tritch and J. N Par ihn W. Vail, superintendent ot lay school; Miss Blenn O. Cravs. ident of Epworth League Miss y A. Miller, superintedent of JunLeague; Mrs. Ella S. Rice, prestLadies" Mite Society; Mrs. John ick, president Womans Home nonary Society; Miss Carrie ' , president Young Woman s 1 I '■ Missionary Society; Mrs. Luc> J. ing, president Queen Esther Hand anding committees for 1901 -08 as >ws: Issions—John Niblick. Jolm , Adam J. Smith. Daniel Sprang > Hattie Studabaker. lurch extension—J. S. B°>ers, ry Krick, F. W. Dibble, James L. , J. D. McFarland, inday schools —Mrs. Lucy ing, Mrs. Viola M. Allison. • i M. Beery, Miss Carrie Cogswell. 5 Nora Ahr. racts —Mrs. Salome Rice, Mrs. Rex, Mrs. Laura Crill. D. H- H in er, Joe G. Harris, Fred V. Mills fmperance—W. J. Myers, Jeff H' D. D. Heller, Sylvester Spangler, id Laman. C. E. Suttles. location—Wm. Beachler, Jona- - ch, Mrs. Sarah J. Miller, Mrs. An-

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na Heller, Mrs. Jennie Studabaker, A. D. Suttles, Auditing Accounts —B. J. Rice, C. D. Lewton, O. L. Vance, Dan R. Vail, J. N. Parrish. Freedmen's Aid and Southern Education—Mrs. Tillie S. Lenhart, Mrs. Mary Congleton, Mrs. Nellie M, Ellingham, Mrs. Lucy A. Studabaker, Mrs. Mary E. Bowers. Church records —J. Q. Neptune, C. K. Bell, P. B. Thomas, H. F. Callow, J. M. Miller. Parsonage and furniture —Mrs. A. R. Bell, Mrs. John Niblick, Mrs. John W. Vail, Mrs. C. C. Schafer, Mrs. P. G. Hooper, Mrs. C. L. Walters, Mrs. Susan J. Butler. Church music—John D. Hale, chairman; A. R. Bell, Daniel Sprang, John W. Vail, John Niblick, Charles W. Colter, John T. Myers. Estimating pastor’s salary—John W. Vail, A. R. Bell, Adam J. Smith, W. H. Gilpen, W. H. Fledderjohann. Conference claimants —Joshua R. Parrish, Jacob R. Schafer, Morris F. Hay, Dallas M. Hower, Charles H. Baker, J. C. Hower. Committee on janitor—John W. Vail, Jeff Bryson, Sylvester Spangler. MORNING WEDDING Two of Becatur’s Popular Young People Wed MARRIED AT ST. MARYS CHURCH Miss Mayme Smith and John E. Wilson Were Married by Father Wilken. This mroning at six o'clock at the St. Marys Catholic church occu.red the wedding of Miss Mayme Smith and John E, Wilson, two of Decatur’s most popular young people. Although the wedding was held at an early hour, the church was well filled by the many friends of the contracting parties. The ceremony was performed by Father Wilken, the ring service being used and the services were short but impressive. The bride was attired in a traveling suit of brown chiffon Panama and looked very pretty, indeed. She also carried a large bouquet of roses. She was attended by Miss Agnes Mylott, who acted in the capacity of bride's maid. She also was attired in a brown chiffon Panama suit. The groom wore the conventional black and was attended by Albine Smith, a brother of the bride, who acted as best man. Immediately after the cemony the happy young couple were driven to the Smith home on Mercer avenue, where a wedding breakfast was served and where they remained and received the congratulations of their many friends, until ten o’clock, when they lef via the Erie for Chicago, and from there they will go to Broadbeck, Tex., where they will spend their honeymoon. The bride, Miss Smith, is a daughter of Joseph Smith, deceased, and is one of the prettiest and most popular young ladies of our city, she being a leader of her crowd in society, and her friends are innumerable. The groom hails from the western part of the state, but for several years past has been engaged as baker at the People’s Resaurant. He is a bustling young man of sterling qualities and comes from one of the best families in Indiana. During his stay in this city he has always conducted himself in a gentlemanly manner and has thus made a host of steadfast friends. The young couple have not as yet fully decided as to where they will make their future j borne, and will announce this later j however, the Democrat predicts a I long and happy married life for the | young couple and join with their I nl aiiy friends in extending congratu- ! lations.

Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday Evening February 12, 1907.

CHANGE .IN P. O. DEPARTMENT i Os Importance to People Who Use the Mails. Washington, Feb. 12. —An Important change in the administration of the work of the postoffice department will become effective about the fifteenth inst., when the division of correspondence attached to the office of the first assistant postmaster general will be divided and distributed among other bureaus of the department. First Assistant Postmaster General Hitchcock reported the change in his annual report, and it has been approved by Postmaster General Cortelyou. Commenting on the proposed change, Mr. Hitchcock said: “It Is of the highest importance to people who use the mails that this change should be made. A considerable amount of purely legal work now devolving upon the division of correspondence should be transferred to the assistant attorney general for the postofflee department. This work embraces matters of three classes: 1. The consideration of questions in regard to the mailability of alleged obscene, scurrilous, and defamatory matter. 2. The preparation of decisions as to the delivery of mail the ownership of which Is in dispute. 3. The formulation of answers to Inquiries concerning the construction to be placed upon the postal laws and regulations. “All of these cases require careful study and application of the law and for an exact and comprehensive knowledge of many branches of the law. They should fall, properly, within the province of the principal officer of the department. "One function now exercised by the division of correspondence belongs approximately to the third postmaster general | This is the enforcement of the staute relative to the limit of weight of mail matter. In the present situation It is almost impossible to determine where the jurisdiction of the third assistant ends of that of the first assistant begins. Experience has demonstrated the undesirability of a divided responsibility in such cases. “Another function of the division of correspondence to be transferred is the management of the box rent and key deposit business. This will gj to the division of salaries and allowances, where It formerly was conducted.” The distribution of correspondence will relieve materially the work of the office of the first assistant and will enable Mr. Hitchcock to devote a greater amount of his time to consideration directly of the needs of the postal service, concerning which he has evolved plans which he desires to carry into effect. JUST Off COAST A Horrible Occurrence Near Rhode bland OVER A HUNDRED LIVES LOST Only Six rescued —Those Who Escaped Drowning are Frozen to Death. WATCH HILL, R. 1., Feb. 12.—Jay Line steamer Larchmont and three masted schooner Harry Knowlton collided off Guaupatugh beach at eleven o'clock last night. .Fifteen minutes later the steamer sank in twenty feet of water. Two boat loads of people got away, but the rest, numbering over 100, lost their lives. The two boat loads landed on Black Island this morning, but ali but six were frozen to death. A gale from the northwest caused the collision. .Eighteen bodies have washed ashore and wrecking vessels are now at work. At the time of the accident the temperature registered below zero and the accident was one of the most terrible on record. .The Larchmont registered 900 tons and was built in 1885, carried a crew of fifty. These escaped in boats but all but three froze to death. This afternoon it was ascertained that out of 200 people aboard the steamer, but eight were saved. The steamer left Providence last night, bound for New York. The names of the lost cannot be ascertained.

WASHINGTON NEWS Things are Rather Duil in Congress SENATE COMMITTEE AT WORK They are Investgating the Brownsville, Texas, Outbreak — Other News. Washington, Feb. 12. —The senate committee on agriculture is disposed to strike out of the agricultural appropriation bill the provision put in by the house, that the department shall not co-operate with the states in the enforcement of the pure good law. Off hand every member of the committee except one has expressed himself as in favor of authorizing the department to carry out the program originally arranged by Dr. H. W. Wiley, chief of the Bureau of Chemistry. Washington, Feb. 12. —The ‘’shooting up” of the town of Brownsville, Tex., was in the form of an attack on the garrison at Ft. Brown, according to the testimony given today by Mingo Sanders, former first sergeant of Company B, of the Twenty-fifth Infantry, before the senate committee on military afTairs. Sands’ story created something of a stir in the committee, as he said that while running from his quarters to Company B barracks. after being awakened by the firing on the night of August 13, the shooting was going on and it came from the town and was toward the hospital on the military reservation. In all Indiana cities containing a population of less than 75,000 the letter carriers at free delivery offices,, under the Crane bill, are to be paid as follows, provided the bill becomes a law: Carriers of the fifth grade, being those in the first year of their service, S6OO per annum. Carriers of the fourth grade, being those who have served one year, S7OO per annum. Carriers of the third grade, being those who have served two years, SBOO per annum. Carriers of the second grade, being those who have served three years, S9OO per annum. hopkinsTjeftTcity After Trying to Turn Mission Over to Others WAS UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPT A Stormy Session Held Last Evening in Which Ugly Language Was Used. Rev. Hopkins, wife and daughter, who have been conducting services at Mission hall in the Morrison block since November 10, left this afternoon for Springfield, Ohio, where .they will rest for some time, after a three months’ seige at soul saving. They left a band of ninety people here, some of whom will join churches and some of whom, it is understood, will attempt to keep up the mission. Mr. Hopkins made an effort to turn the mission over to Capt. McKay of the Salvation Army, but the attempt proved unsuccessful and it is said the meeting last night was a stormy session in which various members called each other harsh names. Hopkins and his wife and daughter are said to have handed each other some rather straight talk and it was altogether a queer finish for the Mission. Mr. Hopkins looked prosperous this morning when he called to say goodbye, and we take it he can afford to “rest" for a few months, as he expresses it. — -o The new machinery for tho electrical department at the City plant arrived today from Milwaukee, and is being unloaded and delivered to the plant by D. F. Teeple.

AN ADULTERATED FOOD LAW Is Needed in Indiana, Says Chemist Barnard. The state board of health, its secretary and its chemist have brought together a convincing array of facts in support of the Downey House bill No. 42, which seeks to prevent the manufacture and sale of adulterated foods and drugs in Indiana. The new federal law affects only interstate commerce and cannot be invoked to prevent the manufacture or sale of fraudulent goods handled exclusively within state lines:. Without a state law the new federal law would leave Indiana consumers and reputable manufacturers at the mercy of dishonest manufacturers. The courts have decided that the present state law may prevent misrepresentation in the sale of goods, but not their adulteration. It is also defective inits provisions relating to slaughter houses and their products. Dr. Barnard, state chemist, says: “The farmer is especially injured by the sale of fraudulent goods. One of the largest apple growers in the state told me that he had 10,000 gallons of cider vinegar in his cellar that he could not sell at a price that would recompense him tor making it, because when he shipped it to market he would be forced to sell it in competition with the artificial vinegar products at a much lower cost than his pure article. He also stated that this year he allowed 5,000 bushels to rot on the ground since there was no sale whatever for vinegar. “The dairy interests suffer heavily because of the large quantity of adulterated and artificial butters sold as the pure product. And so on through the list of farm articles —cider, honey, lard, molasses, etc. Eggs are about the only article of food not adulterated and must catch them with the shell on to be safe.” a peaniFfrolic Given by the St. Vincent de Paul Ladies PROVED GREAT SOCIAL SUCCESS K. of C. Dance Last Evening—Wedding Aniversary for Mr. and Mrs. Evans—Other News. BY PERLE BURDG. The last large social event before Lent, and, indeed, the crowning event of the season, was the peanut frolic given by <the ladies of the St. Vincent de Paul Society at the spacious club rooms of the K. of C., on the corner of Madison and Second streets, yesterday afternoon, At two o'clock the ladies were escorted into the card room where they played eleven games of progressive peanut. The highest scores were made by Miss Clara Terveer and next to the highest by Miss Rose Kleinlienz. The prizes were beautiful china plates. While the ladies were seated, an elegant two course luncheon was served, after. which eaeh lady took a guess on a half gallon jar filled with peanuts, and Mrs. James Fristoe proved champion in winning the prize, which was a lovely lunch cloth. During the time, ( souvenir valentines of small hearts, were sold, containing number on a comfort, in which Mrs. Wilson Lee held the lucky number. Immediately after this, a peanut scramble was indulged in and two fancy towels were won by Mrs. R. Moltz. Miss Bertha Kohne rendered several fine selec- j tions during the afternoon, which were highly spoken of by all the guests. Special mention should be made about the way the committee consisting of Mesdames Charles Christen, Ben Knapke and Charles Members conducted the program for the! afternoon. Mrs. Charies Christen had the announcements of each number and she showed her ability in controlling such a crowd of women. This frolic was given for charity and $87.25 was the sum netted. Mr. and M'”. M:'-’.: Err.ns v.crc victims of a surprise t _.\y last evening.* given in honor of their twenty-ninth wedding anniversary by Mesdames G. (Coninued on Page 3.)

PASSED THE HOUSE The “Blind Tiger” Bill Will be a Law PROVISIONS ARE STRINGENT Representative Vizard Supported the Bill Which Passed 74 to 20. Indianapolis, Feb. 11. —Senator Gralard’s “blind tiger” bill passed the house this afternoon by a vote of 73 to 20. The bill passed the senate on Jan. 24. The bill was but slightly amended after it left the senate and must again be passed by the senate. It is especially drastic in the provisions that relate to the sale of liquor by druggists. The bill will also require all club organizations where liquor is sold to have a saloon license or do away with the traffic. Section 12 of the bill provides that any person not being licensed under the laws of the state of Indiana who shall sell or barter, directly or indirectly, any spirituous, vinous or malt liquors in a less quantity than five gallons at a time, or who shall sell or barter, directly or indirectly, any spirituous, vinous or malt liquors to be drunk or suffered to be drunk in his house, outhouse, yard, garden or appurtenances thereto belonging, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not less than fifty (50) dollars nor more than one hundred ($100) dollars for the first offense and not less than one hundred ($100) dollars nor more than five hundred ($500) dollars, to which the court or jury trying the case shall add imprisonment in the county jail of not less than thirty days nor more than six months for the second or any subsequent offense. And any person who shall keep, run or operate a place where intoxicating liquors are sold, bartered or given away in violation of the laws of the state or any person who shall be found in possession of such liquor for such purpose shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. Provided, that none of these provisions of this act shall apply to any person, firm or corporation engaged as a wholesale dealer, who does not sell in less quantities than five gallons at a time. Provided, further, that a wholesale dealer, as used in this act, shall be construed to mean a person, firm or corporation whose sole business in connection with the liquor traffic is to sell at wholesale to retail dealers licensed by the laws of the state, or to wholesale liquor dealers or to druggists or pharmacists who are licensed as such by the state board of pharmacy. Various provisions are arranged for in the bill to provide for the issuance of a warrant to such places and premises allegeJ to have liquors to be sold in violation of the law. o FARMER BOUGHT THE AX. 1 Fable of a Mail Order House With a i Moral. A farmer went into a hardware j store and asked the price of an ax. ' He was told it would cost him $1.15. I The farmer responded that he could t get the same ax in Chicago for ninety ! cents. “Very well," said the merchant, “I will sell you an ax for ninety cents provided you do with me just , as you will have to do with the Chicago firm,” The farmer agreed and got his ax for ninety cents. “Now,” ! said the merchant, “give me the five cents it would cost you for the money order and the twenty-five cents it would have cost you for express from | Chicago here.” The farmer saw the point, paid the extra thirty cents, was honest enough to say that it was much better deal than he could have gotten rn Chicago for the reason that he would have been compelled to wait several days and also that while he had the privilege of making his selection here, he would have had to take | what was sent him from Chicago. He left the store satisfied and will no doubt think seriously before he I sends his money to Chicago again.

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