Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 35, Number 10, 17 November 1909 — Page 10

THE RICHMOND PAIiliADItJM AND SUN-TELEGRAM, WEDNESDAY, NOVE3IBER 17, 1909.

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Protect the Boys' Feet Winter will be here before we are aware and it mayfind the feet of your boy bo improperly shod that he will catch a cold now which will endanger his health through the whole winter. Now, then, is the time for you to get him that pair of hightop shoes you have been promising him. Just as essential as to the time to buy these shoes is the place to buy them. He will want shoes such as the other boys he knows are wearing. That means that he will want the kind of shoes we sell. The kind that will give him long wear in spite of the hard knocks he will give them. The kind that will keep his feet warm and dry through the winter cold and rain and snow. The kind that hundreds of boys and their parents have found to be the only kind they can afford to buy for the sturdy out-door boy. They sell at $2.50, $2.75, $3.00 and $3.25. If they will prevent your boy from what may be serious sickness, how much are they worth? Chas. H. Feltman, TWO STORES

JOHN FLETCHER MEDEARIS DIES ON HIS BIRTHDAY (Continued From Page One.)

AdLvasa IIiralF(D)2o2Haa(!)sa Of tKe Greatest Value and Importance Morris Woolff Silk Company, St. Louis, are about to move to Chicaco. Their entire stock of new high class silks is on sale today, Thursday and Friday at a big sacrifice. Our silk buyer, WIr. Ed Hasemeier, is on tho ground. Further sensational announcements tomorrow. Mr. Morris Woolf is the silk wizard of the present time. Strange as it may seem Mr. Woolf has attained his present prominence in the silk world in the short space of a few years and in the city of St. Louis. Chicago will be a more central distributing point for his products, therefore the change and this slaughter of values.

in part, he said the following: "It is a mournful pleasure for me to talk of John Fletcher Medearis, and I am sorry that my friend is not able to par

ticipate in the exercises in honor of his one hundredth birthday. "It was in the fall of 1857, while I was pastor of the Knightstown Methodist church, that I met Father Medearis at a camp meeting at Ragerstown. It was then that I came to admire him. lie was' a true man. I never knew him to take advantage of anyone in business matters. He was the same every day in the year. He was a christian man and although he is feeble today, I hope he will rally." At Golden Wedding. The Rev. Harlan, a representative of

the Methodist Memorial Home for the;

Aged, at Warren, Ind., spoke. Rev. Harlan was pastor of the church at Williamsburg, when Mr. Medearis celebrated his colden wedding anniversary. "As I knew Mr. Medearis," he

said, "he was a faithful member of the church and an attentive listener. He was a model man and a model character in every way. He loved the doctrines of the church and thoroughly enjoyed a doctrinal sermon. "Father Medearis is now standing on the very verge of the crossing of life. His one hundred years have been years well spent and his life will be a living memory to every one." The Rev. T. M. Guild acted as master of ceremonies. Mrs. Ethel Wise, a granddaughter of JMr. Medearis, read a short biographical sketch of John Fletcher Medearis, which she had been asked to read, by Mir. Medearis himself. Sketch of His Life.

in in North Carolina, to Mr. and Mr3.

John Medearis, jonn ieicner aieuearis, who was destined to die on the day

he became Wayne county's only centenarian. At the age of fourteen Mr. Medearis had to take up the burdens of the family, due to the death of his father. Besides his mother, he provided for hi? four brothers and sisters, including Charles, who has since died; Jefferson, who lives at Centervllle at the age of 8T; Emseley, who is also dead; Mrs. Martha Keys, who lives at Centerville, and is now 90 years old; and Mrs. Nancy Crook, of Olive Hill, who is in her ninety-first;, year. ,

September 5, 1820, Mrs. Medearis

and her children packed their few belongings into two one horse "spring wagons and started on the long trip to

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Jndiana, where they had learned that

the natural resources of the soil were conducive to wealth, and the climate excellent for health. They arrived in this county October 5, exactly one

month after their departure. Land was purchased near Salisbury, and with the assistance of his younger brothers, Mr. Medearis built a oneroom log cabiu in which the family made their residence for many years. Married in 1838. In 1838 Mr. Medearis was married to Caroline Abrahams, then a resident of Centerville. Mrs. Medearis died about eight years ago, living to attain the pleasures of a ripe old age. To them were born thirteen children, all of whom lived to be grown. The children, in the order of their birth, are as follows: Adeline, who married, but has since died; Mrs. Martha Cotton of Indianapolis; William Medearis, of Dayton; Isreal, who is dead; Mrs. Sarah Russell, living south of Greensfork; Daniel, who lives in Claytownship; Mrs. Amenda Martindale - of Greensfork, with whom Mr. Medearis made his home for the past eight years; Mrs.

Gertrude Gunder of Chicago; John, who is dead; Charles of Dayton; Mrs. Ella Russell, living near this city; Mrs. Lizzie Jackson of Centerville, and Fannie who is dead. Besides his brother and sisters who survive him, :ikewise his children, he is survived by exactly one hundred grand and great-grand children. The two hundred acre tract which

Mr. Medearis purchased upon his ar

rival here was his home until he was

92 years old. The tract is not as

large now, seventy acres having been

disposed of. Although Mr. Medearis

claimed this to be his home, and in

fact did even during the past eight years, when he has lived with Mr. and Mrs. Martindale, there were several

years when he did not reside there.

At one time he operated a grocery store at Centerville and at another time he lived near Economy, but each

of these places of residence was but of

short duration. Fond of the Farm.

Each business adventure which he entered, into was forsaken for the farm. His grocery at Centerville was

not to his liking, so far as the business was concerned. For a number of years he was postmaster and depot, agent at Olive Hill, but these duties

were not so strenuous that he could

not devote much of his attention to the management of his farm. But one elective political office was ever held by Mr. Medearis. This was township trustee of Center township during the sixties, which office he held for six years. As a church worker, Mr. Medearis did not have his peer in this county.

He entered the Metftodist church when either twenty or twenty-one years old, which he did not remember distinctly. He was taken into the church by Bishop Roberts, whom he remembered with the fondest recollections. Oldest Mason in State. A very interesting attendant of the centennial exercises was Dr.. John Medearis, 95 years ofage. the oldest practicing physician in the United States and a cousin of the deceased. John Fletcher Medearis. Dr. Medearis is still practicing medicine at Brookstone, Ind., and is the oldest Mason in Indiana, having joined that lodge in 1840. Dr. Medearis was born near Cincinnati, Ohio, in the year 1914. There were twelve children in his father's family, six girls and six boys. Dr. Medearis was next to the youngest, and he is the only member of the family now living. Dr. Medearis is not as enfeebled as his cousin, John Medearis was. and in his present good health will probably live to reach more than the five score years. First Vote in 1836. His first vote was for William H. Harrison in ISofi, and he recalls the issues of the campaign and told the

representative of the Palladium why

Harrison was defeated the first time

and why he was elected in 1840. "I was a Whig until that party played out." he said, "anil have been a repub

lican since 1S54. when that party was

organized. I voted for Henry Clay In 1S44.

"No, I don't practice medicine much. My sight is bad, but for this I would

have plenty to do.

"I am one of the oldest Masons In the country. I joined the grand lodge in 1S4S, and was s high official in '49. In 1855 I joined the State Medical association and in 18(55 I attended the meeting of tne state association in

Richmond."

Sec Tomorrow's Paper

H. C. HASEMEIER CO.

DEMOCRATS WILL

HAVE HARD TIME

REORGANIZING

Republicans Anticipate Har

mony But There Appears to Be Breakers Ahead and Storms for Democrats.

TOM TAGGART CAUSE OF THE DISTURBANCE

He Will Seek to Regain Control Of the Party, But Governor Marshall Intends to Fight Him Fiercely.

(Palladium Special) Indianapolis, Nov. 17. About i

much attention is now being given to the reorganization of the democratic state committee a.s to the reorpuni tiou of the republican state cocin ittee, for the re?t.n that while the republicans are anxious to briny about their own reorganization on a harmonious basis, there does not seem to be any possible chance for the democrats to reorganize that way. There does not appear to be a single cloud on the horizon for the republicans in their efforts to reorganize on a harmony basis. The only district in which there is any semblance of a contest for district chairman is in the Fourth, and this is not a fierce struggle by any means. It is

The United States sells as large quantities of canned fruits to England

and Germany as France does, the an

nual shipments from here amounting

to 900,000 to 600,000.

ed. Just what will happen then is a question, for Foley is backed by John Lamb, who hates Crawford Fairbanks and the Taggart bunch now as cordially as he formerly liked them, because he declares they handed him the double cross when he was a candidate for United States senator last winter. At the same time Foley is one of the attorneys for Fairbanks. But both sides seem willing to take choice with him. The antis realize, in fact, that they could not elect a chairman who would be obnoxious to Fairbanks and Taggart.

John Osborn, of Greensburg, will have a fight on his hands if he comes out for re-election as chairman of the

sixth. He has not made his announcement yet, but is expected to do so. The other faction will put up some one against him. In the Seventh. It is not known who will be the candidates in the seventh district, but that there will be two seems certain. Taggart got such an awful licking at the city election in this city that the antis believe this is a good time to finish the job. They declare that Taggart is not nearly as strong here now as he was before the city election. Bernard Korbly, the present district chairman of the seventh, is a Taggart man, but if he is re-elected he will have to get the place after a fight, according to present indications. Lew Ellingham, of Decatur, will not

have any opposition for re-election. In the Ninth district there will be two candidates to succeed M. E. Foley, the present chairman, who moved recently from Crawfordsville to

I this city, but no announcements have

been made yet. Risk Will Retire. In the tenth district J. Kirby Risk of Lafayette will retire as district chairman, and there is talk of Joseph G. Ibach, of Hammond, as his successor. Risk has always fought the Taggart machine, and he could probably have been re-elected district chairman this time if he had not gone out, in the city campaign and worked for the election of the republican candidate for mayor of Lafayette.

DES MOINES PUN GAVE A SURPLUS THE FIRST HEAR (Continued From Page One.)

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... . . , . ..i Risk does not like Mayor Durgan, the trouble will be settled in an amicable x : ,

manner long before the time comes

to elect a district chairman.

Trouble Maker Tom. But with the democrats it is differ

ent. This is because of the fact that Tom Taggart will seek to retain control of the democratic state committee and that Governor Marshall and

those democrats who follow him are trying to reorganize the party on a different line. They are trying to do it on a non-factional basis.

In the First district Dr. T. D. Scales,

who was recently elected mayor of Boonville, is expected to be a candi-

democrat who was out for re-election as major so he went into the campaign to help to defeat him. Durgan was re-elected and Risk is now down and out. No names are mentioned in the eleventh, but in the twelfth Edward G. Hoffman, of Fort Wayne, will be

a candidate for re-election, and probably will not have any opposition. Mark Stevens, of Plymouth, is said to have a cinch of re-election in the thirteenth, because Congressman Barnhart is for him. Is Trouble Ahead.

So it will be seen that there is

pnintr nvpr to the use of creosote

" ------ block, brick, and other more durable and otherwise satisfactory material. Fooling the Contractors. The chief stronghold of the contract

graft in Des Moines was due purely

and simply to the political Influence which they gained in ward politics. And since ward politics has been abolished it is not surprising to have the culverts put in at $12.63 per cubic yard instead of the old average price of $17.61. The police department was managed last year for $8,000 less than under the previous year. The health department was operated for $1,400 less. And the service was many times better. The reason was the elimination of waste the petty graft and mismanagement, A Resume.

Henry E. Sampson, an attorney chosen by the Greater Des Moines

committee made an investigation of

what had been done. He enumerated

many changes. He concluded as follows: "The introduction of business methods into the conduct of the city's affairs has been one of the things which has thus far characterized the administration of the Des Moines Plan. Its business-like management has been in striking contrast with the unsatisfactory administration of public affairs under the old system and has resulted in a saving of thousands of dollars to tax payers. "The commissioners are devoting their entire time, thought and energy to the one great question of how to use public funds entrusted to their care in the way most certain to provide the greatest possible good to the largest number at the least expense to each individual tax payer." And that comes nearly summing it up. The Des Moines Plan with the most average men politicians in office has been proved a great success.

Bismarck's Comment. Prince Bismarck was once pressed by a certain American official to recommend his son for a diplomatic place. "lie is a very remarkable fellow." said the proud father. "He speaks seven languages." "Indeed T' said Bismarck, who did not hold a very high opinion of linguistic acquirements. 'What a wonderful bead waiter be would make."

Compliment to tho Highland?. During the war In South Africa an order was Issued that all men of th highland regiments must cover upp their uniforms, as It was thought thai they made too obvious targets for too enemy. Sir George White, who knew that the order would not prove popular, thought of a way out of the difficulty. "Let them cover the front of their uniforms. he said. The enemy will never see the other side."

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This to s pretty brood statesaent bot

rail at onr office will convince yow II of the truth of our statements, we :

re not disparaging other wen to fH

this line out we Know uu voe

Time, Thought sai A!tec&arj

we have fiivei OUR SYSTEM

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date ror re-election as district cnair- trouble ahead for the Taggart eleman. He is a Taggart man and the raent of the party in several districts anti-Taggart sentiment in the First jand it Is believed that the democrats

will not be able to get together on anything that looks like a harmon-

district is so strong now that there is

almost certain to be a candidate

against him representing the other side. Congressman Boehne, Mayor Nolan of Evansville and Archie Stev

enson, or KocKport, win not support

Scales because they stand for a new deal in the party and they do not believe they can get it through a Taggart committee. The only thing that would cause them to support Scales would be for him to make a pledge that he would oppose the insertion of a plank in the platform for the repeal of the county option law. Fight in Second? There may not be a fight in the second district, but this is by no means certain. William H. Vollmer. of Vincennes, is a candidate for district chairman down there, and it is said that many of the antis would be will

ing to give him a chance. It is well known that Vollmer is a liberal. In the third district Mark Storen has things his own way, because he can be elected regardless of any opposition, if he cares to run again, which he probably will do. George S. Pleasants, of Vevay, is the present chairman of the fourth district, but there is much talk of some one else getting in the race. It is said that the friends of Joseph Cravens and the followers of Governor Marshall have formed an alliance and will put a candidate in the field, but no one seems to know yet who it will be. This means a nasty fight In the fourth district, for Taggart is strong down there. Foley in the Fifth. Peter Foley, of Terre Haute, seem to have the Inside track in the fifth district, and he will probably he elect

ion a basis. Then there will come on the fight for state chairman, in which both sides will seek to control. There are several names mentioned for chair-

He Wanted to Know. The young reporter had had it Impressed upon him that when be was sent to see a man be must see him. Some hours of waiting on various occasions had developed in him the stereotyped phrase, "Can you tell me how long I'll have to wait?' One night he was sent to inquire about a prominent man who was reported to be 111. Arriving at the house, he was informed that Mr. Blank was extremely ill in fact, it was feared that he was dying. "Can you tell me how long I'll have to wait?" he asked.

Forlorn Hops. "Forlorn hope" had originally ooth-

man, but no one seems to know yet Jfe to d w!th, hP- was forlorn ww ,, nf tho wHi ho i th boP- HoP Dotch for "company."

whether any of them will be in the

race when it is pulled off. For in-. stance Stokes Jackson, the present

chairman, is not saying anything about his intentions. Samuel M. Ralston, of Lebanon, is still considering the chairmanship and will probably be a candidate. Vollmer For Chairman. William H. Vollmer, of Vincennes, is also talked of some for state chairman, but he is a new man in stato politics, and it is not believed that he will be ?.ble to attract the follow

ing that would be necessary to win. He would be eminently satisfactory to the brewery interests, so it is said, because he demonstrated by the work he did during the local option campaign in Knox county that he is wet enough to suit them. Senator Shively has not yet indicated who he will favor for state chairman, and he may come in. at the last minute with a candidate and put him over the line by means of his commanding position in the party. But they must all measure swords with Governor Marshall when it comes to reorganizing the party committee, for he will surely not allow it to be re-organized by the brewery element if he can prevent if

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