The Decatur Daily Review from Decatur, Illinois • Page 12

fAGl TWifiLVB THIS i EW Saturday Evening, December 81, W. Carter Appointed as Revenue Collector Succeeds JakeHill, WhoTakesUp Duties as Temporary Postmaster Sunday. 3. 'Carter, 621 West 'Macon street, deputy county treasurer, has been officially Jas chief deputy -collector district in charge of the Decatur sub- district with inv.The Review building. Carter.is named to succeed Jake Hill, who takes over reins of postmaster' at '-the Decatur office Sunday.

Mr. Carter will also take his office on this date. Owing to some in the confirmation, J. M. in the Decatur office, was to have' taken the position for a few days until Mr.

Hill's successor was named but now this will not be necessary. Mr. Carter is an old Decatur resident and was long connected with the Decatur Coal Co is -also a prominent Knights Pythias. BERING'S LAST DAT. Postmaster W.

jr. Bering was putting in his; last day in the position of postmaster Saturday, and was suffering with, a bad cold. He has al- ready received the notice that Jake Hill is appointed temporary postmas- ter effective Sunday. Hill had not yet received official word Saturday morning but -was to have it-later in the day. Later appointment is expected to be made permanent.

i Mr. Bering will be at the postof- fice for several' days yet, getting moved out. He planned to start this Saturday hut because of sickness, did not do it. He will now devote practically all of his time to-the Decatur "Water Supply business for several months, to come. BOND NECESSARY.

The bond of the present postmaster has'been $35,000. It is based on-the lize of the receipts at an office but it happens that at Decatur it was never raised. It is understood that it probably will be raised to 550,000 in keeping with the of business. 3. W.

CARTER. Mayor Will Pick Committee from Them. "I have asked the other members of the council to submit lists of I1SI1LEO Macon No. 8 A. F.

and A. M. Has 'Big Banquet. Aaron Kalph Ivens was installed as i Worshipful Master of Macon Lodge names of men who would, they think, make good members of the committee which I have been asked to appoint to meet i the city council and representatives of the Decatur Railway Light to discuss the terms of the proposed franchise." said Mayor Borchers Saturday. "Two oc the members have given me lists and as soon as the others submit lists the appointment of the committee will be considered." DEATHS MRS.

CHARLOTTE WELDEN. Mrs. Charlotte Welden, widow at No. A. F.

and A. Friday night in i G. Welden, died at o'clock Sata. special'meeting in which more than urday morning at the home of her 300 persons attended, many of them son, Harry Welden, 125S North Main being wives of the members. Other street.

She was sixty-nine years old elected and appointed officers were also installed by James Monroe Willard, the installing officer. Owen Scott acred as marshall, L. J. Wylia as chaplain and George Flint as secretary. Following the installation ceremony chicken pot pie was served in the dining room by Decatur Chapter No.

Ill Order of Eastern Star. OFFICERS INSTALLED. The officers installed follow: Worshipful master--A. R. Ivens.

Senior warden--E. Hale. Junior Warden--O. M. Lowry.

Treasurer--Guy P. Lewis. Secretary--W. A. Dixon.

Chaplain--Harry Hewitt. Senior Deacon--C. B. Warner. Junior Deacon--Forrest Wikoff.

Senior Steward--A. C. Hall. Junior Steward--E. G.

Hoover. JIarshal--Ralph Glatfelter. Organist--George R. Bicknell. Tyler--James N.

Sampson. in November. Her death was caused by a complication of diseases. Mrs. Welden was born in Lancaster, 0., Nov.

2S, 1832. She had lived in Jacksonville before coming to Decatur, and was married in that city. She was a member the First Bride Was Daughter of Gen. Pugh. A fifty-Sixth wedding anniversary was'observed some time ago Fort which Decatur folks, especially old timers.

It was that of Mr. and Mrs. Perry Gilham, who-were married in Decatur on Sept; 26, 1SG5. The bride was the daughter of General I. C.

Pugh. General Pugh's wife was before her marriage Elvira sister of the Jerome R. Gorin. A. Fort Scott paper, in telling of -the anniversary, had the.

following to say. about the Gilhams and General Pugh: "Perry Gilham, city weighmaster, and his good wife were in a reminiscent mood Monday, they celebrated i 5 6 wedding annl- I and; it seems a long time I since they wore married way back in Dccatur, Illinois, September, 26tli, .865, after the young soldier had re turned from service in the Civil War with the rank of Lieutenant, Co. 126th Inf. Reg. ISSUED RATIONS.

"When Mr. Gilham enlisted In September 4 1862, ho was made commissary sergeant and he issued the- lardtack and other rations' while the army was in Tennessee- and Arkansas. The regiment served through the siege of Vicksburg- and took part in the capture of Little. Rock. A copy of the history of Shelby anil Moultrie counties, 111., says: 'The regiment was composed of stubborn fighters and they rendered gallant and hard service." PUGH'S DAUGHTER.

"Mr. Gilham married the daughte of General I. C. Pugh, a veteran the Black Hawk and Mexican wars who lived In Kentucky before mov ing to Decatur, III. "His bride was Miss Belle Faj'h who was -i music student at the Mount Zion Academy at the time a Mr.

i a attended. It was a Presbyterian schoo and was closed because the war took all the young men. KEPT HIS HORSE. "General Pugh had a i charge! that he rode the war far four years. The horse was twice wounded but came out all right After General Pugh's death Mr.

Gil ham the horse to For Soctt. "Old Billy" lived to be 32 years old and was a most intelli ge'nt animal. Mr. Gilham was a lav of horses and still ha one he calls "Billy." He thinks his last horse Is always the best," said a relative "And the last grandchild Is alway. the sweetest," said Mrs.

Gilham whose cooking is praised to the skies by her 80 year old husband, wh loves to joke her about eariy day experiences. He makes up far in thoughtful little surprises, for on Methodist churcli in Decatur. She leaves three children, Mrs. W. W.

Curry, Mrs. T. C. Davis Harry Welden, all of Decatur, a sister, Mrs, John Crum, in Jackson ville. The body will be taken to Jacksonville for interment.

MRS. GRANT. Mrs. Henry Abaly was called to Chicago Friday night by a message announcing the death of her mother, Mrs. Grant.

Death was caused by heart trouble. Though Mrs. Grant had been in ill health for two months, her death was wholly unexpected. New Year's Holiday Not to Be Observed. The Decatur schools reopen Monday morning.

Some of the business houses in Decatur will observe the day as a holiday but it is not a holiday in the schools. A good many holidays have been crowding to the schools and every idle flay costs the tax payers of the Dccatur school district a good many thousand dollars. Superintendent Richeson is therefore disposed to observe no more holidays than are necessary. One teacher has resigned since the schools closed for the Christmas holidays. Miss Wilma Hoy, teacher of Sb and 4b in the Ullrich school offered her resignation Friday because of the very serious illness of her mother at Lerna, 111.

'No successor has en appointed for her. A substitute will have charge of the room Monday and the place will probably be permanently filled on Tuesday: MRS. THOMAS AGAIN QN TEACHERS' BOARD Dec. of Sarah L. Thomas to the board of trustees Teachers' pen-.

retirement. fund, was an- Small fitie.bbar4 i 1 i' FUNERALS MRS. JOSEPHINE CURRAX. The funeral of Mrs. Josephine Cur.

ran, wife of John Curran, was held at 9 a. m. Saturday at St. Patrick's Catholic church. Solemn high mass was celebrated, with Father J.

Murphy as celebrant, Rev. Father Meagher as deacon and Rev. Father Ryan as sub-deacon. It was the largest funeral in that church in a. long time, the church being filled with friends.

The music was furnished -by Mr. and Mrs. Edward Hayes, Miss nes Muleady and Leo Hayes. Professor William Nees was the accompanist. There were many beautiful floral tributes in charge of Miss Maude McKinney, Mrs.

Agnes Razer, Misses Laura Hill. -Alleen Coleman Elizabeth Broods, Wml'ier, Stella Nellie Gray, Mrs. M. Godfrey n'nd Mrs. A.

Fletcher. The pallbearers were Theodore Padgett, Michael Godfrey, Dan Dinneen, H. James McEvoy, Arthur Fletcher, William Haffey and Charles McKiniey. The Interment was in Calvary cemetery. MISS MAGNER'S WILLISFJLED teavtn Perxonal Elfcctn and Money to Murray.

The will of Miss Josephine Manner was" filed if or probate. Friday. Mrs. Gertrude 1 Murray, a'friend, is lift all her clothing and personal jewelry and keepsakes and H35 in cash; to Rev. Father A.

Teppe and Rev. Father -Murphy, $25 each for masses. The balance of estate is left to the Brother-in-law, Robert H. Wiseman, of Chicago. Mrsv Gertrude Murfay is named executrix.

Contagion. 1052 lion is avenue'; M. 837 Some Witnesses Say Value I. $2000 An Acre. The property, owners in tlie landi conSetnnatioii suit rested their case, at'tsijortly after 11 o'clock Saturday morning.

Attorney W. J. Cerey, representing the fifteen boat house took up the case. Just how many of the, owners of boat houses are to testify: could not be told at but it expected that the casescould go to the Jury some time Saturday evening, Frank Godwin, witness for the property said Saturday morning on the stand, that the land north of the river and east of the road is an acre; that south-'of the-river is worth $125, and the land weet'of the road and north of the river is worth an acre, and these valuations do not Include the buildings, which he valued at 53,000. BUXTON GIVES ESTIMATE.

Dr. T. C. Buxton said the land south of the river was worth $75 or SSO an acre, east of the road, and that west of the road south of the river is worth $500 an acre on account of the valuable deposit of fine building sand. The land nprth of the river he valued $1,500 to $2,000 an acre.

Joe Logan laid the land east of the road and north of the river was worth $2,000 an acre-without the improvements, and that west of the road and north of the river at $1,500 an acre for' subdivision purposes He would not place a valuation on the land south of the river. C. R. Widick and Logan Rice test! fied that the boat'houses were worth all the way from $50 to $600. PRESENT AFFIDAVITS.

The affidavit as to what T. Willhite would testify to, if present was admitted in evidence; that the land south of the river is worh $125 an acre; that north of the river am east of the ravine, that must be taken, an -acre; the balnace east of the road, $2,009. an acre, and the remaining land to be taken $1,000 an acre. Will Collins, city consulting engi- ness, identified a map of the city showing the streets in that part the city. He the last witness for the land owners.

The testimony of J. D. Johnson Friday was that the land as a whole was worth That part wes of the road and north of the river about twenty-five acres, he valued a SV.lOOo the land east of the road am north of the river, at about $900 51,000 for the four and a fraction acres, and the buildings at $1,600. The last witness for the city, F. Bachman, closed' tcstimonj early Friday afternoon.

He placet valuation of $9,225 on the lane sought to be condemned. COLLINS ON STAND. Engineer Will Collins was put on by the land owners to show that ac the anniversary day, she something under her plate that every woman likes. WEDDING GOWN. "Mrs.

Giiham was induced to describe her wedding gown of the long aso. It was made of brown rep silk, with basque waist and voluminous skirts and was trimmed with white cord. The honeymoon trip was down to Cairo, 111., and then a visit to county and a boat trip on the Ohio river. "The winters were cold on the Illinois farm and ice formed within a few feet of the wood fire. "Mrs.

Gilham doesn't look her' 75 years of age. Tho family consists of two daughters, Mrs. Delia Miller of Fart Scott, and Mrs. Maude Lamb of Springfield, Mrs. 'Lamb has four children.

The live at 402 South Lowman." New Directory Now Being Distributed. "Decatur lias made a gain in telephones in use during the year 1921 of 425," said Fred Kelly, manager of the local exchange. Is a very good gain considering the year, and is much greater than in many cities of Decatur's rank." The new telephone directory: which, is ncfiv being distributed, carries about 200 more names than the directory issued during the summer and the growth for the year is 4S5 with quite a large number of telephones on order for placement as soon as the company can get to them. Will Be Observed As New Year's Holiday. It ia the understanding that retail and offices -will-be day Monday Just on last Monday.

oss.lble i of the gro- tores'. and meat markets may day'but r.i Stale SUSdsrQf'ibivTift Snetial. meeting-: 'Saturday, i rQ gording to placed on post to indicate the and fall the river, the land, west' of the roai was not subject to overflow, but had not taken the readings himsel and could not give the exact figures He said the normal stage at th Maffit bridge is approximately 537V feet. WORTH $2,000 ACRE. Robert U.

Maffit, one of the own ers of the land, has lived withi two blocks, of the land in questior for over forty-one years. He sai that before the neiv dam. was buU the water did not stand on the lam' south of the river, except in th slough. The highest water was i 1913, when about a half acre of th land north of the river, and-west the road was flooded. During tli high water in the last -Six week about three acres were' under water Except on those two occasions th land had not been flooded.

He said that the ten acres he soli to the Country club brought $12,000 or $1,200 an and that the lane on the east side of the road an north of the river is the same kim of land. He said that the market value- for the land north of the river In'November, 1921, -was $2,000 an acre. He had an offer of $16.000 for the tract. His valuation, said, did not include the buildings. There are five barns'and wagon sheds on the place.

The large barn cost over 53,500. INCOME FROM LAKD. Mr. Maffit said his Income from th land Is $1,122 a year. 'There are several boat houses on the land ho received $15 a year rent from each.

He said he gets two gallons of milk a day from the tenant on the land and he valued that at II a day. He also gets garden produce which he did not place estimate. CANTEALL TESTIFIES. A. Can trail was on the.

stand when court adjourned for the day. He said- that the land north of the river and east of the road is from $2,000 to $2,500 an acre, value being Increased by the proximity new lake. Jnverified Rumor Spreads Among Crafts. PLAN FAST SCHEDULE Special from St. Louis on Short Time.

There is a story in Wab'asb circles Saturday morning'that it a found that the January and February appropriation for tlie mechanical department was larger than had been expected and that it would permit the shop officials to not only take back all of the men laid off on Dec. 23, but would even permit the re-employment of a few more men laid off before. Leaders in some of the crafts made a statement along this line Saturday morning and even went so far as to say that the officials had notified them to recall all men laid off Dec. 23 and to bring in a few needed additional, that eleven more machinists and two boilermakers were to be added. "I have my doubts about that," said Superintendent of Motive Power Saturday noon.

"I have been away and haven't gotten into the appropriation figures yet. Mr. Eisele has been working on them and I don't know what he found out and he is away at this time. I am in clined to think that my first estimate of 90 per cent of the men back is more correct, however." NO REDUCTION COMING ON FORDS Conpnny Sends Oat Letter Any rumors that prices on automobiles are to be reduced 1 are unfounded, according to ter received the Talbot-Barrr tor company from the company' at St. Louts.

The ''Our' has been called to aper articles and rumors that to-be a SjSrise 'drop' on Jan. 1. As there is no rumors and wn are riot conite'tnpJtttpiK any price Chanel's nW'sU. i In making Tnfce Over Indianapolis papers confirm the report that the C. I.

and W. is taking over that portion of the defunct C. and E. I. coal road between West Union and Brazil, effective Saturday night.

The receiver for this division of the C. and E. I. is abandoning it at this time and Commissioner Barnard of the Indiana Public Service commission has interested the C. I.

and W. in handling the stretch of about twenty-three miles This will be until Jan. 16, when the road is put up for sale and it is said the C. I. and W.

would be a bidder for this small south end trip. This operation of the south end will take care of 40 per cent of the division business and will give an outlet foi the clay products plant at Mecca, the brick plants at Brazil, the coa mines and other industries. Industrie? at Attica and locate; on this branch of the and E. have asked the Wabash to them switching service i things set straightened out and the bash has agreed to do this as the public service commission permits. Boilermakers Elect.

Wabash boilermakers held their annual election of officers Frlda and named N. A. Whiteman of th back shops as delegate to succeed Charley Younger, who has held tha i for several years. Following is the result of the election: President--Thomas Morris. Vice President--H.

E. Hunt. Recording Secretary--M. J. Kelly Financial Secretary a Younger.

Treasurer--T. Inner Sentinel--bran Miller. Delegate--N. A. Whiteman.

-Hall. Trustees--Robert Hall, Fahay Plan Fast Schedule. The Wabash engineer that catche: the U. of I. students' special out St.

Louis for Champaign next Tues day morning going to have make a good trip to keep on th schedule that has been arranged This train to, consist of one baggag and six or seven coaches or chai cars, is to leave St. Louis at 8:1 Tuesday morning just ahead of No It is scheduled to make five stops'at Granite City, Mitchell, Ed wardsvllie, Litchfield and Taylorville to pick up students and to arrive ir Decatur at 10:45. Railroad Notes. Effective Jan. 3 Wabash engin dispatching forces here are instruct ed to put a 2500 series engine on Nos.

94-93 between Decatur and Chi cago. One of the 2400 engines now used on this run will be assigned ti the 6th district local and the othe. to pool service between Decatur anc Tilton. Because of the double holiday, again Wabash time freights are tv. be given full tonnage rating on Dec 31 and Jan.

1 and 2. Local freight including the switch local but no the eighth district local will all annuled on Monday. John Adolph, C. I. and W.

freigh house cashier, has gone to Chicago for a couple af days for treatmen at the hands of a specialist. It is said the maintenance of waj department appropriation on th Wabash Decatur division for Janu ary is not quite as short as was firs reported and that few of the men perhaps half of those laid off on Dec. 23, will now get back to work on Jan. 3, Alfred Koehler and Thomas Locke, both Wabash stationery en to leave about the mrUdle'm January with their fami Use in autos for a trip to California Wabash Engineer Bob Zink has again marked off for a few- days td visit In Hannibal, Mo. Irvln Reed, -wiper at th Wabash at night, fell from the an engine while a work.

Friday, night. Although he fe'l on hts'-head and shoulders, he dit not injuries. PERSONALS Mrs, Mary Clark, 918 East Prairie will spend New Tear's In Bloomington -with, Sllss Jlegarty. MARRIAGE LICENSES Gay Blackatono. J3y Smith; Dtjcatur, "William (Tones, Monticello Lega SCRAPS OF NEWS Long List of Donations Is Reported.

The Decatur Day.Nursery, appreciates very much the generous gifts made by the public to the nursery at Christmas time. Donations of money, eatables, toys and so on were received, so that the little tots in the nursery could have a merry Christmas. HOLIDAY PARTY. For the holiday party the nursery was beautifully decorated in Christmas colors by Mrs. Carl Becker, At noon a chicken dinner was served and at 3:30 ice cream and cake were served to the mothers and seventy little tots, who afterwards gathered around a large Christmas tree stand- Ing in the southwest corner of the.

playroom. Miss Hazel Smith, kindergarten teacher, then introduced a program of songs and dances, keeping the children interested until the arrival of Santa Glaus. Paper bags fiilerl with presents, candy, oranges and apples were handed to the children. DONATIONS. Donations for the Christmas party were as follows: One bushel one bushel A.

M. Kenney, Box apples--Dacatur Orchard Association. Box apples--H. Mueller Mfg. Co.

Twenty pounds of candy--Leavenworth's, Twenty pounds of candy--McClelland Grocery company. Ten gallons ice cream--Mr. Warnecke, Polar Ice Cream company. Cake--Mrs. Guy Lewis.

Cake--Mrs. T. J. Prentice. Box of cookies--Mothers' club of Mary W.

French school. Five dozen doughnuts--Mrs. Gates Two dozen cup cakes--Mrs. W. Phares.

Three dozen cup cakes--Mrs. John Rucker. Fifty popcorn bails--Mrs. Henry Eherhardt. Oranges--Mrs.

Robert Mueller. Oranges--Mrs. Lobenstein. Oranges--Mrs. John Moore.

Five chickens--Mrs. Vafle Conklhi and John Rpotts. Christmas paper bags--Mrs. William Barnes. Table Christmas tree--Mrs.

Minney. House a i a Becker. Forty-five boxes of tinimal cookies and fb'rty-fivo stockings filled with club. Fifty pound sack flour--Shclla- barger company. Twenty-four dressed dolls--W.

A. club, Thursday i and Bridge clubs. Eight dolls--Mrs. R. L.

Morris, One i Minney. S5--Mrs. J. D. Moore.

$5--Mrs. Robert Vaile. 55--Mrs. Mueller Blair. 510--Mrs.

R. C. McMilien. During the last month tendance at the nursery The nursery boarfl will regular meeting Friday morning of 0:30. On Jan.

16 tlie annual busines meeting will be held. BOY SUES FOR $10,000 DAMAGES Frank Henry Alleges He Was Burn- ed By Electric Wire. Frank Henry, nine years of age, through his attorneys. McDavId, Monroe and Hershey has filed suit against the Decatur Railway and Light company for $10,000 damages. He alleges that on June 30, 1921, when climbing a tree on the west side of North Mercer street, his hands came in contact with an electric wire and be was badly burned.

LIBRARY TO. CLOSE. The public library will be closed all day Monday. MARRIED 20 TEARS. G.

C. Keyl was united in marriage to Miss Sophie Fathauer of Boody twenty years ago Jan. OREANA ENTERTAINMENT. There will be a big entertainment in the town hall at Oreana Thursday night, Jan. 5.

Moving pictures will be' shown and there will be music. The admittance fees will Be 15 and 20 cents. ANNUAL MEETING. The Day Nursery will have its an- mal meeting Monday afternoon, Jan. 16 at 2:30 in the Y.

W. C. A. ARM BROKEN. Walter Moore, salesman at the Decatur Trunk broke his arm Friday afternoon when: he attempted to crank the factory truck.

He is letting along nicely and does not expect to be confined to his home very SEND 810 TO FIREMEN. Mr. and Mrs. L. L.

Sober, proprietors of the Norman laundry, where a small fire occurred Friday morning, have sent a check for $10 to the firemen to be added to the pension fund. NO MAIL DELIVERY MONDAY. The usual holiday program will be carried out at the postoffice next Monday, There will be no city or rural delivery of mail but all windows of the postoffice wlll be open until 10 o'clock Monday morning to serve patrons. the was at- SOO have its MARRIED JONES-SCOTT. William Jones and Margaret Scott, both of Monticello, were married at 1:30 Saturday afternoon by Judge J.

H. McCoy at the court house. Looking Up. Grace Barle.s admires. Jan Van AI hert "from a distance' at the Showmen's League, York.

The Happy Negroes Troop to Canefields. (Helene Robbins, the New Orleans Times-Picayune). "Wake up, you niggers, and git yoah brekfus ready! Wake up and git to work!" rings through the streets of. the lit tie town still rapt in slumber. Four o'clock and the crier goes slowly on.

Tho black, foggy lags in flight as if wondering when the brilliant sun will come to frighten it away. Loudly and more insistently the old man cries the alarm, alternating between a sing-song and a more emphatic call, till gradually one seems to know, that life bestirs itself behind the closed doors of the cabins. Here a woman, opening the door, stares at the receding back of the crier, there a man's dark head protrudes from the white curtains in an open window and calls to a friend in the neighboring house. Smoke curls upward from rows of chimneys, The odor of the coffee fills the air. Lights gFeam in the curtained doorways, and boisterous chatter proclaims the workers preparing for the field.

PROCESSION STARTS. Soon they stream from the cabins, men and women, young and old; huge sun hats cover the dusky heads. The women's skirts looped up by the tie-strings about the hips reach only to the knees, the upper excess of cloth forming a. bustle effect of ample proportions. Pipes in mouths, dinner buckets in hand and cane- knives slug over shoulders, the colorful procession of workers wends its way, slip-slop, slip-slop, through the streets, into dusty roadways and on to the canefield destination.

Children, too, accompany it, to play with the shanty children on the plantation grounds. 'Or left to themselves home they grasp their chance of uninterrupted squabble and play with happy hearts. IN THE FIELDS. Now in the fields, the slashing of the tall cane stalks form an accompaniment for the songs and chatter of the negroes. The overseer as he- rides by, stopping his slow-moving horse for a moment to survey tho fields of workers, sees bended backs, hears the calls to another or the, now, almost breathless songs, and smiles a bit, for he enjoys the cane-cutting harvest as much as they.

And truly the negroes enjoy it, tha.t comaraderie especially, and the opportunity to exchange the sawmill jobs at two and three dollars a for a and a half and a day's work in the field. They eu.t, as say, "from kin to cain't," from the time when they can see till the time when they can't, and they enjoy it. OTHERS ENJOY IT. But the negroes are not theconly ones who enjoy the cane cutting and grinding season. The boys of the neighborhood are in their element when armed with a stout knife they battle against the huge ever-resolving carrier-that hauls the stalks up into the mill and out of their Breach.

Better and sweeter-Still is the cane chewed on the sly in the solitary midst of a waving cane field, or "swiped" from loaded freight cars In the early morning, one eye "peeled for the watchman," the other on the lookout against wormy cane. How torturing are the after-hours spent at school for lesson failure or for "teasing the girls," when, the other fellows are out in the cane fields or at the mill. And when knives arc forfeited for a for cutting desks Instead of cane, how cruel to them is the punishment. Sugar cane season is indeed'a-sohopl season of cutting and squirming. In the meantime, negroes bend to their task in the fields, the great mouth of the derrick hauls the cane Into the carrier, boys and girls cane, life, on the planta-, tlon, a midget world in Itself, goes in humdrum, everyday, Twenty-five Barrels a Day Will Pay.

TO SHOOT" TUESDAY Promoters Not Expecting a Gusher. There was nothing doing in the t.i field Saturday. The rig star.ds bleak and lonesome and it looks more capable of causing a furore in the community than a deserted mill. But if the drilling rig is still and temporarily deserted the oil has not shown the slightest sign abating. Every body is waiting the shooting of the well next day.

If this brings the well in a profitable flow things will bee: to happen in that neighborhood. 'What should the well produce i be considered a good, paying well: is the question that is most fro quently asked. It is stated that the well produces twenty-five bar rels a day it will give a good re turn. If it produces fifty barrels day it will be very much better. If it should prove to be a susher yield 1,500 barrels a day we shall engulfed by a tidal wave of insar.it the like of which was never know before in Decatur.

GUSHER NOT EXPECTED. Nobody is so optimistic as to pect a gusher, but the oil expert are expecting a i barrel well better. And if this well does IK prove highly profitable there ar two- oil strata below the preset bottom of the well. The people who are directly co: cerned in shooting the well are hop ing for mild weather Tuesday. most seasoned veterans In we shooting don't care to handle froze nitroglycerine.

The frozen nitro glycerine is perhaps rather less dai gerous tlian the liquid but it has be thawed before It is put Into and the thawing is a dangern; operation. It is thawed by pourir. boiling water over the cans. 5 GALLON TINS. The explosive is transported five gallon tin cans, which are paik ed in a wagon body resembling exagerater egg caso.

can has compartment all its own' and. ca compartment is padded. With th padding there is but slight than any road shock would an explosion but there is alwa; danger of a leaky can as a result ol which any thing might happen. The experts on the ground to think that the preliminary work be completed before noon probably not before 1 or 2 o'clock That will give folks who want see the operation a chance to their noon day lunch before gni to the well. TO MAKE PICTURE.

Arrangements have been madi. photograph the well at the insta: of firing. It will not be a motio picture but a still picture of a ver swiftly moving drama. The phot, graphter will place his camera one of the elevations near the i and will of course have his fc and his shutted set ready for word to i the shot. The crowd will be kept well li out of the way of a possible acrid ent and out of range of flyini debris.

This debris Is expected spread to a radius of several bur dred yards but the particles to such a distance will be small an. harmless. Plainfield, Dec. lu of cattle, eight horses, 20 pigs tans of grain and hay were lost a fire which destroyed four buiio ings on the Pritchard Stewart farn near here early this morning. Ti.

home was saved. The loss will approximately 530,000. 15 YEARS WITHOUT SINGLE ABSENCE Virginia, Dec. years of a i and attendance at the Presbyterian Su-. day school, has been rounded out Miss Mabel Turner of this city.

Ti medallion' presented her the year of unbroken attendance has fourteen pendants added. PULLMAN COMPANY TO ISSUE STOCK Springfield, 111., Dee. 31--The Pill man 'company of Chicago tote filed application with the Commerce Commission for sion to issue $15,000,000 capital stec': U. S. RECEIVES GERMAN DIPLOMAT Washington, Dec.

relations between Germany and United States were resumed official late today when Carl Lang, chart d'affaires from the Berlin presented his letters credence as received by Secretary BORN To Mr. and lira. Thomas. West Grand avenue. Dec.

31. a son. LATE MARKETS 1IBEBTK BONDS. third SI-- Liberty- bonrta ST.OO; McoW OT 08: i'i's m.U- A iNEWSPA'PERr lEWSPAPERI a The Lincoln oil well at I Bridges will be shot next Tuesday It ill be an interesting spectacle, the first of the kind in the vicinity of Decatur and one ell worth seeing About 200 quarts of nitroglscerlne i be used This a i if exploded on top of the ground would buildings i i a lange of four or five miles Exploded at a depth of riore than 2 000 feet it i cause a very noticeable tremor of the earth and a very sharp detonation A jet will shoot up from the well to a hight of loO to, 200 There will be some danger to spectators but not much Or perhaps it should be put in a way There be great danger te spectatois if the intro should be exploded before it is gat into the That ometimes happens but so rarely tmt lie dinger may be regarded as al- negligible SAW EN-PLOSION Mr Mvers sajs that he once saw i agon load of nitrofclvccrme explode or rather he saw the place where it iad exploded a few minutes later It tore a crater in the some ten feet in depth an i a thirty feel diameter course the i ane no one else Immediately concerned the handling of the explosive is lef to tell the storj. 1 hore will no lack of spectators to i i i of the vvel" a Far the i these It is promised that the vv il not be shot till a 12 clocl Tuesdav The a who is to shoot i start from Casc earls Mondaj i and is expected to a i Deoatur "Won lav i It i take mast of Tuesday forenoon the preparations and pos i more a the But in case the i i a i are i i before noon the i i of the shot i be i i till after noc.ii This is as i as the i can be i and it has been done out of i a i people i i to it I I I I I The i is let i the in quart tin shells These shells are i Inches di imeter and i leet There i be ten of these "hells A the explo i is in the well a jack sqirtb 's Iroppcd into the hole This, is detonator and is made up of sticks of a in tin shell and has i time fu a attached This is i dropped into the hole The i and a a fuse allows bodj immediately about the well to got a a to a safe distance The well is now about 60 lay sand or to a total of 2060 feet The oil a not bailed out" Friday ns The drillers a all gone home for New lears and i not be back till There will be nothing doing at the till that time INTERFST i i land or oil tui and many households save them.

SCRAPS OF NEWS REFUSETM Judge Upholds Embezzle ment Charge. I i i Boggs a i i i cd i decision at i I ndav i to quash i i on TO HAVE PAPT1. Decatur ledge No 684 a Order of Moose will a a watch parts in the Moose hall for the members and their a i i i The i i be to danc i and a good i will be i for all Light refreshments i be BROKEN' 'tt RIST a i 977 East i i i a for the i Auto i a of bprmgfiel 1 is at his home heie i i broken wrist The accident occurred i tfranking his rar in a i cd a a 7 i former casnw er of the a and a i of Sulh an He i motions i to quash the die cmberzelmcnt about ten or eases of i i i bank a i SOML AI i Merrill i OL i countv then nolled i or four indictments in i hit- i a charged i making: i statements of the a condition Ihe decision of Juelge Boggs on motions vvlne'i i argued i i about ten a ago leaves of embe7zlement and aboi i i deposits ing the a to be i The trial of i i i at Monti- eello is set for Feb 5 19-2 POSTPONE ELICIION The a a meeting the Decatiu local American Tedcration of Mus cians has been postponed from Jan 1 to Sunday, Jan i cers for the ensuing jear i be elected and other business i be transacted A llirough an error the eng' 1 gement nf Miss 11 111 Schult? 17'0 Main to Don lid Tiscub of i i a a i Auss Schult? denies that there Is any such engagemen PACKEY McFARLAND BEATS DRY CHARGE i a Doc 30--Charges of i a i the i i i laws against a ev VcFarland former challenger for the i i a i and a I a in the Porter i companv ot i III dismissal a bv i States missionor i 1 Mason Thomas McFirlind a brother and pros of the compans and A i the companv secretarv hold in bonds of an i a i The i vv el arrested some i Have Until March 4, 1925 On Insurance. I i men i a the a I isk insurance to 1 1 is iv i a their policies anv tmo to i 4 19JC according to "11 an i i the i I States a i i i the requirements i are as follow Further n- formation and blanl neccssarv IT i ng ipplications iv be secuied the Home i i Office, In the i i i i i 1 If the ex service men i aiiee has 1 ipsed for less than months and it he is in as go 1 a as at the due date of to the federal pcrand jury i rtL au i ie ln i 0 0 0 thev a i ago bv a agents On Strike 34 Years! Ilailronil Frank conductor on the Wabash mixed'run Danville and Lafajette suffered two fractured ribs and was badly bruised whep his train westbound "Wednesday moining, broke two at Lafayett" Junction Wabash Passenger Conductor Nick White on Nos 13-18 out of Chicago came to the Wabash hospital here Friday morning suffering from the grippe Passenger Conductor, Tom Hawkins TI OO 3 0 i i in the Journal of the Medieal association a the cure of Lolita Armour a i of Ogden Armour, of Ch cago bv Dr 'Aelolf Loren? of i a a not a cure todav i a state ment fom the former Miss Armour who is now Mrs John Mitchell Jr In 1903 and 1904 opera tions performed by Dr Tohn Eidlon of Chicago and Dr Lorenz on Mrs Mitchell IN BET1LR COlvDITlON 1 I cannot sav. that a perfect cure has been effected in either hip but the hip treated by Dr Loren? is far better th in the other one, i i he could do little because it had been too badly mishandled' he said 3 myself bel eve that had it not been for the work done before he was called in my case he could a effected a complete cure NO MIRACLE MAN Dr Lorenz does not claim to be a miracle man He is simply doing the best he can I believe he has been too much exploited by those who are handling his finances lie has been given too much publicity i I am sure, he does not a and does not appreciate.

He is doing all he can under the circum stances FOND OP LOHENZ There is of course much jealousv, among doctors and they are not eager to see great honors go to a foreign doctor Personallj, I am very zond of Dr Lorenz and I feel that if it had not been for him 1 would not now be getting so much pleasure out of life MEETINGS Macon lodse No 8 A and A -Special meeting Friday niuht at 7 30 In atallation Decatur chapter No 30 Women of Mooseheart Leclon--Special meetlnpr at clock Friday evening. Hall for reeular business In the Moose BORN To Mr and Mrj Joseph Br nkoelter 827 East Lawrence, pec. 29. daughter. A.

M. Burlington la --A Parmeter is the worlds champion striker He been on strike 34 years' And he drawn 100 strike pay from the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers His check for comes every month Before 1912 he got $30 a month Parmeter walked out on the Bur- road with division 151, of in 1888 The strike was broken up and the other strikers returned to work But Parmeter wasn that -way He stuck it out He still sticlunff. iv ho, declared a the compai is a a ing and i bocr a i i more than the legal i a of Ucohol ul ev a i i vv is at one time of the compqnv but re signed and tint lie is not i a a a the lime of the alloged i i i Charges a a i i i a of the i i Prow me compaiiv of Joliet 111 aK 0 he ml bv Commissioner i them undet bonds 010 eaeli Thev i Oscar i br 1 i am i feet In and Joseph sec- depth leases in the i i of the Lmcolr are i But they are a i i for the shooting of this well before making any move to put new wells If the Lmeoln proves a well thore is no doubt a other i be star'- cd vv itlun a short time If it is found after shoot ng Lincoln well is a profitable one arrangements for operating it i b' made- at once The i thing to be done i be to clean out tho well clear out all debris tc Then a ump i be installed and a. two the It is operation that HISTORICAL BODY ENDS 36TH MEET St Louis Mo Dec 30 --The i sis.th anntnl i of the i i a association i close tonight i the elaction of officers and a session on the economic lustorj of the Mississippi a During the dav scussio is held on ancient Tar Fast and His a i a i i- ropean i a historv of tne I nited States also i du- ctissed Colonel a discussion of militarv i ed that blundered the Th i i i of tho American inch tube put into not till the is the real quality of the can be determined Steel tanl i be placed in the of the anl arrangements for these has already been made CONSIDER PIPE LINE When 1 000 bairels of oil is on top ot ground a two inch pipe line i be laid to the. nearest railroad sta tion a loading rack i bo erected at the station, ard the oil will be loaded into railroad tank cars The station to Inch this pipe line will be laid mav be Bearsdale or Millers switch at Harrison avenue, both era tho Feoria division of the Illinois Central After the Decatur field has been further developed a pipe line connection i be made i one of the great pipe lines crossing halt the continent One of these Is the Standard Oil pipe line Irom the Kansas field to the east, passing through Vandalia The distance Decatur is about seventy miles PROMINENT HUN' COME Tha Lincoln well has attracted already a number of prominent oil men from various parts of the country Among the visitors to the well Thursday were Kerr, vice president of the Ohio Oil company, Hasson general manager of the Ohio Oil companv Ellis II Phillips, Holmes all operators at Casey, and "Weller, vice president of the Kansas Gulf Oil company.

These men and others will be hero when the well Is shot next The plan of fending spectators away from the well to distance of 200 feet Is being considered This for the safety of the spectators They can see quite as well and more of i i a Forces in 1 ranee on September 29 and that the i i i a i foi reorgan izat.on Col sai 1 his con elusions i from exhaust i of the i i i operations and reports sent in by i in action He copies ot com i i i in support of his assertion on file at the war depar ment The division was composed of Missouri and Kansas national guardsmen bv so i in his written appll- i i and bv paying two months' premi ims on the amount of i i i nee he i to reinstate 2 1C the i a has lapse 1 i 11101 i threo it i 1 necessary him submit port of a full medical a i it in a i i to his statement i ing to his good health, and to two premiums on tl i a of i a ho i ro a MFDIf I WIN a medical oxai i i i for i a of i i a such examination at tl rcriucst of the applicant mav I made bv i i i 7 medlcJl i or i of the 'v etera 1 bureau nr the public a i dot ulorl to the i aiis' bureau a shall be mada I such officers in the i i of the directoi or district man i such procedure is cieemed i i i expense to tho applicant 4 i a 1 rg- tho a a 01 i an ox service a who has allowed his policv to 1 mav r( instate his insurance at mo prior to March 4 1326 und i foil )W i regul tions If the ox sorv ce man is i i le as a result of anv i i or i i contracted in or aggravated bv i i i a nr a a i i vyorld war but is not totally a pormanen Iv i i be nnv i state In i or canceled able term i a bv i i i report of i complete medicaT exan nation to sh nv a he is not ing from anv i i i i other tl i tint contracted in the service 11 also i be i to pav all duo premiums i i have become payable if the ins i anoe had not lapsed together VMM interest at a rate of 5 per coru a compounded a a i each i from the due thereof ALLEGED FORGER ESCAPED OFFICE i a Wis Dec 3 0 a Hilton of AMthee held here on a forgers charge escaped from the i of his attorney late yesterdaj after assaulting a sheriff ha was gianted permission to go to tne a i to see about securing bail Police say he is wanted for forgery in Springfield 111 cities and other them can see from a distance of 200 feet than if they were- immediately about the iMtro- glvcerme Is ticklish stuff and noboc 1 can tell when the thousand chance for to explode prematurely i arrive Mr Mjers tells of an incident at Findlay Ohio of which he not have personal knowledge but Is commonly accepted among oil men as true A well was hauling a spring wagon load of the explosive he noticed hat one of the cans was leaking and the liquid was dripping on an axle He stopped immediately and unloaded his wagon then started to drive to town to clean the explosive from his axle On the way the friction of the hub fired the surplus nitroglycerine, tore the wagon to pieces and threw the driver a distance of forty feet. LIBRARY ASSOCIATION MEETING Chicago Dec 30--Sess'ons of i i meeting of the A r- i Librarv association tod ly -i to the Bibliographical SOCK of A i a and a joint mooting the i i librarians i lege librarians of the middle Various problems in connoel i th service to student and to ultv were to be discussed by the legnn" under the chairmanship Ada College ilo burg 111 Stimulation ot resrare i work and creation of a desiro reading among students a i the a i subjects for discus 4nd Just nt ClirlKtmnK Passing Show London hit'J the matter George' Mv doctor has forbidden roe look at prices in shop i a a weak a LATE MARKETS IJBERTr BONDS New Torli Dec 30-- LIKrtv bonds 3 1 04 50 4 a 90 90 bid secon I firs- 41, 9rit second VI third 4i- 4 9" fo Jrth 8" tory 100 08 victory 3 100 ns 1ORK COTTOX. New Tork Dec, 30--Spot cotton middling 1945 Cotton futures cloaej barely Btra January 1907 March 1895. May July IS 00, October SPAPFRl.