Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 309, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 December 1910 — Page 1

No. 309.

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LOCAL HAPPENINGS. Miss Nellie Reish is spending today in Parr. Willie Wasson returned this morning from a visit at Pleasant Ridge. Try Winifrede splint. This is a splendid coal. Maines & Hamilton. Mrs. John Eger is spending today with Mrs. Peter Hordeman, hear Parr. Mrs. Matthew Zernden has been feeling quite poorly lately but is now better. Miss Ethel Davis returned this morning from a visit with Wolcott relatives. Mrs. Louis Leopold and daughter Father returned to Wolcott today after a visit of several days here. Miss Ethel Sharp went to Chicago Heights this paorning for a few days’ visit with her brother John and family. Born this morning, Dec. 29th, to Mr. and Mrs. Judson Maines, a son and their fourth child, two boys and two girls. Mrs. and Mrs. J. M. Holmes, of Flora, came yesterday for a visit of two or Three days with M. P. Warner .and family. For the cook stove: Cannel egg at 16.60; Jackson Hill egg at $6.00 and washed nut <5.50. Maines & Hamilton, phone 273. Mr. and Mrs. E. Ranton returned to Hoopeston, 111., today, after a visit wiV’ their son Ed, whose wifs accompanied them home. and Mrs. E. H. Jackson, of fßpPpaign county, 111., came this morning for a visit with his brother, H. W. Jackson and family. We sell Blatchford’s calf meal, Buffalo glutin feed, mill feed, bran, middlings and chop feed. MAINES & HAMILTON. Iva, the 8-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Swartzell, was operated on at Lafayette yesterday for the removal of adenoids and her tonsils. Scott Chesnut is improving from his case of pneumonia. His fever la lower than it was two days ago and he is thought to be on the road to recovery.

Mr. and Mrs. Robert White and children and Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Mills and one child returned to Zionsville, Ind., today, after a visit of several days here with -Mrs. William King and family. J. J. Montgomery has been having trouble lately with his right ear and has had a severe rumbling in his head that has caused him considerable pain and worry. He has been taking treatment from a Chicago specialist. Josiah Burroughs, who has been making his home near Rossville, le visiting his daughter, Mrs. J. ,V. Brown and family. He will move soon to a farm near Logansport, purchased by the man with whom he makes his Some tremendous reductions in footwear at Fendig's Exclusive Shoe store. Every broken lot must be moved, hence we can give you a good shoe for a little money. Fendig’s Exclusive Shoe Store, , Opera House Block. Mr. and Mrs. Richard Shryock, of Bellefontaine, Ohio, and Mr. and Mrs. Alonzo Rushton, of Sheridan, are guests this week of lamps Donnelly and family and are spending today ■*lth Mr. and Mrs. Fletcher Ramey, of Surrey. * ■. " John Medicus returned from Gary, having found upon his arrival there that the strike was not jher and as "there were JJO latlifirs/aTW’ork there was no plastering to be done. All building was therefore at a standstill. It was estimated that there was 18,000 yards of lathing to be done. Things indicated a settlement of the troubles and it was expected that the lathers would begin work the latter part of this week, in which case the plasterers will resume work Monday, and John expects to return at that time. In wet or cold weather use Reed’s Cushion Sole shoes. They keep the feet warm and dry and afford that ease so much desired at this season of the year We have them for men and women. Fendig’s Exclusive Shoe Store, Opera House block.

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Thos. Abbring was down from Keener township today. Leonard Elder returned to his college duties at Franklin today. Mrs. Arthur Nowels and two children returned to Columbia City today. Miss Maudle Leek went to Lafayette this morning for a short visit with her mother. Miss Flora Fry came from Roselawn today to visit at the home of Ed Tanner, northeast of town. Miss Irene Murphy, of Forest, 111., returned to her home today after a’ visit here with the family of Peter May. * Earl Chesnut came home today from Michigan to help In caring for his brother Scott, who has been quite sick with pneumonia. Mr. and Mrs. John Crisler, of Claypool, Ind., arrived this morning for a visit of a few days with his brother, W. A. Crisler, and family, northeast of town. Miss Clara Hagins, of Chicago, nas been visiting her father, J. L. Hagins since Tuesday and today accompanied Mrs. Hagins to Wolcott for a short visit with Mr. and Mrs. Ed Irwin. The chemical mops are_giving the very best satisfaction and the Presbyterian ladies have sold a' great many of them. They may be purchased at the residence of Mrs. John Eger or ordered by telephone. Call No. 54. , Father Hordeman returned to Frankfort today after a few days’ visit at the old home. His father, Peter Hordeman, Sr., is now 84 years of age, and is enjoying very good health, but he remains close by the home and rarely comes down town. See our revised prices on many lines before you conclude that you can’t get good shoes at nominal prices. Reductions on all kinds—men, women and children’s. Fendig’s Exclusive Shoe Store, Opera House Block. Mrs. Sarah Mackey was called to Thornton today by the sad message that her sister, Mrs. George Reber, had passed away suddenly. Pneumonia was the cause of death. She was 70 years of age. Mrs. Mackey was accompanied to Thorntown by her daughter-in-law, Mrs. W. H. Mackey.

Isaac Leavel arrived this morning from a business trip to Winamac. He will move shortly from Wabash county and will probably arrange today for a house in Rensselaer. He recently purchased the Elmer Fisher farm, southeast of town and is coming back to Rensselaer. He will rent the farm and continue to live in town. Mrs. George Stoudt and Miss Stella Taylor returned to Remington today after a few days’ visit with Mrs. F. E. Babcock and family. They accompanied Editor and Mrs. Babcock to Chicago. The editor and his wife chaperoned three young ladies to Chicago, a reward for work they recently performed in a contest carried on by the Democrat. Conrad Kellner was compelled to suspend his ice packing today at noon owing to the soft condition of the surface of the ice. He had packed about UOQ tons since Monday, partially filling two of the three big rooms at his mammoth new ice’ house on the bank of the pond. The capacity of the three rooms is about 2,700 tons and he hopes to be able to fill them all during the winter. The ice he packed was about 10ft inches in thickness and of a fine quality. Forty-five men worked at the ice hatvesting job. ' Sergeant Ross Latshaw, of the United States First Infantry, who is detailed with the Indiana National Guard as an instruction non-commis-sioned officer, had charge of the drill of Company M Wednesday night. It was the best drill the company has had since the return from the maneuvers in September. Sergeant Latshaw will return Wednesday night of next week and the week following. He has a thorough manner of imparting his Instruction and no member or prospective member of the company should miss a drill during his visits here. With the present system of offices, quartermaster’s room and drill hall, there is no better armory in Indiana than the one enjoyed by the local company and every young man would be benefited by an enlistment in the national guard. The drill Wednesday night was followed by a spread.of sandwitches, pickles and coffee.

Ent>rod January 1, 1897, a. second-class mall matter, at the post-office at Bens.elaer, Indiana, "er the act of March 3, 1879.

RENSSELAER, INDIANA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 29, IM®.

Several Citizens Oppose the Change of Depot Location.

Several property owners in the east and northeast part of Rensselaer are quite disappointed at the plan to construct the new Monon depot at the Forest street crossing. They contend that they bought and built where they did on account of the location of the depot and that the change is certain to advesely effect their property. H. R. Grow decided that the pro posed location of the station was no closer to the court house than the one originally suggested, .namely at the Franklin street crossing, one block east of the present structure. This did not look plausible, but he had County Surveyor Osborne measure both places and found that the distance from the Makeever hotel to the crossing at Forest street was 2,802 feet and the distance from the same starting point to the crossing at Franklin street was only one foot farther, or 2,803 feet. It is probable that some property owners will petition the road to build at Franklin street The matters pertaining to the different locations has been gone over quite thoroughly by the officials of the road, it is understood, and they claim two advantages in the Forest street crossing besides the one of location. One was the fact that the prevailing winds from the west blew the elevator dust all over the platform, and another was that the track extension needed by the elevator could best be built to the east and over the ground the present depot occupies. To offset this was the fact that the chosen location is right at the sharp curve in the road.

Taggart and Cohorts to . Fight Governor Marshall.

A dispatch from Indianapolis says: The closer the time comes for the opening of the session of the legislature the more it looks as if the Taggart crowd is going to ride straight over Governor Marshall, without the governor so much as raising a finger to keep them off. It is generally accepted here now as a fact that Taggart and his followers are going to organize the legislature from top to bottom, and that no one will have a look in unless he is favored by this faction of the democratic party. There is even a report here that Senator Steve Fleming, of Ft Wayne, and Governor Marshall came within an inch of reaching the point of rupture of their friendly relationns bn account of the manner in which the organization of the legislature is being framed up, but both Fleming and the governor have denied the story. The best evidence that Taggart is the real “man behind the gun” is found in the speakership race and the way it is working out. It is believed here that Adam Wise, of Plymouth, is sure of being elected speak' er. This development has come in the last two or three days. Up to that time it looked like an open race which any of the three or four leading candidates might ■ win, but there is good reason to believe that the Taggart crowd has settled on Wise and that it intends to put him over, regardless of whether anyone likes it or not. Taggart himself says he is not taking any hand in the speakership fight and that he will be well pleased with any one of the in the chair. He says they are all good men and that either one would make a good speaker. And on the surface there is not even a ripple to show that Taggart is doing anything in the fight.

Marriage of Miss Sadalla May Solemnized Last Monday Noon.

Mr. John Alvin Jacox, of Britton, S. Dak., and Miss Sadalla May, the youngest daughtef of Mr. Peter May, of Rensselaer, were married at the home of the bride’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Peter May, at high noon Monday, by Rev. J. C. Parrett, pastor of the Presbyterian church. The bride was dressed In a cream-colored gown, and carried white cleonosis and the grooi i was dressed in the conventional black. Miss Irene Murphy.’from Forrest, 111., the bridesmaid, wore light blue and carried white and pink carnations, the best man, also wore black. The arch was decorated in white and pink ribbon. A fine dinner was served for the relatives. The groom and bride left on the 3:13 train Monday afternoon for Chicago. They will make their future home aUDrltton, S. Dak.

Rich Sale Was a Hummer, Splendid Prices Prevailing.

The J. D. Rich sale was a fine one and the large crowd of buyers went after everything offered in old time style. Colonel Phillips reports it the best sale of the season. The sales totaled between $5,000 and $6,000 and everything brought a good price. The cow stock brought from SSO to $lO5 per head. Four mares brought a total of $ 1,244.50. Three of the mares were registered, being 2, 6 and 10 years of age respectively and tho fourth was a grade mare. This was an average of s3ll per head. The terms of the sale provided for a discount of only 2 percent and the notes bore interest from date at 5 per cent, which is less favorable for high bidding.

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OUR STATE ACCOUNTING LAW ASSAILED AT OSGOOD.

Weekly Journal Can See No Use For Law That Maintains so Many Men In Real Fat Jobs. The Osgood Weekly Journal, published in Ripley county, in its issue of Dec. 21st, takes a swing at the state accounting law and delivers some sound arguments against the maintaining of a law so expensive and that makes it so possible for the governor of a state to build up a powerful political machine with the taxpayers paying the frieght. The Journal says: “The public accounting law was passed by the legislature in 1909 and provides for a chief at $4,000 per annum and traveling expenses; two assistants at $3,000 per annum, one clerk at $2,500 per annum, and one hundred field examiners at $lO per day and traveling expenses. There being 300 working days in a year the salaries foot up to the staggering sum of $312,500 per annum, to say nothing of traveling expenses, increased cost of booksand blanks and incidental expenses of the counties, towns and townships, which would bring the total expense of the law up to nearly a half million dollars annually. “This law was backed by the commercial club of Indianapolis at the instance of the big supply houses of that city, and Governor Marshall’s first intention was to veto it, but under heavy pressure he signed the bill and all the township trustees wer? forced to buy a new set of books, not only for their own offices, but for every justice of the peace in the state, also with new blanks multiplying the old blanks three fold, and these expenses for new books came just when new trustees had supplied themselves with old books that were just as go* 1 and in many case» better than th) new ones. The same condition applied to every county office, to every town and every school board and the blank book and school supply trust has reaped a rich harvest at the expense of the taxpayers. “Taking the trustees as an example, they are required to buy all their supplies by bids which are classified by the chief of the accounting board in the interest of the .school and township supply trust. Brooms, tincups and pails are classified with a lot of blanks that no local dealer can supply and as they are bid off in classes the supplies are being purchased in Indianapolis and more paid for an inferior broom than the local dealer would charge for a good one. “We have enough officers without the state board of accountants to do all that the state board is seeking to do and do it even better than the state board. If it is necessary to have three men in 'each township and seven men in each county to watch the trustees and the commissioners, how many men will it require to watch this state board of accountants? We have many small towns in Indiana that have their tax levies as high as the statute will permit and the town trustees and members of the school boards are giving the public the use of their time practically free in order to make ends meet. And the board of accountants is sending out field men to examine the accounts of these little towns and school boards at a salary pf $lO per day. Is it-any wonder the people object? The state of Indiana has no right to interfere or meddle with the affairs of the towns and school boards. The funds are raised by the local taxpayers for their own use and benefit and these same towns have paid their part of the state tax and if the state chief accountant decides to send his examiners into the small town he should provide that they be paid out of the state treasury and not burden the taxpayers further in the small communities. “The state of Indiana through its officers should supervise the expenditure of the state’s money and see that it gets value received, but when the state has done that, it has done its full duty and the same power should be delegated to counties, cities, towns and townships. It is for this purpose that advisory boards have been created. Let each take care of its own affairs and let the people feel 'he responsibility of selecting men who will do the clean thing in office. Governor Marshall said in his campaign two years ago that we had too many officeholders and we -agree with that proposition, but it does not look consistent that he stands for this accounting law that has created more than a hundred jobs at unreasonable salaries.” The Republican has always opposed the accounting law on account of its great expense and because the power of sending out the examiners in a practically unlimited number rests with the governor, thus making it possible for him to build up a political machine of great power among these overpaid men whose heads he can chop off whenever he gets ready to do iL We have opposed it also because it was inspired by the Indianapolis Commercial Club because it would establish a big headquarters in Indianapolis and chase these hundred accountants into the state capital every few weeks. We believe that a board of from six to a dozen accountants at salaries not exceeding $2,000, subject

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Oew Confectionery store. On or about Dec. 29th, I will open up a Cigar, Tobacco, Candy and Fruit Store in the small room on Van Rensselaer Street, at rear of Duvall’s Clothing Store. I ask a share of your patronage. LOUIS NICHOLS.

WEATHER FORECAST. Snow Thursday; much colder tonight. Friday cloudy and colder.

to call from places where they are needed, would be a good thing. And we are convinced that the law should be changed at the coming session of the legislature to lessen the expense by a reduction of salaries, by a reduction of the working force, by the disposal of the headquarters, and attaching the department to the office of the auditor of state. Making the accountants subject to call from counties, cities, towns and townships upon the call of officials or by petition. An accounting board of this kind will be a benefit and justify the expense which would not need to exceed $30,000 or $40,000 per annum. It would accomplish more than the half million now being expended and leave no cause for criticism, because the local. communities would then endorse the. expense of their own examination of records and accounts.

PURE FOOD DEMONSTRATION AIL NEXT WEEK. For the week of Jan. 2-7 we have secured the services of an expert demonstrator from McNeil & Higgins Chicago, to demonstrate the merits of the famous None Such Coffee, None Such Preserves and None Such Baking Powder. AH ladles who are Interested In serving absolutely pure foods on their tables are requested to call at our store next week and sample these goods, FREE OF CHARGE. AH next week. G. E. MURRAY CO. Had Habit Flfy-Flve Years? Can’t Quit Now. Lewis S. Alter writes from west Carpenter township to have his Republican subscription renewed. He says, “I have been a reader ,of your paper and its predecessors for 55 years. Can’t quit now. I send best holiday wishes.” New Years’ Reception Will Be Held Friday Afternoon. The Ladies Literary Club will hold their New Years’ reception on Friday afternoon, Dec. 30th, at the home of Mrs. A. F. Long. All ar,e cordially invited to be present. Mrs. A. F. LONG, Prest. Mrs. F. A. TURFLER, Secy. Farm Loans. We are furnishing the money. Z DUNLAP & PARKINSON. Lecture Course Dates. Jan. 19—Booth Lowrey, humorist. March 13—The Bollharz Entertainers. April 7—Byron King. Stops earache in two minutes; toothache or pain of burn or scald in five minutes; hoarseness, one hour; muscleache, two hours; seffe throat, twelve hours—Dr. Thomas* Eclectic Oil, monarch over pain.

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TONIGHT’S PROGRAM —♦ — PICTURE. Grandmother, drama. SONG. Fve Got Rings on My Fingers.

Wrestling ...Match 1 —>— Haney Myres and Wm. Stewart Will contest for the county ehampion, ship, which both claim. Ellis Op&ra House Rensselaer, Indiana, Friday Night, Dec. 30 at 8:30 o'clock. This match is all the talk In Parr and vicinity and the contestants are keyed np to a high pitch of friendly rivalry. The contest will be under the ~-7 CATCH-AS-CATCH-CAN rules, with strangle hold barred. Two best out of Three Falls. ADMISSION 25c, 35c and Me. Reserved seats at Jessen’s.

OLD MEN RETIRED. Industrial Concerns Will Engage Only Young Men. In these days of strejyious competition when dividends count for more than men, the man who retains his youth is the man who holds his job the longest. That is why one of the most successful dermatologists in Paris has warned young men to take good care of the hair. If you grow bald at 30 or 35 or even when you are older, that bald spot will, so far as appearance goes, add 10 years to your life. Men who have hair should by all means keep it. In later years it may mean a livelihood to yourself and family. Dandruff means falling hair; falling hair means dandruff, stop falling hair and dandruff now. Go to B. F. Fendig and get a large 50 cent bottle of Parisian Sage. He will guarantee it to stop falling hair; to drive out all dandruff and kill the dandruff germs, or money back. Remember that the man with a bald head who seeks a position is handicapped at the start Parisian Sage will make hair grow, will give it a lustrous appearance that denotes health and youthfulness. For sale by B. F. Fendig and druggists everywhere. Girl with Auburn hair on every bottle.

Baptist Church Prayer Meeting.' Regular prayer meeting and. teacher training class at usual hour this evening. Pastor i® so much improved that he thinks he will be able to attend and conduct the class. Txm Healy’s song, “I’d Like to Be a Friend of All the Girls,” made a great hit at the Princess Wednesday night. It was sung by Mr. J. Lester Haberkorn, and the applause at each performance was very assuring of the general appreciation of the young composer’s first published song. Sixteen copies were sold the first evening.

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