Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 77, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 March 1912 — Page 1

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LOCAL HAPPENINGS. I 6. E. Prior made a business trip to Lafayette today.

D. W. Waymire and wife returned from DeMotte today.

; We have Just opened a casket of fine dill pickles. RHOADS’ GROCERY.

Genuine whole codfish, something that many have wanted, at Rhoads’ Grocery.

Miss Qcie Wood came down from Pair yesterday to attend the high School piny.

Charles O. Hiatt, of Kalamazoo, Mich., is visiting his daughter, Mrs. Veto Hopkins.

Emmet Laßue went to Bloomington yesterday to resume his studies at Indiana University.

Mr*. Firman Thompson and little daughters are visiting her father, Dr. ClaytOo, of Monon.

Mrs. Frank Stafford, of Bluffton, is vUitiiig h*r parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. K. Davis for a few days.

Mis. George Landis, of Monticello, came yesterday for a*few* days’ visit with Mr. And Mrs. Mell Abbott

Mrs. J. B. Martindale and little daughter Went to Terre Haute today for an indefinite visit with relatives.

There has been a big advance sale to tickets for the benefit concert at the Christian church this evening.

Herbert Russell, of Monon, was herd to attefid the “Private Secretary,” given by the high school last evening. Mrs. E. N. Loy and son, Robert, went to Piqua, Ohio, today tor a ten gays’ visit With Dr. E. N. Loy’s parents. -

. Mrs. Nuthall, Instructor of music to the public schools, left for her home in Detroit, Mich,, to spend the spring vacation. ; ,

Lefareturaed from CooksvlWe, 111., Wednesday, having succeeded in closing out his stock of goods there at good advantage. W- s - ®fcy «aH«<* to the bedof his son, Frank, at Kingman, |£sasas, who just underwent an operation for appendicitis. Walter Sage, the XXXX Brand coffee man, was registered at the Makeever hotel yesterday with the customary capital letters. JD. F. Johnson, district manager for the Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co., spent Thursday with C. A. Tuteur, the local agent

Fred Phillip* has kindly consented to furnish a Cfifble-Nelson piano without charge tor use at the benefit performance this evening.

Miss Bowman, of the Watts de Pey§ter School for Girls, went to Wabash to represent their- work to the North Indiana M. E. Conference.

Harry Eger was duck hunting yesterday and reports that there is nothing doing in that, line and that one might just as well stay at home.

Jacob Wilcox and wife returned today from an extended trip through the west They have been gone since the first of .February, visiting A. L. branch, of Stockton, California, and a brother at Clear Lake. Washington.

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TONIGHT’S PROGRAM 1 ♦’ '< LITTLE HATCH SELLER. THE TAOS IRWANS AT HOME NEWNEXICO. HOGAN S ALLEY. Comedy SAVE YOUR COUPONS.

Mrs. Robert Graham returned to Bluffton today after a week’s visit with her sister, Mrs. Sam Scott and other friends.

Mr. and Mrs. Frank White went to their home in Lafayette today, after a two weeks’ visit with Wm. Baricley and family.

The Jefferson Club will give a private dance at the armory this evening. It will hot start until after the benefit concert at the Christian church.

The public schools of Rensselaer will close this afternoon at 3 o’clock for the spring vacation of one week. Some of the teachers have already departed for their respective homes.

Rev. W. G. .W4na and W. R. Brown went to Remington today to attend the district convention of the Christian church. .Rev, Winn is on the program.

The Ist section Presbyterian ladies will hold their regular lOc-socfal at the home of Mrs.' Alda Parkinson Tuesday afternoon. A cordial invitation Is extended to everybody. ’ “Uncle” George Hosmer at tbe Makeever hotel whs feeling much better yesterday and it looks as. though he would soon be well. He has bieen suffering from erysipelas for the past two weeks.

The party who carried away a neckfur from the Princesß theatre v a few weeks ago is known and prosecutions will, follow unless the fur is returned to the theatre at once.

Rex Clifton went to Chicago Thursday after, visiting his mother, Mrs. T. FV Warne, of Parr, for two weeks. Rex will go from there to Los Angeles,' Cal., where he will work on a fruit ranch.

Automobile insurance at 2 per cent per annum, against loss by fire from any cause, any place in the United States or Canada, by a company that 1b as good as the best? R. B. HARFfJS;

Miss Mabel Kinsell, who has .been visiting her cousin, Mrs. Charles Grant, north of town, since Wednesday. returned, taker home., a* Be mington today, being accompanied .by Mrs. Grant, who will visit her for several days. H. M. Shipman, wh>o makes his home with his daughter,. Mrs. Grant, has returned home from a visit of a couple of weeka with, relatives, A

At a special meeting of the town j council Saturday morning, a contract was entered into with R. C. Yeoman, a civil engineer, of Valparaiso, for plans and specifications for a drainage system for tile town. Mr. Yeoman is a competent engineer and is in charge of the department of civil engineering at the Valparaiso lixiiversity. He is to have his work done and submit a report to the council by May Ist. He will make a set of plans: providing sewerage for the entire town. For this work the council agrees, to pay him s2oo.—Knox Republican.; Ray i» the son of A. K. Yeoman, of Rensselaer, and a graduate of the local high school and also of the civil engineering school of Purdug.; , . "Tbe Private Secretary,* as presented at the Ellis theatre .last night by the Rensselaer high school, proved to be a veritable arsenal of inirth. It was exhilarating to a degree of hilarity and called for such a bit of clever acting as to surpass all previous efforts of local talent. The younthful “hamfatters” were greeted by a packed house, and as the story progressed, with its ridiculous situations becoming more complex at every turn, the greeting waxed so warjn. that before the first act was well trader way a ripple of laughter bad .spread over the entire boose and continued until the last curtain fell. Bach person seemed especially fitted to the character assigned him and th« ease and grace with which they, bundled their parts was very complimentary, both to themselves and to the. play. The songs by the boys’ and the girts* quartettes after the first and second | acts were very pleasing and b rough! several ejtcores.

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RENSSELAER, INDIANA, FRIDAY, MARCH 29, 1912.

Great Damage is Resulting To Roads by Heavy Hauling.

Jasper county roads will suffer damage that will amount to- several, thousands of dollars this spring, according to a number of farmers and travelers interviewed by The Republican reporter today. There was much more frost than usual in the ground and it is taking longer than usual to get it out and the roads are therefore exposed to danger over a greater period of time. Over most of the roads the tracks were considerably worn during the winter by wagons and automobiles and the water from the melted snows lay in the tracks and soaked into the ground and heavy hauling drove the wheels through the gravel and stone. Automobiles, especially the heavy ones, have contributed largely to the destruction of the roads. One farmer told us today that he never saw the roads of Jasper county in a more deplorable condition and that a lot of money would have to be spent on them this year to put them back in condition.

One Virginia Outlaw Gives Up; Was Weak From Hunger.

Claud Swanson Allen, one of the Virginia outlaws who has been in hiding in the mountains* in the western part of that state since the murder of the Judge, the prosecuting attorney, the sheriff, a juror and a by-stander, surrendered himself to a posse Thursday. For almost two weeks he has been dodging about in tbe Blue Ridge mountains, without sufficient food, without proper shelter and with his nerves wrought up to a high pitch. He emerged from a laurel thicket, pointed his two sixshooters into /the sky and seemed happy to be over his fatiguing effort at concealment In the jail at Hillsville, he related his part in the duplicate murder. Three of the murderers, Sidna Allen and Friel land Wesley Edwards, are still at liberty.

Washington Street Should be Paved With Brick This Summer.

At least two blocks of our business street sould be given a permanent paving this summer, and probably brick would be the most permanent and in general respects the most satisfactory. Washington street should be paved from the bridge to Cullen Street It will cost a considerable sum but the continual repair of the street is also expensive and it never looks good in its present condition. Most towns, we believe, the size of . Rensselaer, have their business streets paved. Why not us?

Guess They Wouldn’t Last That Long Here.

Moatloeilo Evening Journal. In the archives of the county clerk’s office is to he found a deck of playing cards that have been passed down from one clerk to another since 1867, where they were found in a pigeon hole while cleaning up in the vault. How much longer they have been there no one knows.

Trinity Methodist Church.

Preaching* Saturday night and quarterly conference. ' Sunday school 9:3Q a. m. Preaching 10:30. Children 2:30. Young people 3:30 and preaching at night at 7:00. You are invited to these services.

Insurance on horses against death Iran any cause at 6 per cent per annua.

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Tenth District Selected Taft Delegates Thursday.

The 10th district convention at Hammond Thursday was a very quiet and harmonious affair. The Taft forces were in control and by a vote of 78.8 to 42.2 selected Will R. Wood, of Lafayette, and Percy A. Parry. of Hammond, delegates, and Joseph F. Sleeper, of Benton county, and Wm. H. Gardiner, of Porter county, alternate delegates. Curtis Meeker, of Monticello, was made elector and J. B. Lyons, of Brook, contingent elector. There was no candidate to oppose tbe renomination of Edgar D. Crumpacker for congress, although the Tippecanoe county delegation decided to express its objection to the nomination and cast 19 of its votes against Mr. Crumpacker’s nomination. The act was a very peculiar one, inasmuch as there was no other candidate and placed the Tippecanoe county crowd in a very awkward position. There was a feeling on the part of the Taft delegates all the way through that the Roosevelt enthusiasts were apt to undertake to put something over but this did not deyelop. They were frank to admit their lack of numbers and for the most part thoroughly willing to abide by the decision of the- convention; Thomas Bauer, of Lafayette, and James H. Chapman, of Renspelaer, were proposed by the Roosevelt forces for delegates. As published Thursday, the Jasper county delegation split its vote 4 and 4. After the nominations were made, Senator Wood, of Lafayette, one of the delegates chosen, was called to the stage and made a rousing speech, in which he praised, the republican party, spoke highly of President Taft, f£ave Roosevelt credit for two successful administrations and pleased all with his able argument for continued republican control. His speech was well received and brought a great round of applause. The 2nd district also selected Taft delegates Thursday, while the 6tß, Bth and 9th selected Roosevelt delegates. The 12th district will select delegates April 23rd and the 13th on April 2nd. So far* Taft has a total of 18 and Roosevelt 8 delegates selected from Indiana. Tjhe Roosevelt forces, however, have started contests affecting several of tfiese delegates.

Dyke Gave Way on Kankakee; Country is Flooded For Miles.

The WiHiams dyke bn the north side of the Kankakee river west of Shelby 'has given way, about 100 feet of it washing out and the country is flooded. At Thayer much of the travel is done in boats. The road leading westward from Thayer is flooded for a long distance and is impassable. The water at the wagon and railroad bridges at Shelby Is almost up to the: floors, while the approach to the. wagon bridge is knee deep for horses. Ben Fogli’s place is surrounded. The ice in the river was dynamited to lessen the danger of carrying the bridges out should the Ice suddenly give way and be carried against it by the swift current.

Governor Marshall Pardons Another Convicted Bootlegger.

Jasper Hull, who was proven guilty of bootlegging at Lowell after his joint had been raided by the good citizens’ league movement,, and who was sentenced to 30 days in jail, was pardoned Wednesday by GovernorMarshall before he had entered Upon his term of punishment. Why the*governor should interfere in sueh matters is a mystery and the good people of Lowell are very much incensed.

Demonstration Razor Sale NWWWWWMft We have taken the agency for the NEW DURHAM-DUPLEX SAFETY RAZOR X We have a sample lot of these Razors which we are goto* to scfi for Thirty-Five Cents while they last X Think of it, a complete DOUBLEEDGED Safety Razor for only Thirty-Five Cents. Our show window is now foil of them X Come in and look them over. SIX EXTRA BLADES, DOUBLE EDGED, for FIFTY CENTS, ’ |uftHAM>-|UPLE>a A. F. LONG, jsazoh Druggist

ELECTRIC CURLING IRON. For Sale by Ray Delmer. WEATHER FORECAST. Fair; colder tonight; Saturday fair.

Kept Marriage a Secret For More Than Ten Months.

Mr. Roe Yeoman and Miss Elizabeth Babcock were married May 21, 1911, at Newport, Ky., and the marriage was kept a secret until this week, when Roe wrote from Terre Haute to inform his parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. K. Yeoman about it.

His bride is the daughter of J. D. Babcock, of Bluffton, but formerly of Rensselaer and well known here. At lire time of their marriage she was employed in Fort Wayne and he at Lexington, Ky., and they met at Newport and were married and she returned to her home and he to his Mork. Since that time he has been sent Yo several pi u,< s it. his cap^cil 1 -' as a superintendent of construction work for a Chicago «-»u.pany ani tor some time he mis * en at Ten e Haute. The Job on which he is working will be completed about May Ist auo he plans to begin housekeeping at that time, probably in Chicago, as that city will be his headquarters. Tue news came as a great surprise to bis parents and to his many friends. Roe is a graduate of the Rensselaer high school and a brother of Ray and DeVere Yeoman, both of whom have been married within recent months. The Republican extends beat, wishes at this rather belated hour.

Chamberlain’s Cought Remedy has won its great reputation and extensive sale by Its remarkable cures of coughs, colds and croup. It can be depended upon. Try it. Sold by all dealers. , e

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