Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 142, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 June 1912 — Page 1 Advertisements Column 2 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Mrs. F. P. Morton and daughter returned to their home in Goodland today after a week’s visit here with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. Woodworth. Ed Parcels and daughter, Mrs, J. H. O’Neill, of Indianapolis, who went to Monticello yesterday to attend the funeral of his mother, came on to Rensselaer that evening and will stay here till Saturday. Mr. Parcels has been working in Indianapolis for the past several months. ’ I The Republican is getting out the new telephone cards, which will be ready for distribution in a day or two. There will be a number of new phones, which shows the gradually increasing demand for them. Quite proparly it has been decided to place a phone in the county auditor’s office. Elmer Gwin and W. S. Lowman returned yesterday from their trip to Texas. Elmer Invested there some time ago and Mr. Lowman was very favorably Impressed with the country and may invest later. Warren Robinson remained there for a longer stay and will look about Galveston and Corpus Christi. If he can find an investment that looks promising he will move his family there. < ■' A. W. Sawin, who for the past three or four years has grown watermelons extensively on part of his land at Fair Oaks, states that the watermelon outlook for him this year is not as good as it might be. The fields are badly infeeted with cut worms, which are doing considerable damage to the crop. Of the sixty acres that Mr. Sawin put out in melons early this spring, about thirty are being replanted for the third time. ’

Agent W. H. Beam has caused bills advertising next Sunday’s Chicago excursion to be extensively distributed about town. The round trip fare is 75 cents and It is expected a large number of people will make the trip. The train is scheduled to arrive in Rensselaer at 8:48, to reach Chicago at 11:30 and to leave there on the return trip at 1'1:30 p. m. For a more complete schedule see the advertisement in this paper or the bills.

B. D. Comer and wife accompanied the local Overland agent to Indianapolis Tuesday and purchased a fine 5-passenger Overland touring car. It has a 45-horsepower engine and is one of the best looking cara ever owned In Rensselaer. The car was driven from Indianapolis that afternoon,and yesterday was exhibited by the agent, who Included the writer In a little demonstration trip. It Is an easy riding car and will doubtless be the source of much pleasure to the owners.

At Indianapolis Wednesday Judge Collins, who handles most of the' police cases and who is recognized as a fair minded man and sure to give a square deal to all who are brought before him, .roundly criticised on officer for using a billy in making an arrest. He said, “Seldom is an officer justified in using a mace." The officer said that the man had resisted him. It was shown that there was another officer there and that the two might have overpowered the man, who was a' negro. The case is entirely in point hefc. Marshal Mustard could have asked the aid of the sheriff in arresting Rhoades and thereby have avoided the use of his dangerous Mttle weapon and at the same time have avoided a great amount of public criticism. Kost disfiguring skin enrotions.