Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 50, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 February 1914 — Page 1

No. 50.

Grairi Sa hmlai. FeL 28.14 Owing to the severity of the weather we have deferred our formal opening until the above date. Several Big Specials - Only 10c Hfl A Fancy Shopping Basket, Also Rare BargauuTm Very High Grade China WE WILL GIVE A FLOWER TO EVERY LADY remember | and 10 CENT STORE re “ e “ ber the DATS P p. BURCHARD, Proprietor THE DATE

ELLIS THEATRE Saturday, Feb. 28 VAUDEVILLE 0 Matinee 2:30 - 10 and 20 Cents Night 7:30 and 9-25 Cents " u , • * > '

TONIGHT R. H. S. j Plays | MEDARYVILLEH.S. ! In BASKET BALL Medaryville has a strong team and will enter the state tournament i Buy tickets now, 15c At Door, - -25 c HIGH SCHOOL GYMNASIUM 7:45 P. M.

Groceries Will Be Sold Only as Stated Below.

LOOK—The sale of the groceries at the Fire Sale will be just after the goods have been thrown from the west window of the Fire Sale at ;2 p. m. No sooner and no later. 'The groceries are put up in packages each containing SI.OO worth of merchandise or over and will be sold one package to a customer. The sale on the packages will last just 20 minutes. You must have the exact change, 50c. If you have not f fjti the exact change go to the cashier’s stand and get the exact change. Remember, the sale lasts only 20 minutes and only one package to a customer. Please do not ask the clerks to make change or do not ask the clerks for two packages, and no package is to be opened In the store. If you are caught opening your package in the store you will be given your 50c back and your package resold. Groceries Saturday afternoon, $1 „ worth tor 50c; only one package to each customer, and the packages will be handed to the people having the correct change, 50c. Only one package to each customer.

The Evening Republican.

VISITING DAY WAS A GREAT SUCCESS

Many Patrons Took Advantage of Invitation to See the Children During School Hours.

The visiting day in the public schools Thursday was a great success and was very much (beyond the expectation of the teachers. People began coming in a little after nine in the morning and continued all day, some rooms having twenty and thirty at one session. Uslhers.were stationed in the different (halts to conduct people to the different rooms and departments. Attempts were made to have each visit in the different rooms recorded, but in the middle of the afternoon there were so many in the rooms that many names were missed. The registers showed four hundred and twenty-five different visits, which is perhaps about twothirds otf them. However, of this number most people had two or more visits to their credit. One pleasing feature of the day was the fact that so many men came in, some for a few minutes while others stayed longer. Another very gratifying feature was the statement that many beard to say “I am coming again and stay longer.” Everything considered, it was a very profitable day for pupil, patron and teacher and it is the plan to make it an annual affair. The teachers and other school authorities greatly appreciate the visits made and hope it will be the beginnig of a closer relation between the home and the school.

County Commissioner Welch Given Surprise Saturday.

Saturday, Feb. 21st, was not the anniversary of the birth of County Commissioner Charles A. Welch, of West Carpenter, but it was nevertheless made the occasion for a surprise dinner with Charley as the “goat.” He was pursuing the even tenor of farm life, giving occasional thought to the business affairs of Jasper county, which he Is so ably helping to manage, when in rolled some forty of his neighbors and prepared for a big dinner and a pleasant visit, and the day was most happily spent.

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Entered January 1. 1897. as second class mall matter, at the postoffice at Rensselaer, Indiana, under the act of March 3. 1879.

RENSBELA2R, INDIANA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1914.

TELEPHONE ARGUMENT NOT YET FINISHED

But Few Witnesses Testified So Far Expenses and Receipts for Several Tears Shown.

Pulbiic Service Commissioner Charles J. Murphy, of Broobston, arrived from Indianapolis this Friday morning and at once took up the hearing of the local telephone casa The hearing is on the application of the Jasper County Telephone Co. to raise its rates on business telephones to $3.25 and on residence and farm telephones to $1.75 per month, both on the Rensselaer and Wolcott exchanges, which .the company owns and operates. The hearing is being conducted in the west court room, the Jasper circuit court having adjourned for the hearing. Court Reporter Wagner is taking the evidence in shorthand.

Miss Gertrude Hopkins, bookkeeper for the telephone company, was the first witness. She testified to the sheets of receipts and balances from ithe books of the company for the Rensselaer and Wolcott exchanges and was not crossexamined. Attorney Sellers, of Moniticello, is conducting the -examination for the company. Attorneys Halleck and Dunlap are representing the telephone patrons. Delos Thompson, president and general manager of the company, was second on the stand. He testified concerning the revenue and expenses of the company for the years 1909, 1910, 1911, 1912 and 1913. He consulted the sheets which had been testified to by Miss Hopkins. Attorney Dunlap objected, saying that the books should be produced. Commissioner Murphy ruled that the hearing was not of a technical nature and permitted Mr. Thompson to reply by consulting the sheets. The evidence was to the effect that the company had been losing money for the past five years. The following receipts and 'expenses were shown from the Rensselaer exchange during the five years: Receipts Expenses 1909 .$8,065.92 $13,107.33 1910 9,818.23 9,726.44 1911 10,51475 9,602.01 1912 11,461.26 12,120.74 1913 12,043.41 13,201.82 The company, according to Mr. Thompson’s testimony, had expended $5,456.27 more than It had received during the five years. During only two years, 1910 and 1911, had the receipts exceeded the expenses, and then by only $82.29 in 1910 and by $912.74 in 1911. The company had no debts and had declared a dividend of 3 per cent per annum .to stockholders. Where the money came from to pay the dividend had not been explained up to the noon hour when adjournment was taken until 1 o’clock. The evidence relating to the Wolcott exchange was also given along similar lines and was to the effect that during the past five years the company had suffered a net loss of $2,741.93 on the Wolcott exchange, where there are 365 telephones. Mr. Thompson testified that his salary as president and general manager is SSO per month and that he pays the bookkeeper out of his salary. He testified that Superintendent -Montgomery receives SIOO per month salary. Also that there are ten operators at this time,

PROSPEROUS TEAR AT ST. PETER, MINNESOTA

William Augspurger Writes Interestingly About Conditions That Prevail in That State.

St. Peter, Minn., Feb. 22, 1914. Editor Republican: I renew my subscription, as we can hardly get along without bearing the news from our old home. We had a prosperous year. This winter has been much milder than last We had not had any zero weather until after the groundhog seen bis shadow. Then it went to 22 below in a few days. We have not had a decent sleigh ride yet. There was only about 4 inches of snow fell on the level. Cattle feeding has been ideal this winter so far and a good deal of that ‘s done here. Hogs bring $8 per hundred now. We have considerable more cholera here this fall than last. Cattle are high and scarce. No. 1 wheat is selling at 84c. Com shelled, 47c; oats 32c; flax $1.40; creamery butter 84e; eggs 25c; potatoes 60c; butterf't 29c. We are in our usual health. We think this climate beats Indiana by far, although a little colder. But we have kept warm with buttling wood only, which a good many of our Indiana friends would not believe unless it was told by a man like George Washington or Woodrow Wilson. I wish to tell all our friends that Minnesota is not on the standstill, but gradually going forward. If carried the first prize com of the northern states at the International Show at Dallas, Tex. Land has advanced about forty per cent since we bought hesre two years ago and It looks like it would advance more in the near future. The cry is here like in Indiana and every where What we need 0 most is better farming. That means to have more knowledge as to what the soil needs to keep in the best possible condition and It also means to apply that knowledge. I hope this letter will not come amiss. \

Yours truly,

WM. AUGSPURGER

This Undoubtedly Made Editor Isherwood Groggy.

Governor Ralston on Thu reday named twenty-one persons as members of the Indiana branch of the World’s Peace Foundation. Among those named are: W. W. Parsons, Terre Haute; Dan W. Simms, Lafayette; E. A. K. Haekett, Fort Wayne, and E. M. Inglehart, Evansville. The governor also is a member f the branch.

A feature of the celebration of the 60th wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Michael O’Connor, which occurred Wednesday at Preston, Minn., was the presence of 90 grandchildren of the couple.

whose wages run from $lO to $35 per month. In testifying to losses from bad accounts, which ran from $1,113 in 1909 to $1,503.35 In 1913, Commissioner Murphy asked Attorney Sellers if he was trying to prove improvident management. Mr. Sellers said that he was not but wanted to show the justice of the additional 25 cents asked as an inducement to enforce payment. Apparently the hearing will take all day or even longer unless Mr. Murphy decides to bring it to a close Mr. Thompson resumed the stand at 1 o’clock.

MAN WITH ABIDING THIRST CONVICTED

Remington Citizen Who Entered Calaboose to Get Booze Apt to Break Into Penitentiary.-

Circuit Court.

State vs. Donahue,' was tried yesterday before a jury. Delos Dean and W. H. Parkinson for the State and Moses Leopold for the defendant. Verdict of guilty was returned by the jury. The charge was entering the store room of the Remington Town Hall for the purpose of committing a felony. The specific act was the attempt to take some booze that had been confiscated by the town authorities and stored in the tow* hall. Donahue didn’t get the booze, but admitted that he would have taken some of it had he not been intercepted by parties lying in wait. If the verdict of the jury is carried out in the usual manner Donahue will go to the penitentiary for a term of years.

To those who heard the testimony it was apparent that Donahue was looking for a drink rather than attempting to„ steal. The evidence disclosed that Donahue has a great and abiding thirst and it would seem that the defendant ought not be sent to prison, but rather to some institution that would furnish treatment that would tend to restore him to his senses. It is the old story of the prison awaiting those who commit small offenses, while those who commit greater ones are permitted to escape punishment. However, no blame can attach to the jury in the verdict rendered as they did their, duty under the law and evidence. State vs. Tanner, reset for trial March 6th.

J. A. Dunlap, admr., files petition for reappraisement of the Sarah Platt property and reappraisement is files showing value of property to be $l,lOO. Frank Hill vs. Monon railroad, venued to Newton county on application of defendant. A. K. Yeoman vs. Charles Chauneey, et al Judgment for plaintiff quieting title and ordering clerk to state, being the laud recently sold by Mr. Yeoman, southeast of town. Frank Laech, • 4 •> vs. Remington Farmers’ Elevat -j ient to Newton

PIBLIC SALE OF Durham and Hereford Cows Leek’s Hitch Bam, Rensselaer Saturday, March 7, at 1 p. m. 20 Head of Good Cows, Durham and Hereford, some with calves by side and others will be fresh soon. < Terms—B months time without interest. This sale will not stop on aceount of weather. Fred Phillips, | A A U Auctioneer. JOC n#IIIMn

JOHN W. ULLERY DIED AT BROOK THURSDAT

Well Known Citizen Who Served Several Tears in Census Office Expired at His Home.

John W. Ullery, a well known citizen of Brook, died at ibis home in that town at about 9:30 o’clock Thursday evening. He (had been in rather poor health for several years and his decline had been rapid during the past six months. Mr. Ullery was a civil war veteran and was about 72 years of age. For a number of years he was employed in the census office at Washington and some four years ago was compelled to relinquish his position on account of failing health. He then returned to Brook, where he has-since resided. For a great many years Mr. Ullery lived on a farm near Julian, in Newton county. He is survived by a widow and two sons, Norman, of Brook, and Clyde, of Michigan. The widow has been in poor health for some time. Mrs. Allen Oatt, of Rensselaer, is a sister of Mrs. Ullery and accompanied by her husband went to Brook this Friday morning to be present at the funeral which will probably be held tomorrow.

Attend the sale of Durham and Hereford cows at Leek’s hitch bam, Rensselaer, Saturday, March 7th, at 1 p. m.

Senator AShurst gave notice last Thursday that he would -ask for consideration and a vote on the woman suffrage amendment in the senate.

Mrs. Margaret Perkins, age 81, was found frozen to death Wednesday in her home at Crawfordsvflle. She had tried to replenish the fire during the night, but had fallen on the kitchen floor.

Robert B. Dixon, of Easton, Md., 80 years old, shook hands with President Wilson Wednesday and completed a record of having personally greeted -every president since William Henry Harrison.

county on application for change of venue. Regina Burres vs. Gifford Estate. Plaintiff flies new affidavit for notice by publication, the former affidavit not being in compliance with the statute. Cause returnable at April term.

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