Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 11, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 January 1916 — Page 1

No. 11

Rex Theatre See Francis X. Bushman and Marguerite Snow . in “SECOND IN COMMAND” A strong military drama In 5 reels of Quality Metro Pictures At the Rex Tonight ' Don’t Miss This ~ -- : ' ■

Wrestling EVERETT MARLIN of Rensselaer vs WILLIAM REED HI of Parr .. at Ellis Theatre Saturday Night January 15 Match starts at 8:30 Price 25 cents Also a good preliminary

Cider Run Through Cream Separators Beats the Law.

Marysville, 0., Jan. 12. —Farmers in the vicinity of New Carlisle have found a way to “beat” the local opTTonTawsl Thousands of gallons of cider were made- in that sec tion -this fall,. and-the farmers have discovered that by run ning—it through a cream separator, the water is extracted,Jeaving little, but the pure alcohol remaining. “It’s got an awful 'kick’,” declared one fathier, who allowed his barrel of cider to sit in the warm November sun for two weeks before giving it the cream separator test. .“ Since his discovery others are filling their cellars with jugs of the extracted juice to tide ’em over the winter months.

We have a nice, clean burning lump coal at $4.00 per ton.—D. E. Grow.

O. L. Calkins Leo Worland. CALKINS & WORLAND Funeral Directors . ' Parlors in Nowels Block across from the postoffice. New combination auto ambulance and funeral car. Expert services guaranteed in all cases entrusted to our care. .Mr. Calkins is licensed as funeral director and embalm ar in both Indiana and Illinois. Phones *25 or 307

Attention Automobile Owners Free Service We are factory representative* for the Electric Auto-Lite Starting and lighting Systems. „ ( We will repair without charge any Auto-Lite generator or starting motor that shows defect in material or workmanship for one year froth date of sale. - •• n •We also represent the Ward Leonard, Delco and Wagner startIn order for the owner to hold the guarantee, the manufacturer requires us to make an inspection once each month. Storage batteries overhauled and repaired. Motor Service Companyt - si'‘ • ' •

The Evening Republican.

PATROL-TEACHERS FORM ASSOCIATION Thirty-Four Present Tuesday Afternoon Notwithstanding the Bad Weather—Officers Chosen. The very rainy and disagreeable afternoon Tuesday was not sufficient to keep the patrons from attending the meeting at the primary school building, where thirtyfour patrons gathered and decided to form an association of patrons and teachers. The objects of the Association are suggested by the name. It results in a closer relationship of the parents of the children to the teachers and “Has proven a great aid in most places wtere organized. '"Three were present who had lived an other towns where there are associations of this kind. The meeting was a good one and all who became identified with it are impressed, with the possibilities. The officers chosen were: Mrs. Lena Washbuyn Graham, president; Rev. Asa McDaniels, vice-president; Miss Minnie Hemphill, secretary; Mrs. J. W. Crooks, treasurer. The following constitution was adopted: Article I. The name of this organization shall be the Patron-Teachers’ Association of Rensselaer. Article 11. The purpose of this organization shall be to consider all questions of an educational and social nature in the Rensselaer schools, to promote greater harmony between parents and teachers and further in every way possible, the interests of the schools. Article 111. Any adult interested in the welfare of the Rensselaer schools may become a member by handing their name to the secretary and paying the annual dues of twenty-five center Article IV. Section 1. The officers of this organization shall consist of a president, vice-president, secretary and treasurer, and at least the following committees: 'Program, social and lookout. Each committee shall cgri-_ gist of at least three members. Sec. 2. The duties of these officers shall be those which 'belong to, the heads of similar organizations. Sec. 3. After the first election, regular elections shall be held annually at the last meeting of the school year. All officers shall hold their respective positions until successors are chosen. Sec. 4. The officers shall constitute an executive committee which shall have charge of the work of the association. : Sec. 5. The president, with the advice and assistance of the other officers, shall appoint all committees. Article V. Meetings of. this organization shall be held at least once every six weeks or as frequent as the president may deem - It wise. ' - Article VI. This constitution may be amended by a three-fourths vote of the memberspresent at~tnTy-rcgttter--meeting>-

discount sale, Jan. 20 to 29, at ROWLES & PARKER’S. The Habit of Taking Cold. With many people taking cold is a habit, but fortunately one that is easily broken. Take a cold sponge bath every morning when you first get out of bed—not ice cold, but a temperature of about 90 degrees. Also sleep with your window up. Do this and you will seldom take cold. When you do take cold take Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy and get rid of it as ouickly as possible. Obtainable everywhere. ' - - -——-= —, - C

RENSSELAER, INDIANA. THURSDAY, JANUARY 13, 1916.

HURTY EXPLAINS ABOUT HORSE MEAT

Attention Called to Paragraph In Republican Brings This Treatise Of Eqiyne Steak. The Republican recently published a brief comment on the law in New York legalizing the sale .of horse meat for food purposes and jocosely said that “Doc” Hurty’s approval of horse meat as a diet had not removed all of our prejudices. The article was republished in The Fowler Tribune and the attention of Dr. J. N. Hurty, the secretary of the state bpard of health, was called to it. He writes to The Republican as follows: Indianapolis, Ind., Jan. *ll, 1916. Editor Republican, i- Rensselaer, Ind. Dear Sir: I enclose a clipping from the Fowler Tribune which was copied from your paper, and in regard to the same, wish to say that the most efficient nation on earth, the Germans, do not hesitate to eat horse and mule meat. You know that sausage has been called “the flower of Germany.” In some parts of Germany among the poor peasants, there is no hesitation at all about eating the meat of dead animals. By this is meant the flesh of animals which have died. Animals dead of exhaustion or perhaps simply old age supply meat which does not cause disease or disturb digestion but which is nourishing. Sometimes when a horse dies these poor peasants hold a barbecue, call their neighbors in and have, a “big roast.” Horse meat has been used in France for many years and it is found as nourishing and as wholesome as the meat of beef cattle and it sells at a price very little lower than b dkw* It is generally rendered up in meat stews and sausage. The French and the German people are not uncivilized. Indeed they farm more efficiently and more practical than we Americans. The German and French nations have both furnished a long line of scientific discoverers and we Americans are yet to furnish a great man in this line. The. Ger.man and French nations have also supplied to the world major philosophers and artists but America has not yet supplied one major artist or major philosopher. These facts are mentioned simply to throw light upon a subject which is of intense interest to us Americans and to make plain that all progress is through original scientific discovery. While, invention is, of course, of the greatest value, and invention is a great characteristic of American people, still invention has for its foundation scientific discovery and we never could invent if we depended upon our own scientific discoveries as we have To far not made any of major character. America has yet to produce a great musician like Wagner, or a great philosopher like Descarte or a man of mighty scientific discovery like Pasteur. This is not a defense of the consumption of meat from animals which have died, for I do not believe in eating such meat, but the • facts are interesting and furnish a basis for reflection. In regard to eating meat I would much meat. We eat too much embalmed meat. If we would eat less meat we would be healthier, more efficient and consequently healthier and happier. The excessive eating of meat is set down as an abomination by Solomon, who said: “Be ye not among wine bibbers, among riotous eaters of flesh.” We might add to this: “for such are an abomination unto the Lord.” It is true that children must be taught ’to eat meat. Surely they do not take to it kindly and having felt its stimulating effect and acquired a taste for it, then they very frequently ■ demand meat all the time. Metchnikoff, the successor of Pasteur in the famous Pasteur laboratory at Paris, says: “If we would only return to the simple -nutrition upon which the- patriarchs of the Bible flourished, we would live longer, have greater strength and more happiness.” The advice of physiology and of hygiene to the people is: Eat less meat and eat more fruits, vegetables and cereals. Very respectfully yours, J. N. HURTY, Secretary v .- - rr —r s : *--W~

A New Coal. s— An entirely new coal which is fast displacing all other coals for steam or all around work. It is not like Anthracite in any particular, but has the Pocahontas fracture but very much harder and therefore has less dirt and dust to contend with. Can be stored in large quantities without the danger of combustion.. This coal is a West Virginia product and is certainly an article which is fast gaining favor wljere it has been tried, especially does it stand the test of the housewife. A trial order will prove to you that Semi-Antkracite is the cheapest coal you eanburm Sold by Hamilton & Kellner. • Wait for the genuine discount sale from Jan..2o to 29, at • ROWLES & PARKER’S.

SAYS MORAY CAN WIN Newland, Ind., Jan. 10, 1916. Evening Republican, Rensselaer, Ind., Dear Editor: In your paper of ; Saturday, Jan. Bth, you state that if Warren T. McCray is nominated he can beat any democrat in the state and I say you are right. You are pushing the man who can win. Yours truly, WM. WHITED.

REPORT OF TWO COUNTY CONTESTS

Winners of Girl’s Poulrty Club and -...» Boys’ Corn Club Contests Tell How They Won. The contest of the Jasper County Boys’ Corn Club and the Girls’ Poultry Club was held last week at the armory, in connection with the poultry show. The county winner in the boys’ com club was Jackson Freeland, of Newton township, who had a score of 88.6. The second one in the county was Arthur Kruger, of Carpenter township, who had a score of 87.8. In the Girls’ Poultry Club the county winner was Pearl Peterson, of Barkley township, who had a score of 96.075. The secohd in the county was Blanche Peterson, with a score of 95.82, while Lucy Van Hook, of Marion township, was a close contestant for second place with a score of 95.8. Freeland and Kruger were winners in their respective townships in the com club, while Pearl Peterson, of Barkley, Zoe Jordan in Carpenter and Lucy Van Hook in Marion were the winners in their respective, townships in the poutlry contest. The county winners in each contest will receive SSO placed on trust, to be given them when they are 21 years old, or when they have entered college. The township prize in each case was $lO. Following is given the composition of Jackson Freeland on how he raised his corn, and of Pearl Peterson, on how she raised her chickens: “How I Raised My Cora.” By Jackson Freeland, Jr., of Newton Township. Soon after joining the Boys’ Com .Club I leased from my father a rectangular plot of ground (which until three years ago had been a feed lot) containing one acre, at $5 per acre. The field was comparatively level, and the soil was sandy loam with clay subsoil. The field—was fairly well drained. Early in the spring I spread three tons of barnyard fertilizer on the poorest places in my field. About the first of April I disked the ground thoroughly to cut up the corn stalks of the preceding year and to help pulverize the soil. On April 20th I plowed the field to a depth of 5 inches, and harrowed it afie same.day in order to break up the clods, and keep in the moisture. On May Bth I disked and harrowed the --nfntr ZO WOFK “lip ■ a gOOxi* SCOII Dtrtl-, Siitl" two days later. it was planted by checking it with the planter. A good commercial fertilizer was applied at the time of planting at the rate of 150 pounds to the acre. Three days after planting, the field was again harrowed to kill the weeds that were sprouting. Fortune favored me by giving me an excellent stand, and protecting it from cutworms. The field was cultivated four times, twice with the cultivator and twice with the gopher, and when the time came for laying it by, I felt pretty well- satisfied with my crop so far. But my troubles were yet to come. Before the corn .was tasseled we began to have almost daily rains, and 1 remember going out to my comlield one morning after the biggest rain of the season and finding at least one-third of it standing in water, but the following days were cool and the tile did their work well. But despite the weather, the com grew', and as'the frost was late in coming the crop matured very well. t As I was in school I had to hire a man to do the harvesting, and when it was completed I felt amply repaid when on measuring the com I found my yield to be 75 bushels from one acre. *= “Setting, Hatching and Rearing My I Chickens” j — 3 . By Pearl Peterson, Barkley Township My chickens are S. C. Brown Leghorns. They are lively little fellows, always scratching except ,at nights. They are as many colors as the rainbow, and just as pretty. 1 got my eggs from W. H. Wortley. One afternoon, Mr. Wortley brought my eggs to town, and left them at A. F. Long’s, the. druggist. We went to town after my eggs the same day. Mr. Wortley had taken a little basket, put straw in the* botI tom, and wrapped every egg in paper, * so not one was broken.

“I SAW.”

Chicago Record Herald. A minister who recently made arc address in; this city on the “Other Side of the Preparedness Program” has received a letter from a writer describing himself as a member of the First Illinois Infantry durihg the Spanish-American war. And the writer says this, among other things: I saw 5,000 men in Springfield, many in citizens’ clothes, without military equipment, without adequate medical assistance or traing in the commissary department. I saw the results of the indifference to Hie needs of a protecting force in Ohickamauga. I saw men die there o? preventable disease. I Aaw the disbursing department go "to pieces for the lack of men who knew how. We need to pay more attention to this sort of evidence and less to mere theorizing. One “I saw” from a good witness is worth a thousand “I hope nots” from even a better one. We must face things as they are; we must shape our national course in accordance with the mountain facts of experience rather than the 9oft illusions of hope and imagination.

Meeting of Choral Club.

The Choral Club will meet tonight is the first meeting for thr£e weeks and a large attendance is desired. Important business.

First Church of Christ.

Sunday school at 9:30, a class for all ages. Morning subject: “The Body of Christ.” Service at 10:45. Evening service at 7:00. You ought to attend church.

You will save dollars by waiting for our big discount sale. Watch for large bills; ROWLES & PARKER.

The next morning I got up, took my eggs and went down to the hogshed. Iclimbed-up on top of it, and made a nest of straw. I built a little roof over it, and laid straw on top, so the” crows would not see the eggs. Every day I would go down several times to see if she was all right. A week be/ore the eggs were to hatch I tested them. One was bad so I cracked it open to see what was the trouble. There was a little chicken, a week old. It had died. I had fourteen eggs left, and all of them hatched. A few days before they hatched," I dusted my old hen with lice powder. I did not have to help my chickens out of the shell. They came out very well. I tied a little string around my chickens’ legs, so I could tell them apart. When they were hatched, I put them in a galvanized coop, which v.as rat tight. I placed this under a goose-berry bush. I went to the bam and got some timothy chaff, which had some seed in it. The old hen scratch in this. I did not feed- them for two days, Then I gave them 'grottrid corn-mcal, sour—milk—and water. I left them locked up for a week before LLumed them out. They went to a sand pile, dusted themselves, and then disappeared into the wheat field. I fed them a gallon of corn-meal. The rest was farm range. I have ten cockerels and four hens. When they were four months old the cockerels weighed 23 pounds, and 8 ounces. The hens weighed 7 pounds, s x k ounces. The chickens are running here and there now. They go to their same home every They scratch just as much as ever. I am going to exhibit one or more of my birds at the show, if any are alive at that time,

John Eger, President. Delos Thompson, Cashier. J. H. Chapman, Viee President. X A. Tilton, Ass’t. Cashier. Cbc State Bank of Rensselaer Report of the condition of the S tate Bank of Rensselaer, a State Bank at Rensselaer, in the State of Indiana, at the close of business Dec. 31, 1915.

RESOURCES. | Loans and discounts .... .$239,747.29 Overdrafts , 1,261.79 U. S. Bonds .... 100.00 I Other bonds and securities 6;106.00 Furniture and fixtures ... 1,000.00 Due from Banks and Trust .Companies ......,. .. .. 54,943.03 Cash on hand ........... 10,464.47 Cash 1 items 2,097.30 Total .$315,719.88

State of Indiana, County of Jasper, ss: * I, John Eger, President of the State Bank of Rensselaer, do solemnly" swear that the above statement is true. i- — 1 : .1.111- «£-—JOHN. EGER.. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 11th day of January, 1916. S. RAY LARUE, -Notary Public. My Commission expires Jan. 7, 1920. Keney to Loan at Cvreat Rate*- Year Patronage Solicited.

ELLIS JHEATRE FRIDAYJAN. 14 C. CARLTON CUT presents MR. LEW SHANK m “THE WHOLE DAMMJAMILY” A farce in three laughing acts CAST (Named in order of their appearance) Hobs Angelface. .Mr. G. Carlton Guy Goldie Silvers Miss Lettie Dorr Mrs. Silvers... .Mias Grace Froman Alba Damm .......Mr. Lester Dorr Ulysses Benjamin Damm (U. B.), Inxa Damm, Baby Damm, Maby Damm The Strang Family The Damm Dog iTip SYNOPSIS ACT, I—Hot. ACT ll—Hotter. ACT lll—Hottest. Time — Now. Place—Any City. Prices 25, 35, 50c.

THE WEATHER. Fair, colder tonight with temperature below zero; Friday fair, continued cold.

Prof. Swindler Writes From Pittsburg University.

The Republican has received the following letter from Prof. J. A. Swindler, who resigned as principal of 4he Rensselaer schools in order to accept a position with the faculty of Pittsburg University: “Please send The Republican to me at the following address: 235 Oakland Ave., Pittsburg, Pa. I have a nice place over here and like it fine. Don’t find the work quite so heavy as it is in Rensselaer. There are 3,200 students and 330 professors in the university. This school is growing very rapidly. A movement is on foot to raise $3,000,000 among the students and alumni. Qvers2,ooo,000 of this has been raised. This will go toward new buildings and to enlarge the present equipment. “Mrs. Swindler has been spending the past week with her parents at Otterbein and will come here in about two weeks. Although we both hesitated to leave Rensselaer and the friends and good people whose acquaintances we had scarcely made, still we hope to have a very pleasant year here." - - ——————-

Presbyterian Church.

Sunday school 9:30. Public worship at 10:45.' Sacrament of the Lord’s Supper, baptism and reception of new members and baptism of children. Evening worship at). 7:00. Good music and • a short sermon by the pastor. If you have no church home we invite you to worship with

J. BUDMAN FLEMING, Pastor.

Not a fire sale, but goods sold at fire sale prices. We will prove it if you will wait for our big bills. ROWLES & PARKER. The genuine discount sale of new, up-to-date goods will be at 1 ROWLES & PARKER’S.

L LIABILITIES. ; Capital in.... 30,000.00 Surplus !/. 27,000.00 j Undivided Profits 2,062.52 Exehangee, Discounts and Interest, less interest and expenses paid 4,118.53 Demand deposits ...... 208,659.82 Time certificates 34,124.70 Savings deposits ... ... 81T78i42 Reserved for taxes ....'. 1,575.89 Total ...: ,1315,719.88

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