Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 305, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 December 1916 — Page 1

No. 505.

PTHE P RINCESO • FF V ! l TONIGHT BETTY MANSON S ■ IN ‘The Seng of Fate' 1 (6-Reel Fox Feature. 5 and , 10c •

Delicious home made candy, for young and old and everybody. The best for the big candy day. At the Pallas Confectionery. TRAVELING BAGS ; SELECTED FROM A BLAND NEW lot just received, will be a pleasing ;Xmas gift.—Hilliard & Hamill. turkey dinner. Eat Turkey at the Makeever House Sunday, December 24, 1916. Turkey (with many other good things will be served. notice. TO THOSE OFOUR CUSTOMERS for whom we are holding gift purchases, if notified, we will. endeavor £ deliver all of such. This service is entirely FREE. UT n HILLIARD & HAMILL.

SUGGESTIONS FOR XMAS Morse’s Chocolates in fancy boxes. Pipes, Humidors of Tobacco Boxes of Cigars. COLLEGE INN Davidson & Waymire

WHAT WILL SANTA BRING TO YOUR CHILDREN? 'T* > Do you know where to buy your candy, the kind that the children like? at the 1 - ; ! ; -w ■ Pallas Confectionery

Fop H^l.. h Jau „ tlThe City of Rensselaer Ter Day ts??i Saturday, ** *•—*» - ‘ *** ~ % Look For The Young Ladies In Charge

The Evening Republican.

Various Organizations Planning For Christmas Entertainments.

The various religious and social organizations are, planning for entertainments of different kinds during the coming week, which will end on next New Year’s eye. •The churches of the city will hold their entertainment starting tomorrow morning and ending in the evening with the, Christmas entertainments. Monday, Christmas day, will be a day of rest and the majority of the business . houses will be closed. The Catholic church will hold religious services throughout Ohristjnas day. On Tuesday evening there will be a dttace given at the armory 'by the Van Rensselaer Club. McKelvet’s orchestra of Chicago will furnish the music. A great many college students and other visitors will be in the city on this evening and the dance is expected to be the most pleasant social function of the entire season.

On Wednesday evening the Moose lodge, which is Rensselaer’s newest order and which is coming rapidly to the front, will serve a feast at their hall, l Other lodges of the city are expected to have some sort of functions during the week and several parties will be given on New"-Year’s eve, among them, the Van Rensselaer Club smoke n. ,>A Chicago entertainer will be on hand, for this. No doubt a dance will be given, at the armory on this evening also. Taking It all in all, it looks as if the next few days would be busy ones in social and religious ways.

Our Soldier Roys Will Not Be Home For Christmas.

December 21, 1916. Mr. C. G. Spitler, Rensselaer, Ind. Dear Mr. Spitler: Immediately on receipt of your telegram I went to the office of the Secretary of War and urgently requested that he grant ten days' furlough to the Third Indiana Infantry. The Secretary stated that he was not in position to act favorably in the matter. I It is a matter of much personal regret to me, that he tools this attitude, for it would have added greatly to the Christinas cheer, if the and men could have been in their homes on Christmas day. Very truly yours, JAMES E. WATSON.

More Reports On the Election Held Saturday.

Not hll the reports of the township trustees are in as yet on the results of the election of roatf supervisors held last Saturday. These reports were supposed to be filed three days after the election. Reports not published heretofore follow: , _ Hanging Grove: No. 1 Robert Jordan; No. 2 A. N. Bailey, holdover, no election; No. 3 George Johnson, No. 4 H. W. Smith. , XT Barkley: No. 2 Ralph Johnson; No. 3 August Goepp; No. 4 George LamGfllam: No. 1 Stephen Salrin; No. 2 C. E. Weiss; No. 3 J. W. Marion; No. 4 Wm. Goldsberry. Walker: No. 1 John Hammerton, No. 2 Zaok Kerj|s; No. 3 Mark Ott; No. 4 Wm. Stalbailm. Union, Jordan and Wheatfield have not reported.

The members of the Republican Central Committee of the City of Rensselaer are hereby notified to meet on Tuesday, January 2, 1917, at 8 o’clock p. m., in the circuit court room in the court house In said W, for the purpose of organizing said committee for the coming city election to be held in f November, 1917, by electing a chairman, secretary and treasurer and for the transaction of such other business as may come before said committee. Charles G. Spitler, Chairman. D. Delos Dean, Secretary.

BELTS—WITH STERLING SILVER PLATED BUCKLES, WALrus strap, sl-50, will simply delight "Him.* Only at Hilliard & Hamill s. Everybody goes to the Pallas for go«| things to eat and Irifak. GLOVES FOR "HIM” kxm AS WERtf NEVER SHOWN in Rensselaer before, 75c to $3.50.

REPUBLICAN CALL.

What Does Christmas Mean to You?

We have in this ooynty of ours, several very important holidays. Among them is New Years, Easter, Decoration Day, Fourth of July, Labor Day and Christmas. On each of these days we refrain from labor. Our banks and business houses close and we attach to each a certain amount of reverence. Why have our lawmakers, both state and national, made these days legal holidays? Is it that in this busy, hustling world we have geared ourselves so high that we must have these fextra days of rest? Or are they for the purpose of calling our attention away from the bread and body to the spirit and the soul? There must be a reason of considerable importance that the wheels of industry should pause, that the millions should hold sacred a day and give to its hours meditation upon a certain ideal.

The most sacred of all holiday? is the 25th of December, and wc call it Christmas. It commemorates the greatest event of all time, the birth of Jesus Christ.

Nineteen hundred and seventeen years ago there came to this world a character so sublime that He is steadily, winning the world to Himself. Some day eveYy knee will bow and every, tongue will confess His name. This will be true primarily because of his divinity, because the great God has so willed it. But it will also be true because of the teachings of the great Apostle. Wherever His book has been opened there has come those things we hold nearest and dearest.

Christianity is the herald of civilization and progress. Its teachings are nowhere in conflict with liberty and advancement. It advocates clean living, happy homes and fidelity to the inspiration Of every noble impulse. It is true that many wrongs have been committed in the name of Christianity*'but all such acts have been done, out of harmony with and

Today Is Tag Day? Have You Been Tagged?

Young ladjes are on the streets of Rensselaer today with Monnett pennants and canes which they are using as tags. Anyone giving some toward the fund of $60,000 which is to be raised, receives a Monnett pennant. The work of raising the $50,000 is increasing daily- Little attempt has been made as yet to raise money in Rensselaer and the immediate Vicinity, much of the past time having been confined tQ raising money from more distant points. The campaign in Rensselaer really started today. The people in charge of raisnig this hund have their headquarters the first door east of the Princess Theatre. There is no doubt but'that this institution is wanted by the citizens of Rensselaer, This effort to establish the institution, the only one of its kipd, is creating interest throughout the state, It is probable that a great amount of money will be raised during the holiday week? as practically all of the churches of the state arte expected to give something toward tho building of the school. Plans are feeing made for a whirlwind campaign to start immediately, after the holidays.

JAPANESE CREPE SHIRTS A XMAS PRESENT THAT WILL delight "him/*—-Hilliard & Hamill. European, War Summary. Biitish troops capture Egyptian town of El Arish, held by Turks for two yeare.\ Russian .troops which offered resistance to Germans in Dobrudja, defeated and forced to retreat further to north, Germans admit loss of U-45 and Paris reports French destroyers sank U-46. One neutral and one allied merchant ship destroyed. GIRLS, DON’T FORGET —WE’RE “HIS” HABERDASHER — and have the unusual things “HE” lfiqes. Help you select something to please.—Hilliard Hamill.

INDIANA. SATURDAY, DEC 23, 1916.

in direct conflict to the teachings of the man from Galile. It is beautiful that Christmas comes at the close of the year, because in it we reoelebrate all that is great and good in every other holiday. New Years so soon to follow and so far with its new resolutions and high resolves is remembered in just so far as we have been faithful in living up to the standard we had placed before ourselves. Our Christmas will furnish us the inspiration for the New Year’s Resolutions. Easter, representing as it does the resurrection, is very closely associated with Christmas. 5 It is the second birth of the Master.

~The celebration of the signing of the Declaration of Independence the fourth of each July, is but the emphasizing of an inborn love for freedom as taught by the Great Teacher. It is Christian patriotism that decorates with tears, flowers, love and devotion the graves of those noble heroes who gave their lives for the great principle that every soul, whether white or black, is precious in the eyes of the Almighty.

Labor Day is distinctly Christian and we pause on that day to pay just tribute to the Nobility of Labor. We have asked: “What does Christmas mean to you?” We would have it mean to you all that is pure, ‘grand and noble. The time when the noblest impulses will become a part of your very living. We would have the Christmas cheer lift you above the mean and low into the high and noble. We would have it make you happy but not contented. We would have you realise that no matter what station you may occupy in life you can be happy and useful if you will serve your fellowman. When we forget church and creed and act with Aill love of our Maker and our fellowman, then we will 'be able to celebrate Christmas to the approval of Him and the betterment of mankind.

Rensselaer Odd Fellows Entertain Visitors.

Iroquois Lodge No. 143, of Rensselaer, conferred the first degree upon the following candidates from Mt. Ayr: Hugh Yeoman, A. H. Dearduff, Frank Burns, O. E. Shellenburger, W. J. Little and Lloyd Hopkins. The following members of the Remington lodge were present: Charles W. Harner, W. C. Halliday, C. E. Gray and J. P. Lucas. After the degrees were conferred, an elegant oyster supper was served, and as is the habit of Odd Fellows, everybody enjoyed themselves

WILL BE ACCEPTABLE TO THE most particular young man—-es-pecially those as shown Ly Hilliard & Hamill,

Report Shows Winter Wheat Below Average.

American farmers, foreseeing a continued heavy demand upon them from the warring nations for wheat, planted an acreage of -that grain this fall second in point of size in the nation’s history, but poor weather conditions sent the crop into winter dormacy two per cent below the condition of last December and almost 5 per cent below the ten year average, - The fall plantings of winter wheat are reported to be 2.3 per cent greater than in the autumn of 1915, according to reports compiled in the bureau of agriculture at Washington. The low condition is almost uniformly ascribed to the lateness of planting wheat, which has prevented wheat from attaining its usual growth at this time and in some instances late seedings have not germinated,

BATH ROBES, HOUSE COATS THAT ARE DIFFERENT AND Superior, will be pleasing to “HIM” on XMAS MORNING and for years to come. $5 to slo.—Hilliard*. & Hamill. . , ’Don’t buy your candy before you visit our . home made line. Pallas.

A KNITTED MUFFLER

Big Car Plant Shuts Down at Hammond.

With no relief in sight and a shortage of coal, the largest car building plant in northern Indiana closed down Friday. The Calumet region is at the mercy of below zero weather, and threatened water famine and idleness, which have already thrown a blight on the Christmas 0f’1916. The Standard Steel Car Company’s plant at Hammond Friday laid off its force of 2,500 men and closed down temporarily until sufficient coal can be secured to resume operation. Officials hope to reopen after Christmas. Unless the city of Hammond is able to get coal some place before noon today the fire in the boilers which furnish the power to pump water from nearby towns will expire, leaving the machinery idle and people in suffering. The city of Hammond has a conits coal supply for the pumping station and it is said there are several cars of coal lying in the yards which can not be delivered owing to an embargo placed by eastern roads going west of the-Illinois line. There are said to be great mountains of coal in various parts of the Calumet region which the railroads have stored for their uses and carloads are standing on the sidetracks, while Chicago dealers recomtign them again and again. The cities of Gary, East Chicago and Whiting are badly affected. The Standard Oil Company’s plant at Whiting has been compelled to shift many of its boilers over to burning crude oil.

Wilson Note Causes Much Bitterness In England

It seems that President Wilson in his peace note to the warring nations of Europe overstepped himself and as a consequence the relations tit this country with the belligerents of Europe is even more tense and if the United States was ever close to war with the European nations it is a cinch that the situation has not been relieved any since Wilson’s note was sent urging peace among the 'belligerents. A bulletin from London of the 21st has the following to say:

“The more England digests President Wilson’s peace note, the more bitter yt steels.” That was the conclusion tb be drawn from newspaper editorials in - the afternoon, which went even farther than those of the morning editions in the denunciations of the American executive’s moves. The afternoon press was a unit in its resentfulness. This bitterness particularly manifested itself against President Wilson’s assertion that the objectives for which all belligerents were striving are virtually the same. “It is a singular idea,” the Evening Post declared, “that a man of President Wilson’s persipacity can labor under the delusion that any move toward peace would be welcomed by the allies. The whole facts of the situation should warn him that intervention is not desired.”

THE BEAUTIFUL WREATH IN Hilliard & Hamill’s window is attracting considerable attention, being the largest ever displayed in Rensselaer.

We all wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy, Prosperous New Year. The G. E. Murray Go. ' ■f

MERRY CHRISTMAS.

We extend to the readers of The Republican Christmas Greeting. We will not issue a daily edition Monday. The regular Tuesday’s issue will be printed today. This is done that we may enjoy with you a Happy Christmas.

Methodist Church Notes.

The Sunday school will meet at the usual hour, 9:30 a. rn. The treat will be given the school at this time. At 10:45 the morning worship with a Christmas sermon by the pastor. The theme will be “Emmanuel.” Special music by the choir. The Epworth League will hold a brief devotional meeting at 6. At 7 the Christmas program will be given, in which children and adults will participate. " 1 Sunday Morning Music. Freludial Recitalfa) Magnificat—My Soul Doth Magnify the Lord— Ferris Tozer. (b) Noel (transcribed), Adam. Christmas Anthem with Harry Rowe Shelley, Soprano Solo, Mrs. John Dunlap and Choir. Offertory—The Holy Night, D. Buck. Postlude—Shout the Glad Tidings, Ashford. & Sunday Evening Music. Marche—“Holy, Holy, Lord God Almighty,” Meachem. Soprano Solo—Lura Hal leek. Offertory—Christmas Musette, Mailing. Solo—Mrs. E. J. Randle. Postlude—March in G, H. Smart.

A SILK UMBRELLA

WILL BE APPROPRIATE FOR “him” Xmas morn. The kind "he” likes are to be had at Hilliayd & Hamill’e.

REISER CRAVATS

“HE” WILL BE DELIGHTED WITH one of them, straight from sth Ave. Cost $1.50 and worth before in Rensselaer.—Hilliard & Hamill.

WEATHER. ;** The coldest point to which the mercury dropped last night was five above zero, which was sixteen degrees warmer than the previous night. The maximum temperature Was 12 degrees above.

XMAS GIFTS FOR “HIM” —EVERYTHING THAT IS USUAL —much that is unusual 'in shirts, neckwear, mufflers, silk umbrellas, gloves, jewelry, packed in beautiful gift boxes. —Hilliard & Hamill. All Moose Invited to Feast. On Wednesday evening a feast will be spread at the banquet hall of the Moose lodge. If you are a Moose, break loose from everything else and be there. INITIAL HANDKERCHIEFS PACKED 3 AND 6 IN A BOX—beautifully embroidered, 75c to $1.50 per box.— Hilliard & Hamill. Don’t fail to buy your candy here, because you know what you are buying. Pallas Confectionery.

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