Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 January 1917 — Page 1

No. 25.

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THE WEATHERg ' For Indiana—Rain turning to snow tonight followed by fair Thursday; much colder with severe cold wave; northwest gale;;. *■

Better Apply to Charity Board Or May Be Visited By Sheriff.

There are still quite a number of complaints on account o£ milk bottles being missed after they have been delivered by the milkman and before the lady of the house takes them in. A large nuir.lbcr of bottles have been stolen from the home of Mrs. W. L. Frye and the party taking these- has ibeen deteeted and will be turned ewer to the officers of the law’ if the stealing is continued. This kind of business is entirely uncalled, for- in this city. There is an abundance of work and plenty of help for the needy. Big hearted Conrad Kellner has offered to furnish milk free to panties not able to buy. He does not like the idea of having his bottles stolen and would deal pretty severely with anyone found gyilty of taking them. ,

Will Furnish a Room At the New Hospital.

William B. Austin, formerly a resident of this city but now a very prominent citizen of Chicago, has taken the matter up vith Edward P. Honan and has asked that he might have the privilege of furnishing one of the rooms at the hospital. His generous offer has been graciously accepted and one of the rooms will be marked with a suitable tab in honor of this splendid man or the person he may suggest. Nine donors have agreed to furnish rooms and the tablets to go on the doors of - these rooms vill be placed in*a very short time.

NOTICE TO FARMERS. Oo wrf. give up fencnig on account of high prices until you have seen J. H. Tullis, the fence man. I am preparing to give you better service with less expense than has been done here 'before. I am located at Hoopeston, HL, this winter buwill be bjick about March Ist. If you have some work you want done in the spring and would like to know something as to the cost, please write me at above address and I will be glad to give you any information, u>r if necessary, call on you. Yours for buSineSS ’ . J. H. TULLIS, Contractor for all kinds of fencing and the two in one corner concrete post. -The Yesehve list of the Chicago White Sox published Tuesday showed that Ed Walsh will be among .themissing this year on the south side roster. NOTICE A great many people have the er-‘ roneouS impression that if a piano is not played upon it does not get out of tune. Others think that it does not harm a piano to get out of tune. .As a matter of fact, the finest piano in the wbrld will not produce good music, if it is out of tune, and is not in tune unless tuned once a year. , There are pianos right here in Rensselaer that have been neglected so long that 4t is almpst impossible to get them in tune, and it is highly detrimental to the musical development of any one to be guided by in out of tune piano. Out' of 200 pianos I have tuned m Rensselaer and the surrounding country I have found very few pianos ‘-o the pitch they should be at. Trusting this- is timely information to the piano owners, I respectfully solicit your patronage. P. W. HORTON - Phone 24-B.

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GIFFORD DRAINAGE CO.INCORPORATES

Articles of Incorporation of Gifford > Drainage and Improvement Association Filed. » The Gifford Drainage and Improvement Association has filed their articles of incorporation. This company has beaa formed for the protection 01 tne landowners of the section and not as a moneymaking proposition. The articles are as follows: 1. The corporate name of this association shali be “The Giffprd age and improvement Association.” z. me capital stock snail be $40,--OOu, divided into 1,000 shares of $25 each, 6. The object of this corporation shall be for tne deepening, widening aind repair of a certain ditch in Jasper county, known as the Gifford mtch, ana circuit count ditch No. 77, together with the repair of the later--ax drains, which are rnbutaiy to said mtch and discharge their waters therein. The proposed plan of doing business is to contract for and collect distributions of money from landowners and to sell all parties interested and benefited by tne proposed drain, y 4. The principal place of business shall be at Kensseiaer, Indiana. 5. these articles shall, be in force for a period ol ten years. ft. me seal shall be the Gifford Drainage and Improvement Associa- — ——- 7. There shall be a president, vicepresident, secretary and treasurer, -and live directors, who shall serve without pay. Their terms of office snail be tor one year and they shall be elected by tne stockholders of the wno snail be allowed to cast one vote. 8. The directors for the first year shall be, John Eger, Tnomas M. Gallalian, John Manatt, Harry Gifford and b. C. Irwin. 9. This company is not formed for profit but for the protection of tne landowners affected by this ditch ami paKlic property.

Red Men Hold Annual Banquet.

The Improved Order of_ Red Men gave a banquet Monday evening to the members' families and the degree of Pocahontas. “She young ladies’ high school quartette, consisting of Miss Wood, Miss Martindale, Miss Leonard and Miss Littlefield, with Miss Raines at the piano, rendered some very fine selections. Also, the young men’s quartette consisting of Lon Beam, Wm. Waymire, Harry Eger and Mell Haas, with Lon Healy at the piano, was very much enjoyed. Mrs. C. E. Payne gave a reading entitled, “The Lease of a New Life.” The young people of the Degree of Pocahontas gave a play entitled “Rooms to Let,” which all enjoyed. Refreshments were served.

Methodist Church Notes. Rev. Charles W. Postill will lead the prayer meeting Thursday evening beginning at 7:15 o’clock. The interest in the prayer meeting is increasing. This will be—a— helpful meeting.

- I Ice is one of the cold, hard facts of life that we are forever bumping into; and one of the few things in this world that’s what it’s cracked up to be. Ice is' a paradox. Itis used by cold storage men to make it hot for the public; .and it would be a cold day for them if they didn’t have it. Ice, was invented by Divine Providence .to keep our rivers and lakes from freezing to death. During the •summer it comes in chunks and goes in a hurry. ‘lt is what housewives and saloonkeepers depend on in July and fall on in January. Ice is found in the stare of boxoffice clerks and on the shoulders of society leaders. , Married women stand on it in their bare feet just before they go to bed. It is used by Americans to cool their cocktails and by polar bears to cool their own tails. Ice rides around in big wagons and has a good time; and when it gets tired of life it melts and runs away.

NOTICE. All persons are warned not to trespass upon the lands of J> J. JMwlei* in Jasper and. counties without written permission. Obey this warning and ovoid prosecution. James Walter, Manager - Lawler Ranches. Dr. C. E. Johnson Resumes Practice. Having completed my service with the guardsmen on the border, I will begin the practice of medicine at once. Phone, day and night 211. ~~ SOCIAL. .. At the schobl house at Fafr Oaks, Feb. 3, 1917; ice cream, cake and oysters. Benefit of library. Abundance of Money. I can loan you all the money you want on that farm. My rate la 5 per cent and my limit is SIOO per acre.— P. D. Wells, Morocco, Indiana. We are having a wonderful sale on cream separators. Let us show you What we have.—Kellner & Callahan.

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RENSSELAER, INDIANA, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 31, 1917.

Old Soldiers Visit B. L. Sayler on Birthday.

The following article was taken from the Marion, Ohio Tribune. Mr, Sayler was formerly of this city and a short time ago went to Marion to make his home with Mr. and Mrs. F. E. Sackett. Mr. Sayier had several interesting war experiences and enjoyed the day immensely with the other veterans: “In celebration of the seventieth bjrthday anniversary of B. L. Sayler, a veteran of the civil war, Mr. and Mrs. F. E. Sackett, of No. 1429- East Center street, with- whom Mr. Sayler makes his home, entertained a number of members of Cooper Post G. A. R. Mr. and Mrs. Sackett are son and daughter of civil war veterans and they took great pleasure in making the day delightful in every way for Mr. Sayler and his veteran friends. “Mr. Sayler, who has been seriously ill with grip, was able to sit up in a comfortable Morris chair to receive the congratulations of his friends and enjoy the pastimes of the day. “One of the most delightful surprises of the day for Mr. Sayler was the presentation to him of a gold handled cane on which was the inscription: ‘Presented by Cooper Post No. 117 G. A. R. to B. L.- Sayler, Co. K, 48th Indiana V. I. Age 70 years. January 23, 1917.’ “Colonel George B. Christian made the presentation in behalf of the Post and Comrade J. F. Parlette accepted the gift in behalf of Mr. Sayler. “The guests found places at beautifully and appropriately decorated tables and an elaborate repast was served. “Comrade Sayler had an interesting war experience. He served first in the western army, was wounded at Savannah, Ga., on the march with Sherman to the sea. He also participated in the final grand review at Washington. “Reminiscences of the veteran soldiers were an interesting feature of the day. The drum corps was present and furnished lively music.”

Grandmother’s Pancakes Eaten Hastily—Five Dead.

Kankakee, 111., Jan. 30.—A meal of pancakes, hurriedly made and as hurriedly eaten yesterday morning, caused the death of five members of the Meints family on a farm between Ashkum and Danforth, 15 miles south of here. The pancakes were made by Mrs. Or K. Meirits, mother of four of the • victims and grandmother of the fifth. 'Mrs, Meints is believed to have mixed the contents of a sack containing an atsenical preparation used by her husband in taxidermy with a prepared pancake flour, thinking the powder was flour. - The dead are: Fred, 28 years old; Theodore, 26 years old; Irvin, 21 years old; Mino, 24 years old, and Clarence Meints, the grandson, 7 vears old. The fatal meal was eaten yester v day morning and by noon Fred was dead. Mino died at dawn today, the last of the five deaths. 0. E. Meints, the father, was somewhat ill and so did not eat any of the pancakes. Mrs. Meints tasted the pancakes after her sons had finished their breakfast and, noticing a peculiar flavor, ate none.

GRAIN MARKET.

Jan. 31.—'Market steady. Corn 94c, oats 53c, wheat $1.75, rye sl-25. We can save you a nice bunch of money if you will buy your farm implements, before March Ist. . Come in and let us tell you about this. —KelL ner & Callahan. Milton Roth has so far recovered that the street has been opened to the public. This has been closed for quite a little while, as the noise was very annoying to him. Milton was up for a little while yesterday and seems to be on the road to complete recovery.

Help Help Make Indiana Dry Go to Indianapolis Tonight or Tomorrow Rally with the dry forces of the state Wright bill will come up in the senate Delegations are going from all over • . ' ■ - , ■ a . ■■ . ■ : ' -■ ■ - Telegrams have been received urging attendance from Jasper county Will You Go? If you cannot go telegraph Senator Kinder urging him to vote for the DRY BILL

Bass Lake to Be Dragged For Stolen Automobiles.

Davy Jone’s garage art the bottom of Bass Lake, Starke county, Indiana, into which, it is believed, scores of stolen automobiles were hurlec from the heights of an overhanging cliff by automobile thieves who Teared capture, is to be dragged in an effort to salvage the looked cars, according to plans made by automobile insurance adjusters. It was declared that the wrecked automobiles, smashed, rusting and felling to pieces, if dragged to light, would uncover a series of thefts and insurance frauds amounting to half a million dollars.

Intolerance.

Chicago, 111., Jan. 29.—The current life in Chicago is being diverted in new directions, and the heart of the big eity is . being broadened through the effects of a play which has taken a firm and lasting grip upon the whole community. D. W. Griffith’s colossal spectacle, “Intolerance,” at the Colonial theatre, has proved to be more than massive entertainment for the popualce. It is a powerful lever for lifting the level of humanity. Already a number of sensational events in Chicago’s daily life have occurred which have roused the interest of the nation, and which are traceable in one way or another to the tremendous story of mankind through the ages, unwound in Griffith’s “Intolerance.” The latest sensation is the case of Marjorie Delbridge, better known as “(Mammy’s baby.” This girl, born of white parents, was raised from infancy by a southern negro ‘mammy.” Despite the love that existed between the white child and her mammy, certain public officials stepped in and insisted that the girl be removed from the home of the negro woman.

Half Chicago was in turmoil over the merits of the ease, a great many of both northern and southern birth taking up the cause of “Mammy.’’ It was then that a woman Good Samaritan came to attempt to solve the problem and renew happiness both for Marojrie and her doting “mammy.” She was Mrs. Louis Brock, whd took Marjorie .nto her home with the understanding that the child shou 1 d have the privileges S seeing her “mammy” every day. The effects of “Intolerance” on modern society are no more pronounced than its successful appeal to the great amusement-seekin-p' public in a radius of hundreds of miles of Chicago. Adv.

Tuesday in the Legislature.

<■ ■ Senate. Constitutional convention bill goes to engrossment after lively debate, and supporters of measure predict it will pass today. Petitions of 175,000 men and women of Indiana favoring state-wide prohibition presented. Wright prohibition bill reaches senate and is referred to committee on public rights and franchises. Sixteen bills introduced. House. Three bills passed, including one for absent voters, and another to prohibit parking of automobiles around the Soldiers’ and Sailors’ monument. Two -bills carrying minor amendments of banking laws defeated.

City Democrats Hold Meeting.

There was a goodly number of faithful democrats at the meeting held Tuesday evening in, the west court room. The following excellent fellows were asked to make the race on the democratic ticket for the several offices: (Mayor, Edd J. Randle. Clerk, Donald Beam. Treasurer, Carl Duvall. Councilmen-at-large, Edward Lane and Nathaniel Scott. Councilman Ist ward, C. W. -Eger. Councilman 2nd ward, William Hoover. ' . ~ , Councilman 3rd >vard, James Snedekcr. The Republican is not advised if the above have consented to the use of their name.s Mr. Randle, when informed ofthe fact this afternoon that he had been selected for the chief place on the ticket, announced that he would not accept the position, hence the crats will have to name another man at the primaries in March. Don Beam will not file as a candidate for the democratic nomination for city clerk. Mr. Beam would be unable to take care of the office if elected on account of his other duties.

GREAT REJOICING BY RHEUMimC CRIPPLES If S« Crlypled You Can’t Uoe Armo or Legs Rheuma Will Help You or Nothin* to Pay. If you want relief in two days, swift, certain, gratifying relief, take onehalf teaspoonful of Rheuma once a day. If you want to dissolve every particle of’ uric acid poison in your body and drive it out through the natural channels so that you wiU be free'from rheumatism, get a 50-cent bottle of Rheuma from your druggist today. — Rheumatism is a powerful disease strongly entrenched in Joints and muscles In order' to conquer it a powerful enemy must be sent against it. 6 Rheuma is the enemy of rheumatism—an enemy that conquers it every tims- v Judge John Barhorst of Ft. Loramle, Ohio, knows it. He wah walking with I crutcnes:- today he It should I do as mueh for you; it seldom faila I Rheuma is sold with a guarantee bB. F. Fendig.

RESER THREATENS TO QUIT SENATE

Pressure Due to Fight For Prohibition Causes Unusual Situation; Liquor., Foes Confident. T ” ■' ‘ ■Senator Alva 0. Reser, representing Tippecanoe and Benton counties, created vast astonishment Tuesday evening in the general assembly, when he offered to resign from the senate on certain conditions. In a telephone message, Senator Reser requested that the information be conveyed to the advocates of prohibition.that he would reSig nat once if the temperance element of the district would assume the responsibility and guarantee expense of a special election to choose his successor. At the time the proposition was made, Senator Reser was under the impression that the action on the state-wide prohibition measure would be delayed until later in the session and th at —there would besufftcient time to elect his successor. Later in the evening, however, it became evident that the matter will come to a vote this week and Reser stated that he would not resign, but on the contrary will retain his seat and vote his sentiments. iMr. Reser has not attempted to conceal his attitude on the question of. state-wide prohibition, andwhile he has been polled as being wet, it «s stated by temperance workers! that he has not told them that he would vote for the bill, neither has he told them he would vote against it. The hill to make Indiana dry reached the upper house of the state legislature Tuesday after the senate had sustained the McGonagle measure calling for a constitutional convention to be held in January, 1918, by a vote of 35 to 12. The Wright bill was handed down just prior to the adjournment of the senate for the day and was erferred without comment to the committee on rights and franchises. This committee met in the evening and Senator Robinson announced that there would be no delay in bringing the bill into the senate for the admittedly biggest incident of the session, the fight to prohibit the manufacture, sale or distribution of alcoholic beverages.

Old Men Had Fight At Monon Tuesday Evening.

It is reported that a pretty bad fight occurred at Monon Tuesday evening about 8 o’clock in front of the Long drug store at that place. One of the parties is reported to have been Frank Wagoner, a man of about 60 years of age. The name of the other man, who was about the same age, was not reported to us. One party was cut very badly about the face and on the arm but this party was able to overcome his assailant and it is reported that he gave him a very severe drubbing. They were taken before a justice of the peace and eadh fined in the sum of $25 and costs.

Presbyterian Church. The weekly round table and prayer service will be held at .Jie Manse Thursday evening at 7:30, subject. /‘Rules for Christian Workers," Texts Rom. 6:11; Rdrm 6-13; 1 Pet. 4;1; 1 John 5:21; Jude 20; Jude 21; Heb. 10:25. ; First Christian Church. Tuesday—The Camb Fire Girls will meet at the home of Canie Retherford Tuesday evening at 7. Thursday--Junior Aid will meet at the-home of Chas. Grow. Miss Bertha Kepner will assist.

We have been able to procure a limited shipment of the —' ' ■ - l 7“: 7 Famous House Dresses — ; - j —— Good Styles, Well Made, Guaranteed Not to Shrink Price $2,00 When these have been exhausted there will be no more this season * FENDIG'S FAIR

TODAY AT THE Star Theatre ——• I BILLIE BURKE IN “GLORIA’S ROMANCE” and Marguerite Clark in Seven Sisters THURSDAY. George Ade’s Famous Play “THE SLIM PRINCESS” With Ruth Stonehouse and Francis ■ X. Bushman. Matinee Daily.

Indiana Potato Crop Showa An Alarming Shortage.

If the potatoes are the poor man’s staff of life, as is often asserted, the masses of the people of the United States are in a more or less bad fix, according to the department of agriculture, for the supply of apuds in the country is away below normal for this time of year. . Supplies of potatoes on hand m nineteen important northern potato growing states, including Indiana, are estimated to be about 44 per cent lees than a year ago, 65 per cent less than two years ago and 54 per cent less than the average holdings of the past five years. Indiana, a state that usually grows a large crop of potatoes, had on hand Jan. 1 last, 652,000 bushels, of which only 98,000 bushels were in the hands of dealers.

Baptist Church. Thursday evening at 7, prayer meeting followed by regular business meeting. Scripture lesson, John 3: 5-17. . . Sunday services as follows: Sunday school at 9130 wm. Morning worship ami sermon at 10:45. James school house, S. S. at 2; preaching at-3. ----- -.- ■ Evening, union services in the Christian church, Rev. J. B. Fleming delivering sermon, at 7:30 p. m.

'Dennis Gleason and son left this afternoon for their home at Liberty. Ind. They have purchased a car of .horses which will go forward tonight. The car will consist of fourteen head of horses and three mules. The prices paid for these ranged from SIOO.OO to $210.00. YOUR CHILD’S WORST ENEMY A cold in the head cause* the mucous surface of the nose and throat to become inflamed and diseased. Mucus forms over this affected surface which it neglected causes chronic throat trouble, catarrh, adenoids and often deafness. Colds and catarrhal conditions are often the forerunners of adenoids. Gfando Gargle cleanses the mucous surface, relieves the cold and saves the child. Price 50 cents. For sale by B. F. Fendig.

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