Evening Republican, Volume 59, Number 71, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 March 1917 — Lazy Husband Act Now In Force—Better Watch Out. [ARTICLE]

Lazy Husband Act Now In Force—Better Watch Out.

The lazy husband law, which carries with it a fine and sentence at the state penal farm upon conviction, is still in force and many of our exchanges show that it is being adhered to pretty vigorously by other towns. This act was passed in 1915. The extreme penalty is SSOO fine and six months’ imprisonment. ’‘Any man having under his care a wife or minor children, or both, and failing to pnvide food, shelter, clothing and medical attention for them is subject to the consequences. An offender may be fined and his jail sentense suspended for two years, but after a step from the straight and narrotv path he can be put back to work on the streets or roads of the county and his earnings turned over to his dependents. There should be no excuse for anyone in Rensselaer having the authority of this law exercised upon him, for at the present time thei£ is more work than at any other time in the year and -everyone who tries can get work of some kind. Spring cleaning is here and many are unable to get help. Anyone failing to provide for his family when there is so much work should receive the benefit of this law as a lesson to some with whom work is a stranger.

Glenn Ade, of Indianapolis, stopped in Rensselaer Saturday evening and paid a short visit to C. Arthur Tuteur. Mr. Ade with two other gentlemen was driving through three big trucks from Racine, Wis., to Indianapolis. Mr. Ade is an agent’ for the Corliss Motor Truck Co., and has the states of Kentucky, Ohio and Indiana as his territory. D. D. Dean, who is a very worthy rival of Woodhull Spitler, officiated at the marriage of the following couple at the court house Saturday afternoon. The bridegroom was Glen Oden Oberly, bom in Indiana, Jan. 31, 1889, occupation railroad section hand. Father Chase Oberly and mother Savana Johns Oibcrly. The bride was Olive Corrall Line. She was born in Kentucky April 4, 1900, and was therefore not of sufficient age. Consent of parents was given. Her occupation was housekeeper. Father David Line and mother Emma French Line.