Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 257, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 November 1917 — Page 1

No. 257.

Brother Clark Was Not Prepared to Preach.

The following is an excerpt from a . letter received here from Leslie Clark, who is at the present time i Mississippi on business, which may prove of interest: “Last night Mr. Farrington and I went to a negro church. It was the end of the preacher’s year and they were trying to raise the money to pay hi&-salary.g'iTeyseemed to have divided the territory and have given different members the job of raising so much from his territory. When his name was called the choir would sing ten minutes for him and his friends would come forward and drop their contributions into the hat and at the end of the ten minutes the next would take his place. The contributions were liberal. I gave one of them a dollar and it was announced from the front that Bro. Clark, a white gentleman from the north, was the contributor. They wanted me to address the congregation, but I excused myself and referred them to Bro. Farrington. He told them h< wasn’t prepared to talk then but would address them at prayer meeting Wednesday evening. He knew he would be home by that time, but they did not. The negroes were all dressed up and looked very nice. They are not at all bad looking when they are fixed up. Their singing was very nice, and beats the Methodist choir at home all to smash. I left before the meeting was over.”

WOOD FOR. SALE. We have a large amount of good dry pole ,wood in the timber that we would be pleased to dispose of at very reasonable price. This is a chance to get some wood cheap. —James Walter, Manager Lawler Ranches. Phone 837, Rensselaer. The Pon Pon Chrysanthemums are all the go. You ought to see them. Step in at the green house.—John H. Holden.

EYE RESPONSIBILITY We Realize the Responsibility Laid on Us. We realize that the wrong Glasses might ruin your eyes, .while the. right Glasses will strengthen and improve. Realizing these things, could we afford to be careless and inaccurate? We Pride Ourselves On Our Care and Accuracy. We are fully equipped to examine all Eyes and to correct their defects. CLARE JESSEN OPTICIAN With Jessen the Jeweler. Phene UL -

First National Bank Safety Deposit Boxes - - ■ ; t. _ ’ ’ ’ s . ' You are invited to come in and inspect our new banking room, have provided a number of Safety Deposit Boxes in our fire and burglar proof vault. These boxes are strictly private and can dotbe opened without the of the key carried by the owner. We have them in a number of sTzes and the yearly rental is from $1.50 to $5.00. „ . ~ . . J<” This makes a splendid depository for your Liberty Bonds ano other valuables. - FIRST NATIONAL BANK _ »_ ~..—1-. • -■> ..., '■ y? - fi—-- — ---> T'S'jJ ~ 7 ~. --- —*r "—V.. . *

The Evening Republican.

Fat Hog Brings $105; Can You Beat It?

Floyd Robinson, who lives on the S. S. Shedd farm on the Pleasant Ridge road, sold a fat hog today to John Zimmer, the shipper, for $lO5. The hog weighed 740 and after docking her 40 pounds Mr. Zimmer wrote Robinson a check for $lO5. We believe this is the largest price ever jiaid for a fat hog by any shipper in this county. By the .wgy, Robinson is not only a successful hog man, but he is one of the very best farmers in this county and one who has made a decided success. In his farming he remembers Benjamin Franklin’s adage, “He who by the plow would thrive, must either hold or drive.”

Bummer Still After the Dutch.

October 25, 1917, Dear Father and Mother: I am well and hope you are the same. I am at a “poste” tonight. The French secured a big' victory Wednesday and as a result are wearing a big smile today. They captured 8,000 Germans, 60 cannons, etc. It is still rainy and cold. We may be changed to Ford cars, if we are sent to the mountains. General Pershing was Tn the second line trenches when the Wednesday battle was going on, watching the proceedings. Sam iS going into the. aviation corps. Answer soon. With lo*e, r VERNE.

We are grinding extra good, dry grain buckwheat, which is making a fine flour. Also have pancake flour and self-raising buckwheat flour. Economize on wheat by using them. Call your grocer who has it or phone 456.—-Iroquois Roller Mills.

Please Call and Settle.

Owing to the unfavorable crop conditions, I have carried ■ a good many accounts for the past three years, but they must be settled this fall. All persons who know themselves indebted to me are requested to call and settle by cash or note. Respectfully, I. M. WASHBURN.

THE COMMUNITY AUTOMOBILE SUPPLY CO. of Rensselaer, Indiana, will be open Wednesday, Nov. 14, 1917, under the management of Isaac Glazebrook, of Rensselaer,. Indi, who will be pleased to serve you. The life of this company depends upon your patronage. It will endeavor to s6rve you for a small profit. Gasoline will be sold to you for ONE CENT A GALLON PROFIT, and we will sell it to you for what it now costs us, if we are successful in making satisfactory arrangements. Help us to make a bigger and a better trading place of Rensselaer. Remember the place, one door west of The Harris Creamery. „ / • in-noed of a set of sale bills, the Republican will print them for you.

TO THE PUBLIC.

RENSSELAER. INDIANA. WEDNESDAY. NOV. 14, 1917

WAR SUMMARY.

The battle of the Piave, which it i* predicted will go down in history aa the moat gigantic conflict of mankind, continues on the Italian front. On the whole main front the opposing armiea are battering each other’a poaitiona along the river. In the fighting thua far, which ia conaiderejd merely preliminary to the real test of strength, the Austro-German armies are desperately trying to break through theltalian lines from the Trentino to outflank the main defenses, but Rome declares all atttemps repulsed. Berlin announces the capture of Fnnzaao * and Mont Longara and the storming of the Leone work on the Col di Campo. Between the Gismon and upper Piave Valleys the Italians are straightening their line to connect the Piave and Trentino fronts. The reorganized Italians are strongly intrenched behind the- main course of the river and are fighting a strenuous defensive battle. On the western front London reports a successful raid by Belgian troops southeast of Nieuport in which a number of Germans were killed and several captured. The repulse of a German attack on British positions northeast of Armentieres is also reported. In the Champagne and at seceral points in the Argonne Paris reports lively artillery action, as well as the repulse of German raids west and east of Rheims.

High School May Give Military Instruction.

A law passed by the last Indiana legislature provided for military instruction to be given in the publ : c schools. J. M. Sauser, who has so efficiently Instructed the local military company, has offered his services to Superintendant Dean and a meeting is called for next Monday night. All high school boys who wish to take this work are requested to attend this meeting. The physical development to be derived from this training will be of great value to every student who' will give it the proper effort.

New Cases Filed.

No. 8858. The Citizens State Bank of Carmel. Ind., vs Anna J. Magel et al. Action in foreclosure. No. 8859. Anna M. Millman vs Estate of John A. Millman, deceased; action on disallowed claim. Demand $561.15. No. 8860. Francis jM. Walter vs B. D. McColly; demand $562.22. Plaintiff alleges that the above named sum is due him from the estate of Thomas and Angeline Walter, deceased; that real estate was sold and the money turned in to County Clerk Nichols, who transferred same to the sheriff, who refuses to turn same over to plaintiff. No. 8861. John Danford vs Oscar and Elizabeth Berry; action on account. Demand S3OO.

WEATHER. Generally fair tonight and Thursday; little change in temperattfre.

COMMITTEE IS ORGANIZED

MARION TOWNSHIP AND RENSSELAER ORGANIZED FOR A STRENUOUS CAMPAIGN. Geqrge H. McLain has accepted the important duty of managing the campaign for the Young Men’s Christian Association War Work Fund. The amount to be raised at this drive is $3,300. Mr. McLain has appointed nine teams, which have already gone to work, and every person in the two corporations will be solicited. A number of large gifts should be received and the persons who have been selected to do the canvassing should be met with a pleasant greeting and allowed to depart' with a large contribution. In a few instances it has not been necessary to ask people for their subscription, but they have telephoned to the county chairman, Mr. Hollingsworth, and given him the amount they wished to subscribe.

A number of subscriptions have been received, some of them have been most splendid offerings and are as much as $50.00, A large number of $25 subscriptions have been received and there will be no doubt ( about this dsitrict under the able management of Chairman McLain and his enthusiastic workers raising its full quota. Remember that those who are doing this work have made liberal subscpptions and are doing the work also. Many of them are very busy men and are making a considerable sacrifice in leaving important work of their own to help out thisgreat | movement. —o— Union Township Busy. | Chairman George Hammerton, of I Parr, telephoned this morning that their campaign for the Y. M. C. A. War Work Fund was on in earnest, and that a considerable amount of money had already been subscribed. Meetings are scheduled as follows: '"Fair Oaks, Thursday night, Hon. W. L. Wood, speaker. German Luthern church Saturday j night. The speaker will be Rev Krull and Hon. W. L. Wood. —o — Good Meeting at Wheatfield. Rev. J. Budman Fleming made a great address at Wheatfield last night and a large number of subscriptions 'were received. The meeting was held at the Primo Theatre and a large crowd was present. The northern disi trict under the able management of H. W. Marble will not fail to raise (its quota of SI,OOO. Meeting at McCoyaburg Tonight. Hon. Abraham Halleck and Dr. J. > Budman Fleming will go to McCoysburg tonight to address the people of Hanging Grove township. Royal L. Bussell is chairman of this township and the work there is progressing very satisfactorily.

Funeral of Dr. James Honan Being Held This Afternoon.

The funeral of Dr. James H. Honan, mention of whose death was made in the Tuesday Semi-Weekly Republican, is being held this aft#rnoon in Augusta, Ga. E. P. Honan, of this city, a Brother of the deceased, is attending the funeral. The illness which resulted in the death of Dr. Honan was contracted about three months ago, while he was at his summer home at Shawnee on the Delaware. During the summer the condition of the doctor was quite serious, but during the last few weeks prior to his death his condition took a change and it was thought that he was on the road to recovery. Only last week a letter was received here from Dr. Honan and wife,* stating how much better the former was’ feeling and that it was believed he would soon regain his former health. Dr. Honan was born in Delphi, Irid., Nov. 6, 1859. When a young man he took up the practice of medicine, in which field he gained great prominence. For almost twenty-five years he practiced in Berlin, Ger--many. When the war broke out in 1914, he hurried back to his native country and continued to live in America until called by death. Dr. Honan and wife were frequent visitors in Rensselaer ans iW/ere well known to our citizens, who will regret to learn of the death of so fine a man.

Former Hoosier Attendant of Kaiser Dies in the South.

Indianapolis Star.____ - Lafayette, -Tnd.* Nov. 13. —Dr. James H. Honan, 55 years old, for twenty-five years a member of the staff of physicians attendant upon the Emperor of Germany, is dead at Augusta, Ga. He was a brother of Edward P. Honan, of Rensselaer, Ind. Dr. Honan graduated from the Rush Medical College, Chicago, in T 896. He went to Berlin for post-graduate studies and was later assigned to the staff of physicians for the Emperor. A year before the present war broke out Dr. Honan returned to the United States and visited his old home in Carroll County and also in Lafayette. For the last two years he has been in charge of a sanitarium in usta, Ga., and one in Pennsylvania. His brother, Edward Honan, has gone to attend the funeral at Augusta.

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Huns Fail in Opening Assault Along Piave River.

The Italians apparently are holding the Teutonic allies fast along the greater part of the curving battle front extending from Lake Garda, south of the Trentina region, to the Adriatic sea. Small gains have been reported for the Teutons on - the northern front and at one point along the southern reaches of the Piave river. ' -J. On the Asiago plateau, where it was feared the invaders might break through the Italian line and force a retirement of the armies guarding the western bank of the Piave, the

enemy again has met with several severe reverses, th Italians meeting vigorous attacks with their customary stamina and repelling them with serious losses. Near Canove, to the west of Asiago, so strong and brilliantly executed was the Italian counter thrust, that the forces of General Diaz even were able to liberate Italians who had been captured by the Austro-German armies in the attempted flanking operation before the line was stiffened last week. To the northeast of the town of Asiago the Germans report the capture of the town of Fonzaso and northwest of Asiago on the Sette Comuni the position of Mont Longara. Realizing the close proximity of the enemy to Venice, preparations are being made to protect the ancient city and its historic buildings from the shells of the guns of the invaders. Sand bags have been piled ligh around the palaces of the Doges and the Canpanile. Doubtless most of the numerous works of art of which the city is proud, already have been removed to places of security.

White County Citizens Want a County Agent

Monticello Journal. The State of Indiana on the relation of Guy McMullen, Milton K. Reiff, John G. Brown, Guy A. Williams and Joseph Moore for themselves and more than twenty other residents of White county, have filed suit in the circuit court through their attorney against the White county council, James C. Lods, James E. Carson, Robert Chamberlain, John C; Lowe, Robert A. Jewett, Frank Goonrod and Charles A. Halladay, members of the White county council, for a petition for writ of mandamus. On the 4th day of September, 1917, -it is alleged, the plaintiffs filed their petition with the county board of education for a county agent, and deposited the sum of SSOO to be used in defraying the expenses of an agent. The board then filed the petition with the council and within thirty days after its receipt, and asked them to appropriate annually the sum of $1,500 to be used in paying the salary and other expenses of a county agent. The council having failed to do this, the signers ask for a writ of mandamus to be directed against the council, commanding them to make an appropriation of $1,500 annually, -or to show cause why the appropriation should not be made.

Third Series of Pershing Troops Enter Trenches.

With the American Army in France, Nov. 13.—The second American detachment to enter the trenches have returned to their billets. The relief was accomplished successfully and without the knowledge of the Germans. The third series of battalionsis now occupying the first line, having marched in on a brilliant starlight. Among the returning troops is the company which bore the brunt of the raid on the trenches by the German shock troops. The battalions in the trenches had a good taste of shell fire during the first hours, the Germans using their artillery more heavily than usual and continuing steadily and the American batteries replying energetically. There has been active patrolling in no man’s land by the Americans and the enemy, but no clash between patrols has so far been reported.

Camp Custer Soldiers to Play At Lafayette Sunday.

Football fans in this vicinity will have a chance to see a great football. team in action next Sunday -when the Camp Custer eleven meets Pine Village at Lafayette. The Camp Custer athletes defeated the famous Detroit Heralds last Sunday in a game that startled Detroit, and which was witnessed by 15,000 people. The -ease with which the soldiers defeated the Heralds was amazing, and when Clarie Rhode stacks his bunch of Villagers up against the Custer outfit he will assume a hard task. The Detroit critics state that the Custer eleven is the classiest aggregation of gridders that ever showed their wares in the big city. ' Pine Village will be bolstered for the day and are secretly planning a comeback after their two straight defeats at the hands of Hammond and Wabash.

40th Anniversary of Literary Club to Be Obseryed Friday.

The 40th ~ the Ladies’ Literary Club will be observed Friday, Nov. 16, at the home of Mrs. A. F. Long at 2 :30 o’clock. The following program will be given: Music—Mrs. M. D. Gwin. Introductory Remarks —Mrs. Medicus. Solo—Mrs. J. A. Dunlap. Paper—Written by Mrs. S. P. Thompson, and read by Mrs. Ora T. Ross, Report of the Red Cross Convention at Indianapolis—Mrs. A. H. Hopkins. Solo—Mrs. Edd J. Randle.

Young Men's Christian War Work Fund New.

“The special campaign for $35,000,000 which the Y. M. C. A. has inaugurated is of vital importance to the work of increas—fag the contentment and efficiency of our citizen army; it is fundamental to making morals the basis of military morale, and should engage the generous support of all our people. I bespeak for it a unanimity and a unity of effort and of gifts to speed this patriotic and practical work forward to abundant and complete success.”—-President Wilson. The above endorsement given out Monday by President Wilson expresses the high regard in which the work of the Army and Navy Y. M. C. A. is held by all who know of its service to our boys in khaki. Results early in the week in the nation wide campaign indicate that this fund will go “Over the Top” this week. Reports up to Tuesday indicate that the northwestern Indiana district, including the counties of Jasper, Newton, Pulaski, Starke, Lake, Porter and LaPorte, will do its bit in this great work. Indiana is to raise $1,000,000 and these seven counties are to raise $116,000 of this amount. Reports Tuesday indicate that a total of $13,573.25 had already been subscribed in this district and gave encouragement for much larger reports later in the week. This calls for heroic giving on the part of all who are interested in the real welfare of our soldiers and sailors. E. L. Hollingsworth, of Rensselaer, is chairman of the campaign in Jasper county and our county is expected to raise a total of $7,000 this week. YOU are urged and expected to do a ‘ Super Bit” in this great work this week. The Y. M. C. A. is preparing to serve millions of men and boys in military servic'e in this country and in Europe. The following indicates some of the requirements of serving * each million men: 500 Y. M. C. A. buildings. 2,000 trained workers. 500 pianos. 500 talking machines. 500 motion picture machines. —~- 25,000 records. 1,000,000 feet of film per day. 3,000,000 sheets of stationery per day. ; —. . . 25,000 chess and checker boards. 50,000 magazines per week. 1,000,000 Bibles and Testaments. Now all together G-I-V-E a “Super Bit” today.

Bulletin No. 2

Nov. 13, 1917. President’s Message of Nov. 12: The special campaign for $35,000,000 which the Y. M. C. A. has inaugurated is of vital importance to the work of increasing the contentment and efficiency of our citizen army; it is fundamental to-making morals the basis to military morale and should engage the generous support of all of our people. I bespeak for it a unanimity and a unity of effort and of gifts to speed this patriotic and practical work forward to abundant and complete success. Special Gift* Nov. 12. Rockefeller foundation of $1,000,000 in addition to one-tenth of the entire fund subscribed not to exceed $3,500,000. Indianapolis reported one $25,000 gift. Our district campaign started yesterday. Big reports are expected by this afternoon. s

Anyone wishing to see me will find me in the Trust A Saving* Bank on Saturday afternoons.—H. O. Harris* phone 134. Bicycle tires, the largest line in the _ prices. Also bicycle repairs and re- 4 city. AH new stock at the old low pairing.—Main Garage. See Chas. Pefley for trees, vines, and shrubs of all kinds. Guarantee stock to grow or replace free of charge. For spring delivery.

TODAY - - ■ ■ ,*! I! KATHLYN WILLIAMS IN THE COST OF HATRED And Pearl White in Episode No. 16 of THE FATAL RING. — THURSDAY—See Miry Pickford in REBECCA OF SUNNYBROOK FARM, a big at the usual admission. Matinee 1:45, 3:15 and 4:30. 6:45, 8:15, 9:30 and 10:45. . FRlDAY—JackPickfordandUttle Louise Huff in a charming story of WHAT MONEY CAN’T BUY. Also The Ford Industrial. Ah exceptional program for this day. Seo it. ■ ■' 1 ' — ——WSATURDAY—A five part drama THE TIDES OF FATE. MONDAY —George Beban, COOK OF CANYON CAMP. Aho th. Burton Holme* Travel*.’ ■*— . , r AT THE STAR THEATRE.

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