Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 308, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 January 1918 — Page 1

No. 308.

STOCKHOLDERS IN ANNUAL MEETING

ELEVENTH ANNUA 1 MEETING OF THE OWNERS OF THE TRUST BANK. There was a very large percent of the fifty stockholders in attendance at the eleventh annual meeting of the Trust and Savings Bank of this city, on'Wednesday evening. The Trust and Savings Bank had, not long since, increased its capital stock from $25,000 to SIOO,OOO and a large number of excellent business, men and farmers had purchased -shares in the institution. At the meeting Wednesday evening George A. Williams was selected chairman and J. J. Hunt secretary. Mr. Hunt made a very interesting report to the stockholders showing that the assets of the bank were very nearly one half million . dollars, and that the institution was in a thriving condition. . After this report the election of directors was held. The following nine men were selected as directors, to serve during the•year 1918: Judson J. Hunt, Edd J. Randle, Charles G. Spitler, Howard Mills, D. S. Ma--keever, Louis H. Hamilton, O. K. Rainier, Frank Donnelly and Charles V. May. After the election of directors the stockholders adjourned and the directors convened and the following officers were elected for the year 1918: President, Charles G. Spitler; Vice President, Ed. J. Randle; Secre-tary-treasurer, Judson J. Hunt; Assistant secretary-treasurer, Howard Mills. The president appointed D. E. .Grow, George E. Murray and Frank G. Kresler as members of the auditing committee. Also an executive committee consisting of the officers named above and Louis H. Hamilton.Tn a very short time this bank will move into the banking room on the corner of the square and will undoubtedly be one of the most substantial financial institutions in this part of the state. Much of the success of this institution is due to the ability and untiring Efforts of its officers and especial credit is due to Messrs. Hunt and Mills. Of course the institution owes much to its patrons for their splendid co-operation.

LOOK HERE FOR IT

Many a Rensselaer Reader Will Be Interested. < When people read about the cures made by a medicine '"dorsed from far away, is it surprising that they wonder if the statements are true ? But when they read of cases right here at home, positive proof is within theirreach, for close investigation is. an easy matter. Read Rensselaer endorsement of Doan’s Kidney Tills. E. M. Parcells, barber, Front St., Rensselaer, says: "I use Doan’s Kidney Pills now and then and they always give me relief from kidney disorder. For people afflicted with a dull ache over the kidneys or any other kidney weakness as Thad, I feci there is nothing so good as 'Doan’s Kidney Pills.” iPrice 60c, at all dealers. Don t simply ask for a kidi • remedy—get Doan’s Kidney Pills—the same tnai Mr. Parcells hacC Foster-Milburn Co., Props., Buffalo, N. Y.

AT THE MOVIES NEW PRINCESS THEATRE Matinee, 2:00. Night, 6:45. We are getting acquainted. We have asked you your likes and dislikes and you have responded generously. We are going to please you, not once will we , fail, for the exclusiveness of our well balanced programs are pleasing- the people in every walk of life, for our battery of big stars and fine plays are surpassed by none. The newest pictures, best plays and biggest stars will always be offered.

TONIGHT '* The Men’s Man’, the Ladies’ Man and the Child’s Man, — Douglas Fairbanks » - in *■ . “Wild and Wooly.” This* world famed genius never made * a better picture. 10c and 15c and worth the money. Friday, January 4th. Our boys are in action. You can see them in every Hearst-Pathe News. Twice each week.—Mondays and Fridays, Doris Grey in ‘Her Beloved Enemy.’ All Seats 10c. .—- —— • .'Saturday, January Sth. f New Paramount. / George Beban in . “Lost In Transit.” Mr. Behan’s latest and full of pep and good eojnedy. Also Bray Cartoon. 10c z and 15c. Coming—“ The Lone ’Wolf,’’ Herbert Brannon’s 8 reel Masterpiece.

The Evening Republican.

GUARD DIVISIONS LEAVE SHORTLY

MOVEMENT. TO FRANCE WILL BE COMPLETED EARLY UNDER PRESENT PLAN*. Washington, Jani3,—Movement of the national guard in the'fifteen camps in the United States toward Europe " may be expected at any time. In the last few week every national guard division has been thoroughly inspected and the order in which these divisions will go to France has been determined by the war department, the most proficient to go first and. the less proficient to remain until they have had more training. ' When the divisions will go to France Can not be revealed, but it, may be said that the movement of national guard troops will be steady from this time. It is expected that the entire movement will have been completed by early summer and that approximately 420,000 men, the total strength of the national guard, organizations will be added to the American expeditionary force in France. ■_ , The call for men in .the second draft, including that per cent, of the first draft, which has not been sent to camp, 1 will depend on the movement of the national guard troops. Men from the second draft call will occupy the cantonm'ents to be vacated by the 'national guard troops.. Whether the drafted men of Indiana will occupy the camp at Hattiesburg, Miss., that has been occupied by the Indiana national guard can not be learned, . Assuming that the second draft call will not be made until practically all of the national guard camps have been vacated, it, would appear that the second call will not come until some time in the late spring. The war department is casting about to find some means'of taking care x>f the* men of the second call. Since the national guard, minus certain organizations which went to France some time ago, contained only about 400,000 men and since approximately 700,000 men are to be included in the next draft, counting those left out of the first call, accommodations will have to be Provided for approximately 300,000 more men than the cantonments house now. Whether to build new camps to shelter these men or to reduce the size of the second call ■to include only 200,000 men plus those left out of the first call is the situation the war department has to face. It has been suggested that some of the men for the second call be sent to the national army camps, some of which are still far short of the number of men that they can accommodate. It has been pointed out, however, that these men, inexperienced and green, would in that manner be grouped with men who have had several months’ training and that a serious disruption of the training plan of the camps might result. ' Some announcement m regard to this subject will be made by the war department before the second call is issued.

The infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Overton passed from this life Dec. 24th, age 10 months and was laid to rest on Wednesday at 10:00 o’clock in Osborne cemetery. Rev. McMary of Monon had charge of the services. • Mrs. Anna Rishlmg returned Sunday from a Lafayette hospital, where she had been for eight days, after going through with a minor operation. Her health is slightly improved. , Velda Heltzel and Arthur Bailey, spent Christmas in Chicago at the .home of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Bailey. Laurel Anderson and Agnes Stiers spent their vacation at their homes here. »•• •■ , „ , .. . Vilda Heltzel took Sunday dinner with Edith Overton. Agnes Stiers visited in Valparaiso Sunday. . Mrs. Blanche Mann’s baby is reported to‘be very sick at the home of her brother, Will Stiers. Chas. Millender and Vern Smith have been having, a §iege of the g Mr. Carey, of Monticello and W.‘ J. Dinkle, of Monon, gave good talks Sunday evening on Red Cross work. A small crowd was in attendance on account of the bad weather, but secured 35 new members, which included almost every one present. Elzie Webb and wife were calling on relatives here Sunday. Thelma Nowland is spending her vacation at home also. She will return to her school in lowa the latter part of the week. Mrt. Kate Hplman and daugh-ter-in-law, Mrs. Oval Holman, spent New Years day with her son, Ray and family.

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FARMERS, ATTENTION

The representatives of the Tennesee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company, manufacturers of the celebrated Duplex Basic Phosphate, a high grade fertilizer, will be at Kellner and Callahan’s office, Thursday, Friday and Saturday. ' - ‘

RENSSELAER, INDIANA. THURSDAY, JANUARY 3, 1918.

INCOME TAX RATES COMPILED

TABLE SHOWS WHAT INCOME TAX YOU MUST PAY TO ! HELP WIN WAR. ■- | Indome taxes to be paid under the new war revenue bill, combined with thos,e required by the old’ law, are shown below. Single men pay war fc taxes on incomes over x $1,900 and married men on incomes above $2,000. Income exemptions under the old tax law are $3,000 for single men and $4,000 for married men. The first item of war taxes below—s 20 —applies to single men with, incomes of ’52,000. The next item of. S2O applies to married*men with in-1 comes of $3,000, and tyie following items apply only tonincomes of mar-1-ried men. After passing the $3,000 | mark, single men pay S4O a year i more on the same amounts. Following are the figures of taxation up to $20,000, which amount, it is thought, will suffice for any case in this county: Annual Old War Married Income ‘ tax. tax.’- man. $ 1,000 -. .; . . ..' 2,000 $ 20 „ $5,000 ... $ 20 60 80 4,000 . 40- . 40 5,000 ....’.. 20 60 -80 6,000 40 '9O 130 7,000 60 120 ’ 180 8,000 80 155 235 i 9,000 100 195 295 10,000 120 235 355 ! 11,000 140 285 425 | 12,000 1... ... 160 335 495 • 13,000 180 390 570 : 14,000 200 450 650 1 15,000 220 510 730 16,000 . 240 580 820 17,000 ..'.... 260 625 885 18,000 280 720 1,000 19,000 300 790 1,090 20,000 320 860 1,180

Fair Oaks School Notes

The semester closings at Fair Oaks show the following results in the high school. Miss Mary Norman and Miss Goldie Kessinger each made a grade of 96:2 per cent average? Mary Norman is a sophomore and Goldie Kessinger‘’is a junior. These were the highest averages made in the high school. The highest general average made in the freshman class was 95:4 per cent. Gladys Hammerton holds this r place. Alice Stanley was a close second with an average of 93:4 per cent. Mary Norman holds first place in the sophomore class with tike average above mentioned. Opal Hoile holds second place with an average of 95 per cent. Goldie Kessinger leads in the junior class with the average mentioned above. Gladys made an average of 96 per cent, which was within twotenths of a per cent of the highest grade made in the high school. The deportment grades are averaged as a regular subject. As published in the previous issue nineteen of the twenty nine high school pupils were able to keep a clean “Interest and Deportment” page, hence entitled to full grade in that subject. All teachers returned Wednesday to reopen the school. A new stove has been substituted for the dangerous one used heretofore in the high school room. New sohg books have been purchased, so that regular instruction in music can be given the coming semester. Mrs. Sterrett will have charge of the music work and regular high school credit will be given for this work the coming semester. A new high school record book will be in use before long. This record wiU record -the work of a high school pupil from the time such pupil \ enters until he withdraws.

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 a, very reasonable price. This is a chance to get some good wood cheap. —James Walter, Manager Lawler Ranches. Phone 337, Rensselaer. A WOOD CHOPPERS WANTED Have an unlimited amount of timber that we want worked up into cord wood at McCoysburg, Rensselear, Parr and Fair Oaks and want a large force of men at once for this work. —James Walter, Manager Lawler Ranches, Rensselaer, Ind., Phone 337. TO MY PATRONS Hereafter a charge of 25c will be made to all who have me make calls for early morning trains, and 15c straight will be charged on all charge accounts. . < BILLY FRYE.

GOVERNMENT WANTS YOUR IRON Never in the history of this country was there such an urgent demand for iron, copper and all kinds of metals. The government is/urging through State, National and County councils of defence that / all old metals be gathered up and/placed at the disposal of the manufacturers. Bring in your iron, copper,, metal and rags. I will pay the highest market price and the same will be shipped to the city for consumption at once. SAM KARNOWSKY Phone 517.. Rensselaer, Ind. B. J. Moore, the contractor, went to Chicago on business today. k - 5

HILLIARD & HAMILL ■ ■ ■' V Want to pay all their bills THIS WEEK If they ow'yWL present your If you owe Hilliard & Hamill PAY THEM THIS WEEK " .Z ■-

Cost Of Living Here Low In Comparison to Paris

; Those who are complaining of the cost of living in the U. S. should read the following list of prices in Paris prevailing on January Ist, and then congratulate themselves that it is no worse herei • ' The Cost of living in Paris has increased’ 100 per cent the beginning of 1917. < Eggs are 9 cdnts apiece, partly skimmed niilk, 14 cents a quart; butter,,sl a pound; leg of mutton,- 70 cents a’ pound ; macaroni (very scarce)., 36 cents a pound; potatoes, 4 cents pound; coffee, 68 cents a pound; dry beans, - 25 cents a pound; rice, 28 cents a , pound; and bacon, $1 a pound. 1, Kerosene £s scarce and eells at 20 I cents a quart. .cost 8 cents I apiece and’lard is 80 cents a pound. ; One average’ sized chicken costs $2. I A spool 'of thread that ’formerly sold j for 6 cents is now 31 cents. A spool of darning cotton, formerly costing 5 cents, is now 1.5 cents. Veal chtlets cost $1 a pound and beef tenderloin $1.20 a pound. Hard coal is SBO a ton. One cauliflower costs 50 cents. Cooking apples’are 15 cents a pound, and -the best eating apples 50 cents each. Oranges are 10 cents each. A can of American corn costs 72 cents, a can of baked beans, 50 cents, and a can of peas 80 cents. Swiss cheese is ,$1 a pound. Pork chops" cost 70 cents a pound and sausage the same. Illuminating and cooking gas is 8 cents per cubic meter (thirty-five cubic feet). ’ Where a .good restaurant dinner could formerly be had for about 70 cents the charge is now nearly $2. The cheapest grade of chocolate is 50 cents a pound. There is no real lack df food in Paris, but for what one eats one must pay. The increase in the price of luxuries is less in proportion than the increase in the price of staples.

Don’t Use Bacon And You Will Help Feed The Sammies

PLEASE DO NOT ORDER BACON. If you do some soldier boy at the front has to go without just that much—and he may be your soldier boy, too. This card, printed in bold type so that he who sits may read, is being used in restaurants of the large cities, where an honest effort is being made to follow the recorhmendations of the federal food administration. The Indiana State Council of Defense at the suggestion of Dr. Harry Barnard, federal food administrator for Indiana, as recommending the plan to proprietors of public eating houses in this state. “The best advertisement a hotel, restaurant or boarding house can have, at this time,” says Dr. Barnard, “is the public knowledge that it is sincerely patriotic and assisting the government to discharge its duties to the armies and civilian population of our associates in the war,against Germany.”

WEATHER. Fair south; cloudy north portion tonight and Friday probably snow, not quite so cold.

NOTICE The annual meeting of the stockholders of the Rensselaer Building Loan and Savings Association will be held at the office of the Association in the Odd Fellows building, Rensselaer, Indiana, on January 7, 1918, at seven-thirty p. m. B. F. Fending, president. D. D. Dean, secretary.

PRIVATE SALE OF * HOUSEHOLD GOODS ‘ Owing to the fact that wo are to leave edon we will offer at Private Sale at 'our residence on South Cullen Street, beginning Monday, Dec. 31,1917 ' AND CONTINUING FOR FIVE DAYS. . OUR HOUSEHOLD GOODS. MRS. GEORGE H. HEALEY * Phone 153.

When this murderous war is over, just take a tip from me, There’ll be no German submarines a-diving through the sea ? For the Fatherland of Kaiser Bill, the guyxwe’re going to lick, jWill have a brand new Kaiser, and the same will be a Mick; Sag We’ll change the song, “Die Wacht am Rhein” into an Irish reel ' And make the Dutchman dance it with his toe and heel; And the police force in Berlin will be Micks from County Clare tv nen we put an Irish Kaiser in the palace “over there.” • j Then in every parkway you will find a sweet colleen z And the fields of waving sauerkraut will turn to Shamrocks green; No liver wurst or sausage when the Dutchman drinks his suds He will get corned beef and cabbage and good old Irish spuds, The heathen bombs and gas bombs we’ll throw them all away f And make them use shillalahs or bricks of Irish clay; They’ll have no Iron Crosses, for ’tis Shamrocks they will wear, : .we put an Irish Kaiser in the palace “over there.” Sure we’ve been progressing since the starting of this scrap For airships now are flying without danger of mishap, And the boats to take our soldiers we’ll build upon la plan That will insure the safety of each and every man; ’Twill be concrete ships that’ll turn the trick upon Atlantic seas And bring the German ruler to the bending of the knees, With sorrow and damnation commingled in a prayer, When we put an Irish Kaiser in the palace “over there”. T —North Shore Weekly. . . . ’ C 1 ...

Samuel Duvall Sends Interesting Relics From ‘No Man’s Land’

S. P. Hilliard is in receipt of a gas mask, a piece of shrapnel and a tiny piece of an American flag, which were picked up iii‘ ‘No Mail’s Land” by Samuel Duvall, who has been a member of a French ambulance corps for the past several months. The gas mask was taken from the head of a dead German and the piece of flag was secured from an aeroplane, , .which had been destroyed. The aeroplane was formerly driven by’LieutMcConnell an American who was killed some time ago and who has written several books on the war. Mr. Hilliard will have the relics on display where the public may see them.

Educational Notes.

Prof. Ringham, of DeMotte, resigned the principalship at DeMotte to accept the superintendency of the Morocco schools in Newton county. Prof. F. P. Hickner, of Wheeler, in Porter county, was secured to take the position held by Prof. Ringham. Mr. Hickner .is not a stranger to Jasper ebunty. He was employed in the Wheatfield town schools as assistant in the high school six years ago. Since then he has been principal of the Wheeler schools, except the last three months. He has been employed at Hammond, where the physical labor was more than he cpuld stand. He decided to „ leave his work at Hanmmond and resume his work as a school man. ■ Miss Pauling. Pinter, of Wheatfield, has resigned her position at Tefft on account of illness. She has not been strong for the last month. Her physician advised her to take hospital treatment at Fort Wayne and resign her place at Tefft. She was an excellent teacher and the school realizes that it is losing a very capable teacher. Her place was filled by Mr. Reeves, of Converse. Mr. Reeves assumed his duties last Wednesday. Miss Katie Luther was unable to return from Corydon, where she went to spend her vacation with her parents. She has an attack of pneumonia. Miss Luther was teaching in Newton township. However, the trustee, Mjr. Rush, has decided to extend the- vacation for her to await developments. She might be able to resume her work next Monday - ■

Real Estate Transfers.

Paul Schultz et ux to Emma Schultz, Dec. 18, .* 1917.—Pt E% SW 11, 30, 7, 10 acres, SI.OO. W. D. Henry Peck et ux to Albert Bailleu, Dec. 21, 1917.—W% SW 17, 31, 6, 80 acres, sl. W. D. Charles W.- Postill, administrator to Hiram Day, Sept. 10, 1917.—Pt E% NW 29, 29, 6, 31.86 acres, $7,000. Adm. D. - . Thomas M. Callahan et ux to George Kimble, Dec. 31, 1917; Lots 6 and 7, block 7, Gifford, SI,OOO. W. D.

NEWLAND.

School started Wednesday after eight days vacation. Mr. Stanton is acting as substitute mail carrier. Mickey Hayden, Lillian and Vern Bowman have returned from Delphi, where they spent Christmas vacation. Mrs. 0.,L. Smith and son, Lee are visiting relative near Crawforsville. Loretta Bartels was home from Hammond to spend Christinas vacation with her parents. Newton Kupke end Harry Martin returned to Cary Saturday. Clarence Bawiian, who s a. cook ac Camp Taylor, was home on a three days’ furlough. . Clarence is looking fine. saye he gained 15 pounds since voing to cam). Albert and oßbert, aged 12 and 2 respectively, sons of Mr. and Mrs. Victor L. Moore, are quite sick with lung fever. ■ - Mr. and Mrs. Roy Patigan, Miss Verna Leedom and Mrs. A. M. Robertson, of Morocco, spent Wednesday evening here! with Allen M. Robert- ! son. Mrs. Rebecca J. Porter has ordered the address on her paper changed from South Bend to St. Petersburg, Fla., where she is, spending the winter.

LYCEUM DATES.

Lotus Company, Feb- 6. Harmony Quartet, Feb. 21-

WHEN THE WAR IS OVER.

Pennsylvania Takes Off 155 Passenger Trains

To clear tracks, conserve coal anjfl release crews and locomotives for! the movement of coal, necessary! freight, munitions, government! supplies and troops the Pennsylvania! railroad Wednesday announced on January 6, it will put into effect! the general reduction of passenger! train schedules on the lines east of! Pittsburg, Erie and Buffalo. A total! of 104 week day trains and 51 Sun-1 day trains will be withdrawn and the! schedules of other trains will be al-! tered. I The policy recently established ofl abolishing daylight sleepers between! New IdrK and Washington has been! extended to certain through trains to! the west. Effective January more than one parlor car will be! carried on any train carrying coaches ! Club and dinning cars will also be! eliminated from certain trains. 1 Many changes in train scheduled are made on all divisions by the new! order, the time for some trains beingfl moved forward or backward to help! care for traffic usually carried by! trains to be annulled. I

German Industrial Machine Crumbles; Output Way Behind

A Swiss engineer employed for! many years in a great factory atl Madgeburg, has just come fronfl of Germany with a report that Ger-1 man industrial machinery is breakfl ing down at a rapid rate. His report! cabled to Washington, says shortage! of lubricants, rubber and rare metals! necessary to alloy steel is almost! destroying industrial plants and that! lack of grease has reduced the outfl put of German machinery from its! former figure of 80 per cent of its! working force to less than 30 pefl cent. ’ J

NOTICE. -< 1 . All those owing us charge ac! counts up to Jan. 1, 1918, will be! , expected to call and .make satisfacM tory settlement at once, as after thin date we will carry no tnore charge! accounts, but operate on the govern! ment-approved cash-and-carry plan! This is pay-up time and it will bn impossible for us to see everyone! so we trust that this will be suffi! cient notice and that you wiU readily! respond and favor us promptly. : Jll THE MAIN GARAGE. 1 ABUNDANCE OF MONEY. 1 I can loan you all the money yon want on that farm. Aly rate is n per cent and my limit is SIOO per! acre.—P. D. Wells. Morocco, Ind. | ] Live stock can be accepted from! this zone to arrive at Chicago son Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Sat! day markets only. 1 ' ' W. H. BEAM. I We have for sale a good second! hand spreader at a bargain price. I KELLNER & CALLAHAN!

CT AR THEATRH TODAY I SEE || I ANNA O’IfILSSOM In an Art Production. A tre-?j|l mendous screen presentation of ■ I a vital problem of life. 1 I FRlDAY—Special Super Fea- I I tore. See MAE MURRAY ml THE MORMAN MAID, in five] I • ... - unusual acts. Also a. - 2 reoll Sennet Comedy. Seven reel* tai - I -m AM Seat* 10 Cents

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