Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 296, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 December 1918 — Page 1

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sh ■ I f AL ■ A iSpecials for Christmas ■ ■ .. . . - ■ - " 11 " 1 I -I I. I I 18 foot stool in imitation leather top $1.35. 6 childs’ desks, fumed oak, chair to . match, $1.85. Wehave a new line of utility boxes finished in blue and cream enamel. Also werhave 6 utility boxes in cretonne coverings. These boxes are. in assorted sizes and are slightly damaged. They will be sold at greatly reduced prices. W, J. WRIGHT

ED ROSE SAFE IN FRANCE

It was a great relief to Mrs. Ed Rose and Mr. Rose's parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Rose,, of Barkley township, when they received a letter this week from Ed Rose in France. On account of the extreme delay in reporting casualties and the long time since they had heard from Private Rose, they had been very uneasy as to this safety. The last letter 'feceived was written October 15 and the Rainbow division, of which he is a member, has seen very strenuous service.' This division had been used as shock troops and when Private Rose last wrote he said they were then upon one of the bloodiest fields of the entire war. The letter -received from Private Rose this week by his wife, who makes her home with her parents, was written on Nov. 11, and after the armistice had been sign&L Letters written after the.armistice had been signed and reporting loved ones still all right are indeed welcome and of supreme satisfaction. It would be supposed Ithat the Rainbow division, which more than any other American unit has had to face the most prolonged and determined attacks by the Germans, would soon be sent home, but it appears that this division is to be a part of the army of occupation and that it will be a good iong time before our boys in it are eent home.

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COUNTY EDUCATIONAL NOTES.

The influenza situation in Jasper county is very little improved. A number of our country schools have closed and the number is constantly increasing. The Tefft schools opened last Monday. Miss Lpttie Porter, a teacher in the high school, has been down with the. influenza. She has resumed her work there again. The Gifford school was closed last Monday. Aix is still closed. Virgie is still closed. The Fair Oaks school closed last Wednesday. Union school in Jordan closed last Tuesday. Three schools are closed in Carpenter. Gillam township is undergoing a siege of the epidemic that has closed a number of -the schools there. Mr. Stevens is reported very sick with influenza. Bessie Hullihan, teacher nt West Vernon, is bedfast. Freda Ferguson, teacher at Zadoc in Walker township, has been a “flu” victim. Nellie Johnstone, teacher at Independence in Barkley, and Gertrude Misch, teacher at Blackford in Barkley, have both been sick with influenza. Martha Parker, Feme Rawlings and Dewey Nelson, teachers in Carpenter township, are sick with the influenza. Esther Sage of Jordan is reported down with the disease. Pearl Babcock Rea and Lural Anderson, both teachers at Fair Oaks, are down with the influenza. Miss Alice Myers, teacher at Walker Center, has -been out on account of the sickness and death of her brother. Irene McAleer, teacher at Queen City in Milroy, is reported down also. It is likely that the Bowling Green school will be closed if there is no further improvement in the school there. - Teachers from all angles of the county are complaining about their attendance. The school officials will endeavor to meet each school situation as best serves the community. Life and health are worth more than the schooling the children are losing. The teachers are taking down daily now and the school closings are going to be more frequent from, now on. The trustees are the judges of the closing of schools under their supervision. Jasper county is experiencing a health situation that is without precedent.

Dr. Hemphill is back at hlis office atwork.

RENSSELAER, INDIANA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1919. ‘ -- •' ■ e W • , " \ . M -

THE NEIGHBORHOOD CORNER

A DEPARTMENT OF FARM WELFARE CONDUCTED BY CO. ?r AGENT LEAMING. - ■"T 1 Ear-to-Row Test Completed. As a part of the general crop improvement propaganda being carried on by the farmers of the county, a number of corn growers have been conducting ear-to-row coin breeding trials for the purpose of selecting high producing strains of seed. The breeder selects his best cars and plants a small portion of each ear in a row by itself. In the fdM he weighs up the corn produced on _each row and uses the remaining seed ■from the highest producing original ears for breeding work -the next season. In a trial completed last week, carefully selected seed ears last spring showed a variation from 91 to 118 ears in a 50 hill row. One row produced 12 seed ears, while another produced 75. The weight of the seed ears varied from 8 to 55 pounds.: On one row the number of barren stalks was 1, while in the next row there were 29. The yields of the rows varied from 64% to 79 pounds, or about 20 per cent. This is an illustration of the opportunities that exist for the corn breeder in eliminating the factors contributing to low yields. Potash Again. The attention of this office has been called to a supply of Potassium Carbonate imported from Russia by the War Industrial Board of Russia and now stored in its warehouses in New York. This -material is claimed to h|ve been imported by the committee for use in the manufacture of munitions, but a market is being sought for it as fertilizer. The price, $540 per ton, would seem to preclude its use by our farmers. Farm Record Meeting.

A meeting will be held at the court house next Saturday afternoon, Dec. 21, at 2 o’clock. Mr. M. H. Overton will speak on “Farm Accounts and Records,” and will explain the most practical methods of keeping farm accounts, arid will dhow how they may be used to improve the farm business. In different parts of the state farmers, by keeping records and eliminating unprofitable lines, have increased their yearly incomes from S2OO to SI,OOO. This is a good time of the year to attend such a. meeting. Breeders* Directory to be Issued. All owners of pure bred livestock, including poultry, the requested to send the breed and number on hand to the county agent before December 31. It is the intention of the Batter Farming association to issue a directory. of the breeders .of the chanty for general distribution and all persons entitled to mention will find it to their advantage to receive mention in this booklet. Gora Growers Hold Mooting. Six definite lines of work for the improvement of corn production in Jasper county were adopted as a program by a number of corn growers who met in Rensselaer last Saturday. These are as follows: 1. Conduct corn variety tests. 2. Control corn diseases. 3. Hold annual corn show. 4. Conduct'corn breeding work 5. Conduct 5 acre and- 1 acre corn contests.

6. Conduct ear-to-row tests. Howard Jones, Eilt Toben, J. M. Sauser and H. E. Frame were selected to experiment with different varieties of corn next s’eason to determine which are-best adapted to their several localities. George Myers, Henry Paulus and P. H. Hauter were selected to have charge, of the corn show to be held in connection with the poultry show the week beginnign January 7. Practically every farmer present pledged himself to select his 20 best seedTeSms and plant them by themselves on one side of the field as a plotkfrom which to select* seed corn next fall. Definite arrangements for the other projects were deferred until the corn meeting, which will be held at the court house Saturday, January 11. “Make Owsr Garment” Clubs. The high (cost of materials and ready made clothing is making it necessary that the hbusewife bring forth fr?m hiding places—attic or storeroom—every usable scrap of wool, cotton, silk and linen to ibe utilized in making over into clothing or useful articles for the household. Not only scraps can be used but cast off clothing may be redeemed by cleaning, turning, pressing, dyeing or recutting. ' ’SS ' With this end in view, girls “Make Over Garment” Clubs are being organized in Jasper county, and financed by the First National Bank of Rensselaer. The girls are using up old sheets and piilow casesTbr making bandages with which some “first aid” work is taught. They are darning and refooting old hose; patching and darning woolen and cotton garments; remaking underwear, waists, skirts, dresses and coats. They are also taught that careful laundertag, pressing, sewing on of buttons, hooks and eyes, will not only add to the general appearance of the wearer bu will also prolong the usefulness of the garment. Two of these clubs are working now. Four girls at South Meadow

PVT. JOHN KNOX DIES IN FRANCE

RENSSELAER SOLDIER VICTIM OF INFLUENZA IN FRANCE. Thomas Knox received a telegram Wednesday evening from the Adjutant General’s office in Washington informing him of the death of his son, Private John Knox, of lobar pneumonia, in France on December 5. Private Knox volunteered his services to his country on Dec. 15,1917, and was sent to Jacksonville, Florida, and was located at Camp Johnston until June 5, when he was sent overseas with the Quartermaster’s Supply Co. No. 312. The last letter received from him was written on Oct. 20, and was received early in November. At that time he was ail right and was pleased with army life. Private Knox was about 27 years of age He was graduated from the Rensselaer high school and at the time of his enlistment was a travelign salesman for a Chicago drug louse. He is survived by his father, his mother having died March 7, 1910. She was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Pierce. Besides his lather I le leaves three sisters, Mrs. Frank L. Hoover, Mrs. C. A. Huntington and Miss Lucile Knox, also two brothers, Rufus and William, of Chicago. Mr. Knox and his children have the heartfelt sympathy of the entire community in this, their sad bereavement.

STILL THE BOYS COME HOME.

Following is a list of names of Jasper county boys that have been mustered out of the service and returned home: E. E. Rockwell, Archie Lee,. Hugh Yeoman, James Warner, Delos Dean, Harold Littlefield, Frank Geitzenauer, Fred Baehr man, Vern Ray, David Yeoman, Ernest Sayers, Perry Gwin, Grant Wynegar, Jay Dee Roth, Junior eßnjamin, Seth Reed, Paul Parkinson, Robert Jldridge, Lee Ramey, Merritt Mc- ' durray, Louis Misch, Henry Van Vienen, Nelson Shafer and Ralph Woodin. 4. .

REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.

John Fenwick et ux to Frank Fenwick, Dec. 18, e % se 30-23-7. 80 acres. W. D. Thomas J. Halton to Orval Blankenship, Dec. 18, Its 1,2, 3, Asphaltum. $75. W. D..

THURSDAY’S; WEATHER. * ’ Forecast: Increasing cloudiness and warmer tonight., Friday rain south and rain or snow north portion.

IMPORTANT NOTICE. To follow rulings of the State Commission, which compells us to change our rent and toll ledger January 1, all accounts must be settled during this month to receive proper credits on old ledger. Service will be discontinued January 1 on all accounts not paid December 30.—Jasper County Telephone Co. NOTICE, All the suits contesting ths will'of the late Benjamin J. Gifford, are now disposed of, and I am in pooitien to sell land. I have yet unsold several hundred acres of good land located in Jasper and Lake counties, which I will sell as Executor on reasonable terms, but cannot take any trade. Call at my office or at the office of T. M. Callahan, at Rensselaer, Indians, for particulors. GEO. H. GIFFORD, K Executor. NOTICE? AU persosn having claims against the county should file same for allowance by the Board of Commissioners at their special session Dec. 31st. Also, all personA having county warrants due them should call for same at once. , , JOSEPH P. HAMMOND, Auditor Jasper County, POTTER A SAWYER SEED HOUSE Rensselaer now has a first-class seed house. The best grades of all kinds of seeds will be bought and sold. We are in the market now for clover and timothy seed. Thia firm has had considerable experience in this lane and are able to help the farmers of the community by raising the grade of seed sown. H. H. POTTER, Phone 7. Manager ■ ■ Just received a fine line of house shoes in a variety of styles and sizes for men, women and children. What would make a more acceptable Xmas gift... Fendig’s Exclusive Siwe Store. - 1 ... • A mixture of two or more honeys always is darker than any of the original ones. »

in Newton township and a group oi eleven girls at Newland. Several more groups are ready to begin work. Exhibits of the work will be made from time to time in various parte of the county. . -■w ~ .■

HVH Special . $1 Neckwear ) They carry the weight and quality of higher priced ties; you’ll find an unlimited range of artistic patterns and harmonious color blendings. z Hundreds of dozens in the newest designs; among others the new “Victory" stripe cravats; silk fabrics that retain their shape when ~.51.00 Men’s neckwear, excellent qualities in newest styles. He will surely appreciate one of these in a Christmas fl EA ' box, at r

. Men’s neckwear, silk open end four-in-hands, well made, in new, stylish patterns, hundreds of patterns to se- "7EC lect from, in sane/ box.. •** Men’s reefers, good silk, accordion weave, fancy woven borders, tubular style, silk fringed ends, in O AA Christmas box, at... Men’s robes, made of complete blanket, handsome designs, well trimmed, small, medium and AA large at f V.VV Men’s pure wool union suits, . a manufacturer’s close out lot, natural gray color, regular $7.00 values, on sale CC AA at, the suit ... Men’s soft shirts with soft double cuffs, big variety of patterns to select from, guaranteed colors, big CO AA values at .4 .. Y"»W Hilliard A Hamill silk shirts, lustrous cloths in rich stripes, also silk stripe flannels, high grade shirts, in CE AA Christmas boxes at... Gloves always fill a long felt want of every man. Silk, Mocha, Suede and all the popular skins in all the new shades are available as CO low as

Some satisfaction you’ll hgree to have plenty of hand- - kerchiefs this weather. As a gift they are highly appreciated and you’ll find a fine assortment in silk, linen UP and cotton, at , Men do not like to wear socks that are darned. Some satisfaction in having a few extea pairs to fall back on. |3ee our fancy boxed socks in silk lisle and DEC UP cotton at **

FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE HELD FRIDAY

The funeral services of Mrs. WKliwn* Wt. Hoover, who died at her home on east Washington street Wednesday, will be held st the First Methodist Episcopal church in tins city Friday forenoon at 11 o’clock. Interment win be in Weston cemetery. " ■ '•'■■■

WILL SPEND THE WINTER IN FLORIDA

James Halligan and has sisters, Mrs. A. E. Celouest and Maggie Halligan, left here tins Thursday morning for Ocala, Florida, where they w:H spend the winter. Mrs. Isabel Carmen accompanied the ladies and wiU assist in the southern home.

TEMPERATURE. Th® following H temperature for the twenty-four hours ending «t 7:00 a. m. on the dote indicated: December 17 ..54 December 18 „ :49 December 19 45

If any of your stock dhm bo sure and promptly call A. L. Padgett Phono 85.

CHRISTMAS MATINEE MUSICALE PROGRAM

I • « o adL, I jih r & 11 * . Twiii l ! * —Dubois Mrs. M D. Gwin __ . . j. a. ~ftjT ~~ AM lWßfflirr 1701X010 y| u&n4? 1 ■ a * » Lil-P OllTVilUTfr and dr OT%CMfITy JMLUMI ITwll - / snd Allman. V °Worid. ' Scripture xceaamg Organ Solo—The Holy Night—DudBUC Mrs. M. D. Gwin Solo—Noel—Gounod Mrs. Esther Padgitt Allman Accompanists—Mrs. Sage, piano; Bev. E. W. Strecker, violin; FlorB ence Al^ai^ th ° e^^se jfl, n y gn Dyl 7 Catherine Watson , Solo4lt Came Upon the Midnight Clear—John Wert Mrs. J. A. Dunlap Accompanist—Mrs. Gwin, Anthem —O Joyful Morn—Protheroe —Double Quartet Mesdames Randle, Dunlap and Fendig, Miss Daugherty. Messrs, Prior, Brown, Mver and Allman. V* * WW \j LJI ytfe&fcor--—~~jyLlT3> JKdXudlv Congregational Singing—Hark! Ths Herald Angels Sing. r , Portlodfr—Mw. M. D. Gwin.

DEATH FROM “FLU” AT WHEATFIELD

■ . Word was received here today <£ the death of Edward Height, the Standard Oil Co. man at Wheatfield. His death was caused by pneumoim following influenza, and occurred on Wednesday, Dec. 18. Mrs. Charles Armstrong, of near Kniman, is also reported to be m a very critical condition ■withjnfluema.

THURSDAY HOSPITAL NOTES.

The .foUowtn? are doing nicely: Mrs. raw xiau, Mrs. Clyde Gunyon, Mrs. Wan Arnold, Mrs. Guy Meyers, Mis. umw ?n"le ' GaSff, E Marjory and May Meyers, Van Arnold and David Arnold. . Clyde Gunyon was ahfte to leave the hospital this afternoon. Mrs. Samuel Price » improving. Miss May Bjchmtnd minor operation Wednesday. Bne est the hospital today.

ANNOUNCEMENT PARTY .

A number of young ladies were invited to the home of Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Kepner in the west part of town, Wednesday evening, and during the evening Miss Bertha Kepner announced her forthcoming marriageto Samuel Fendig, of this dty. The wedding will take place in January.

NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC. ’ Owing to the amount of express handled now, the express office will be open Sunday, Dec. 22, just the same as other days. We will make all regular trains to receive what express might be in transit for tins point. This being done for our patrons’ benefit, so if you are looking for parcels please call so a* not to form a congestion at this office, as our room b small. Please try and F H* PLATT, Agent. red cross xMas roll call Up until today noon the Red Cross Xmas Roil Call amounted to fl,Boo. S T ‘RTHEATER —The Hoose of Good Plstnras TODAY ROY STEWART And AM Star Cast “KEITH OF THE BORDER” GOOD RIDING, GOOD ROPING SOMETHING DIFFERENT Also A GOOD COMEDY—SIX REELS SEE THIS FRIDAY—GLADYS BROCKWELL “THE FORTUNE WHEEL” A Was. Foa Special SATURDAY—LITTLE LOUISE HUFF A Bi t World-Brady Comedy "THE T’OTHER DEAR CHARMER” Abo “LIBERTY” No. 18 ■ . MONDAYMAY ALLISON . “THE WINNING OF BEATRICE”’ | A Metro Production

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