Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 January 1919 — Page 1

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DO YOU REALIZE ONE THIRD OF YOUR TIME IS SPENT IN BED? Buy a Sealy S The Sealy contains a single 5-foot batt of pure, new long-fibre cotton. No tufts to break the s mooth oval surface-no humps and hollows-no leather tabs to catch di rt. Luxuriously comfortableEconomical. W. J, WRIGHT

COUNTY EDUCATIONAL NOTES.

The Jasper County Board of Education met in regular session in the oince of the county superintendent on Monday, Jan. ti. The following new memoers appeared m the meeting. ior the first time: John Bowie, or Yvneatneld; Allred Dugglefiy, ol Kanxaxee; Yv alter Harrington, of Union; Juiius Mud, ol jordan; Charles Wood, of Milroy. The following trustees wno succeeded themseives were present: Grant Davisson, ol Barkley; Jonn Jxusn, of Blew ton; Warren Toole, ol Hanging Grove. Cun ord r aircmld, of Keener, has Deen reported down wuth the influenza. it is also reported tnat -Burnette Porter, of Carpenter, is down wum tne influenza. Mr. LeT ever, ot Giiiam, and John Pettet, ol Waiker, were not present. Charles Postill, ol Manon, sat in the hoard for the first time m a way and also for the second time in a way. He succeeded Mr. Harvey Wood, Jr., by appointment last'November. That term of appointment expired December 31, 1918. His term for which he was elected began Jan. 1, 1919. Chas. M. bands, the truant officer, was present most of the meeting. County Superintendent Sterrett was selected president of the new board by virtue of his office. John Kush was elected vice president and Charles Postill secretary. Messrs. Sterrett, Kush and Postill were u > lected as auditing committe for the board. Upon a motion presented by Mr. Bowie And seconded by Mr. Duggleby to hold the county institute this year the first week in September, a vote was submitted and stood unanimously in favor of holding the institute from Sept. 1 to 5 inclusive. Charles Postill made a motion that the schools oL Jasper county convene on Monday, Sept. 8. Mr. Bowie seconded this motion. The motion was supported by unanimous vote- also. ' John Rush made a motion that ail members of the board act in accord with the decision of the Attorney General not allowing pay to janitors andhack drivers during the quarantine period. Mr. Duggleby seconded this mdtion. This subject provoked considerable discussion. The trusthroughout the discusson were willing to do all that was legal for fear that the accountants would cause them trouble. To them the trustees who left office December 31, 1918, without paying the bill did so to give

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the newly elects a dangerous problem to solve upon entering the duties of their new office. Mr. Harrington finally called for the question and a vote was taken. It was voted unanimously to stand by the opinion of the Attorney General, whose authority is the highest in Indiana. At the conclusion of the meeting Mr. Bowie offered a few remarks eliciting the inconvenience of a board meeting at 2 o’clock each board day. He was requested by the chair to make a motion embracing hie contentions. He moved that the meetings hereafter be convened at 11 o’clock instead of 2. Mr. Poole seconded the motion. It was then submitted without further debate or discussion and was unanimously supported. Charles Postill stated that his teachers were under positive instructions to teach the schools until he ordered them to stop except in case the teacher became ill. That teachers were not to report pupils to the truant officer who were conscientiously objecting to school on account of the influenza. His position was that the schools stood open equipped with a teacher to receive all children whose parents were willing to send them. The presumption in case of absence should stand favorably to the pupils until the teacher was convinced that the parents were abusing the situation, Whence the truant officer should be notified. County Truant Officer Sands was present and expressed his assent to Mr. Postill’s position and recommended this position to the other trustees. Children’s parties, loafing about depots, stores, attending picture shows and other public gatherings where contagion is equally as possible as at school are some of the guide markings to test the sincerity of a parent’s fear of the epidemic. This matter was discussed in an arbitrary way but it met with the approval of all trustees present even though it is not recorded by the secretary among the minutes. The state board of accounts has reclassified several of Jasphr county’s townships. Gillam, f ormerly in class 10, is now in class 9; Union, formerly in class 9, is now in class 8; Marion, formerly in class 8, is now in class 7. The trustee’s salary, expense, clerical, etc., are made more or less as each township slides from one class into another. The trustee’s office prior to Jan. 1, 1919, was a position sos honor, trust and loss. Now the position was made more equitable by being made more an office of honor, trust and a little wee profit.

* RENSSELAER, INDIANA, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY S, 1919.

STATE-WIDE WELCOME

GRAND REVIEW BY THE GOVERNOR OF THE 137TH AND 139TH. Indiana’s official and state-wide welcome to the 137 th and 139th field artillery regiments, the first to return after overseas service, will be held in Indianapolis Friday afernoon. Grand review before Governor Goodrich followed by a big street parade of the troops will be the spectacular events of the celebration. , After the parade-the soldiers will be taken to a local theatre or hall, where the Governor will extend to them the “welcome home” of Indiana. Responses will be made by Col. Robert L. Moorehead, of the 139th, and Col. Cleveland C. Lansing, of the 137 th. Members of the Indiana legislature will sit on the reviewing stand with the Governor. The stand will be erected in Meridian street in front of the old city library building. Harry B. Smith, adjutant general of Indiana, is-in charge of arrangements for the Governor. He has called in the welcoming committees recently selected by the mayors of twenty-two Hoosier cities fbrmerly the headquarters of national guard troops absorbed by the artillery and they will sit with the Governor and legislators in review. The committee from here are Mayor C. G. Spitler, J. J. Montgomery, Harry Parker, J. H. Chapman and L. H. Hamilton.

SALES MANAGER FOR OIL COMPANY Perry Gwin, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Gwin, left here today for Elkhart, where he will be the sales manager in northern Indiana fob the Sineclair Oil Company. This is a splendid position and one ih Which Mr. Gwin will be enabled to make Xapid advancement. The Sinaclair Oil Co. is one of the new independent oil firms and it is making a phenomenal growth. It is said to have back of it some very large financial interests in this country. A number of people here who have used gasoline handled by the Sin> clair people pronounce it to be one of the very best products on the market. Mr. Gwin has had considerable successful experience in the oil business in Texas and Old Mexico. He was forced to give up a good position in this business when the trouble with that country became so serious.

There will be a total eclipse of the sun May 29, but it will not be yisible in North America. Oregon is noted as a breeding state for goats, pure-bred sires often bringing prices in excess of SSOO. The Sitka widow, when she has to put on mourning, paints the upper part of her face a deep black. Prior to the war there were 206 sugar factorie sin France producing 700,000 to 800,000 tons annually. Of these only about sixty factories making 150,000 to 200,000 tons of sugar are outside the invaded regions. Walter Ponsler, formerly of Mt. Ayr hut now living on his farm near Columbia City, returned to his home there today. He had been here to purchase a car load of this year’s corn, This part of Indiana seems to have a much better crop of corn this year than many other places and the demand for ear corn is very heavy. The peanut growing industry in the Salt river valley Of Arizona has made a long stride in the last year. From the few scattered acres of a few years ago the area planted to peanuts in that district has grown until it now reaches 1,000 acres. The yield to the acre averages 200 pounds. Sergeant C. Ross Ramey arrived here early this morning from Camp. Taylor, where he received an honorable discharge from the army. Sergt, Ramey left here Oct. 1 to entdr the tank service. While, in the service he had an attack of pneumonia following influenza which came very near being fatal. He was in the hospital Seven weeks.

Experts from the federal department of agriculture and from the war department will begin a series df experiments in the south in the'effort to utilize a powerful gas that was used by the American army in the war in Europe. The gas will be used in attempts to destroy the cotton boll weevil, the pink boll worm, caterpillars, potato bugs and other insects that ravage crops. It is said to be,: a byproduct of southern pine. Trustee Burdett Porter, of Carpenter township, was in Rensselaer today and filed his annual report for publication. His daughter, Miss Helen Porter, who teaches at the Neverfail school in Jordan township, is ill with influenza at the home of Mrs. Charles Harris. Trustee W- E. Poole, of Hanging Grove township and retiring Trustee George FouJks, of Milroy, filed their annual‘repafts’'with us today for publication.

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PASSES AWAY WHILE ASLEEP

ANOTHER RENSSELAER MOTHER - TAKES QUIET FINAL LEAVE. For the second time within a very short period a husband in this city nas gone to' the bed of his dear one to awaken her, to find tnat his wife nad passed into the great (beyond, quietly and peacefully while in the stui sieep of night Isaac Aepner arose at his accustomed ume tnis morning and after aoing his usual morning work went co tne ped of his wule to awaken her. Ixo repiy was received to his call and upon approaching the bed the found tnat ms wne lay eold in death. Mrs. Aepner had been in delicate neaim for years, out upon retiring Tuesday night she seemed to be feeling qune well. A physician who was caned to the Kepner home said that sne possibly died .about midnight Though a suherer ior many years, this beloved mother was most patient and considerate and bore with a pleasant disposition and fortitude that was most admirable. The deceased was born in Ohio, June 22, lobo. Her name before her marriage to Isaac Kepner was Elizabeth M. Colvin. She is survived by her husband and four daughters, I'Mrs. Charles Waiters, of lusco, Arizona; Bertha, Ura ana Ruth, of this city, and two sons, Lee, of Granite City, HL, and Private Charles Kepner, of this city, who had just received his honorable discharge from the army.

LETTER FROM ‘SHERM’ PARKS.

France, Dec. 18, 1918. Dear Folks:— I have been neglecting writing to you for some time for various reasons, but shall write some tonight. One reason was I thought we might leave here any time for the States, and another reason was because I haven’t any thing to write of interest. We have left the camp we had been in and are now in the city of Nantes. Have been here two weeks and don’t have the 5 least idea when we get away. We are billited in a Frenchman’s house, or rather in his attic. The»e are just a few men in this particular attic, as our battery is along the street for two blocks. We still are short a few things that a fellow rather likes, such as a little heat, lights and good weather, but as this is the first city most of us have been in for sometime, it offsets a lot of the discomforts. I don’t know how large this place is, but it is a pretty big city and just as dirty accordingly. I won’t attempt to describe to you what little I have-seen of the place as it would take too long and as I am using a Saturday Evening Post as a table and my blankets on the floor for a chair, I am not in the most comfortable position. The reason I don’t rent a good bed and room is a very common one and there are only a few fallows that do have the money. These people are mighty nice to us but they don’t beat around the bush when it comes -to taking the francs. Even if I was a lover of money I don’t believe I could manage to keep any of this as a fellow doesn’t realize he has a cent when he gets a pocket full

Received my Christmas package the other day and also some mail, and was very glad to get it. Was very sorry to learn of Aunt Lulu being of of the awful epidemic' victims, but that is something that comes to us all and I look at death a great deal like Mamma does. Am mighty glad none of you folks had severe cases, as it surely goes hard with a fellow to lose any of his people when so far away from home. I certainly hope it is over by this time. Tell the kiddies I received the letter with their pictures and was tickled to death to get them. There is a mighty pretty little girl living with her grandparents down stairs and she is just about Sister’s age. (Her name is Susanne.) I showed her the pictures and she laughed and ran and got her grandparents. They thought they were fine. This little girl has been adopted iby a U. S. Marine officer, also her brother. The little boy is about seven years of age and is a mighty bright lad. Their father was killed in the early part of the war. Well, some of the fellows just came in and it is nearly time for ighta out, so will stop for tonight with the hope I will be i nthe States by the time Ulis letter reaches home. Am feeling fine and hope to see you soon. One of the fellows that just came in was wet and he said, “Ain’t this a hell of a place to come into on Wednesday night?” He didn’t lie either, and here’s hoping we do leave before long. As ever, SHERM.

STAY OFF OF ICE FOND.

All persons are hereby notified bo remain off of the it* on my ppnd, as we hope to have same ready for

harvest soon.

It takes a powerful locomotive drawing a ttain of ten passenger cars a distance of five miles to reach a speed of sixty miles an hour on a straight and level track. The brakes will stop the train lh 700 feet

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. TEMPERATURE. The following is the temperature for the twenty-four hours ending at 7:00 a. m. on the date indicated: Max. Min. January 7 31 16 January 8 34 18

C. B. MANDERVILLE IN WEST.

Long Beach, Gal., Jan. 3, 1919. Editor Republican:—' Please put this letter in your paper so the people can see how I am. I was asked to come to this place several times by Mrs. Hattie Kesler. Finally she wrote a strong letter, telling me to come and I could help her and we could get along here; that it was a fine climate. So it is I came here. And when I arrived she refused to even let me stay all night, and I couldn’t find a room in the town, so the chief of police let me stay with him, and the next morning Ed Kesler came and took me home with him. Since that time I have had a place to stay with Ed. So beware of your friends. Sometimes money is no good to a man in a place like this. Ed sees that his children and mother have clothes and plenty to eat. It has been awful cobl here. The last week the oranges and flowers are still blooming. Lots of vegetables here. People are here from Illinois and Indiana. I found some people here I used to know. Now when a friend writes you to come and begs at you and then turns you out it makes a person feel like a frost in August. ' ■ There is some flu here. I want the people to knew that Ed Kesler is taking care of his children and mother. lam having plenty to eat and good care. The climate is. .too heavy on my ears, sounds like a heavy dose of quinine. Other ways we feel fine. No one could starve here, too much work. I hope you have a mild winter at home. Sun has shone every day since I have been here. 0. B. MANDERVILLE. 121 E. 3rd St., Long Beach, Cat

advertised letters. Following is a list of leters remaining uncalled for in the Rensselaer post office for the week ending January 6, 1919: Walter Bidrave, Mrs. Retta Wood, Albert McNeal, Auto Inn, Walter Dewitt, A. L. Knapp, Mrs. Daise Cyples, Bertha Harper, SHvin Stevens, Zack Stanley, J. T. Crawford, Mrs. Admire Prather, Mrs. Irma Kuntz, Mrs. Dollie E. Richardson, Skidmore Land Co., C. C. Smith, Herbert Barnes, Amanda Steinke, Irvin Medworth, Mrs. Guy Watson, Maude Martin, Mrs. Lillian OviHey, Harvey Cooper, Geo. Gnip, Vivian Kenick, Rev. A. J. Krogstad, James Hopkins, W. Snider, Mrs. Chas. Frigg. The above letters will be sent to the dOad letter office Jan- 20,1919. N. LITTLEFIELD, P. M. _

MILK PRICES RAISED. —■■■■— c ■ On account of the cost of all kind* of feed we are compelled to raise the price of milk. Bran is from $55.00 to, $60.00 per Yon add dairy feeds are $75.00 per ton. Prices of milk from now on will be as follows: Quart, 12 cents.,/ ■ - Pint, 7 cents. JOHN DUVALL. EDWARD DUVALL. WILLIAM MACKEY. KELLNER & SON. The fact that mountain laurel blooms oh three great national holidays, Memorial day, Flag day and the Fourth of July, is one reason why the National Federation of Women’s Clubs advocates that flower for the national emblem. ''

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PRIVATE LANHAM DEAD IN FRANCE

ANOTHER JASPER COUNTY SOLDIER MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE. B. T. Lanham, who lives southeast, of this city, received a telegram to- ■ day from tne adjutant at Washington, D. C., informing him of the death of his son, Raymond, Lanham, in France on Oct. 8, 1818, with pneumonia. . Private Lanham enlisted in Company ivi in this city on Memorial day, May 30, 1017. He went wrh the members of that company to Uamp bhelby and on June b, 1018, he arrived.Ttt His lather had heard nothing of him since he went overseas unul the message with the sad news arravedto-, day, j use three months after the soldier s death. Why this information should have oeen so long delayed is a matter haru to understand. It certainly shows a carelessness or indmerence that is ueyonu comprehension. Ihe death of mis favorite son of air. nanham comes as a mighty hard blow. Within a few years he has lost a wire and a daughter. Mr. Lanham nad two sons in the service. His son, inert hdgar, enlisted in the nio’tor transport corps, Oct. lb, and was out at Indianapolis at Training uetachment No. 2 a few days ago. me message was received here Tuesday afternoon, out on account of orders not to telephone these messages when they can reach the bereaved family within twenty-four hours by mail or messenger, the same was placed in the mail and delivered by d. N. Warren, the rural carrier on route number four.

FRANK HOOVER, JR., ARRIVES.

The beautiful story written by' Henry Ward Beecher, “Coming and Going,” is oiten repeated in real hie. A few days ago a beloved mother was called to the unknown world, but Providence, always kind, has sent to a son of that sainted mother another son, which brings joy and happiness to dispell the sadness. A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hoover in Chicago Tuesday. This is their second child, the first having lived (but a very short tame. Grandfather William M. Hoover is happy over this, the arrival of Iris fourth grandchild, three df them being boys and one a

SERGEANT JOHN LAKIN HONORABLY DISCHARGED

• Mrs. John Lokin, of Parr, will go to Chicago Thursday to meet her .husband, Instruction Mess Sergeant John Lakin, who is expected to arrive her there from Fort Riley, Kansas, at which place he has received an honorable discharge from*the army. Considering the conditions under which Sergt. Lakin enlisted last summer, he deserves the greatest praise for his sacrifice and He has a large family and his absence from, his business made his going into the service an instance of genuine patriotism.

WEDNESDAY’S WEATHER.

Forecast: Probably fair tonight and Thursday, wanner in northwest portion tonight. We have the best car of northern grown potatoes we have ever handled. All large and even size. Nice bakers. $1.50 a bushel. Eger’s Grocery.

Star Theatre —The House of Good Pictures ■ 1 ■,? - TODAY I I 111 1 1 1 WARREN KERRIGAN • in— ' ■; r, “THE TURN OF A CARD” An Interesting 7 Reel Production ALSO PATHE NEWS. 8 Reels in All. THURSDAY—"THE HARD ROCK BREED” Featuring MARGERY WILSON And JACK LIVINGSTON The story deals with the idling son of a rich man who is placed in charge of a stone quarry and makes good. ALSO COMEDY. * “WIVES AND WORRIES” FRIDAYTOM Mix —IN—“WESTERN BLOOD” SATURDAY—ETHEL CLAYTON jyj i“A SOUL WITHOUT WINDOWS” 19th EPISODE OF "LIBERTY”

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