Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 268, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 November 1920 — Page 1

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MRS. ANNA MORROW DIED MONDAY EVENING

Mrs. Anna Morrow, who had been in failing health for several months, passed away at .the home of her son, Frank, four miles south of Rensselaer at six-thirty o’clock Monday evening at the age of seventy four years. Mrs. Morrow was the widow of Milton G. Morrow, who passed away about fifteen years ago. The deceased was born in Kentucky April 7, 1846, but had been a resident of this state since early girlhood, living in Remingtoh for a number of years. Since the death of her husband, she had made her home with her son. ! The deceased is survived by four children, E. H. Morrow, of Pan-, handle, Texas; Mrs. Ezra White-; head, of Wheatfield; Frank A., and. Mrs. William Kresek, of Rensselaer. Funeral services will be held at ten o’clock Thursday morning at the* Christian church in Remington and burial will be made in the Remington cemetery.

ABE MARTIN.

(Indianapolis News.) Th’ Apple Grove Debatin Club met Saturday night an’ resolved that hand-shakin’ gits you further than real greatness. Elmer Moota wuz shot in th’ flask while huntm today.

The Republican jollification meeting at which Governor-elect Warren T. McCray is to be the honor guest, is being held at Kentland today. Many from here are in attendance.

-PRINCESS THEATRE - • • ’ MATINEE—2:3O * NIGHT—7:OO TONIGHT D. A. R. BENEFIT JACK PICKFORD “The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come”

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The Evening Republican.

AMERICAN LEAGUE LIKELY TO BE DISSOLVED

A baseball war which probably means the dissolving of the American League and the formation of a 12-club National League is now on in Chicago, Boston, New York and Chicago being the clubs which are likely to puff away from the younger organization and go to the senior organization. The wreck of the American League, if present plana pan out, will be due to the three-cornered fight which has been waged on Byron Bancroft Johnson for the past several months by the recalcitrant dub owners of the American, Comiskey, of Chicago; Huston, of New York; and Frazee, of Boston. The three magnates demanded that Johnson resign, which he refused to do. The remaining five clubs of the league stood behind Johnson, which is responsible for the break. The recent baseball scandal along with the present eruption places the game in a delicate situation and it is feared that the game cannot survive unless harmony is instilled into the ranks of the club owners during the present conference.

FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE HELD WEDNESDAY

The funeral services of William Adams Bell, the infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Bell, of Oklahoma City, will 'be held at the home of Mr. and Mrs.. Ivan Carson at tenthirty o’clock Wednesday morning, and will be conducted ,by the Rev. E. W. Strecker, of the Methodist church. Interment will be made in Weston cemetery.

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RENSSELAER, INDIANA. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1920.

REPORTS ON COAL SITUATION

SUPERINTENDENT CHAMBERI LAIN MAKES WRITTEN STATEMENT, i The regular bi-monthly ineeting of the Rensselaer City council was held Tuesday evening with all members present except Councilman Fred Waymire. < Superintendent C. S. Chamber- ! lain, who had been sent by the i council to Indianapolis to go before the. Indiana Coal Commission, made the following report in writing: To the Mayor and Common Council of the City of Rensselaer: I respectfully submit the following report on my recent trip to Indianapolis in regard to additional coal supply on our city water and light contract that some five hundred of our good citizens petitioned the Mayor and Common Council io have the coal tonnage increased on our city contract to such an extent that we could furnish coal to our citizens for domestic purposes. The results of the investigation as follows: I met by appointment the coal company’s officials Saturday morning in their office. I submitted the petition of our citizens to the Mayor and Council to them, and on asking | for' additional coal, was promptly shown their books, including their working sheets for several months, I which showed that for the past several months, owing to several causes which were enumerated on their sheets as follows: Lack of mines, miners’ train 'not arriving on time, car shortage, shortage of water for steam power purposes, no rain in the vicinity of the mine since July, and various other reasons over which they had no control, were responsible, for the coal situation in the state. These troubles have cut the output of the mines to such an extent that they have not been able to fill at all times their orders for contract coal. In addition to the above troubles, these mines are having to fill their own orders, they are receiving priority orders from the coal commission to ship coal to people they have no contracts with and with whom they have never done any business. Consequently this is what is happening in order to avoid trouble with the commission, they are filling the commission’s orders and permitting the contract coal orders to run short. _ . , x The morning I arrived at the coal company’s office I found twelve cars ordered by the commission to be sent to various points. Out of these twelve cars one was -taken from the city of Rensselaer’s allotment for the week and diverted to other points. , I immediately called on the coal commission in the the State and submitted the petition with some five hundred of our citizens names signed to it, and asked the commission to issue me a priority order for coal on our coal company or any other coal company, so that we could comply with the petition of our citizens now ’before us. He refused to do this on the ground that at that time there were six carloads ordered by them to be shipped to the several coal dealers of Rensselaer and to one township Lnistes. I then proceeded - to show him what the commission was doing. By issuing orders on a coal company, such as we buy from, who have their output contracted for, to ship coal to points where they have no contract, when they were already unable to furnish enough coal to take care of their own contracts. The commission official promised that they would refrain in the future from issuing orders to miners such as ours and avoid confiscation of contract coal, as such a policy would not lead anywhere and would simply compel them to continue to run m a circle if they continued issuing such orders. In other words, such a practice would simply be the robbing of one to pay another. The only relief the Mayor or Common Council can render our people at this time, as the sees it after investigating, will be for us to make every effort to keep up the tonnage on our contract coal and in case of a surplus orof dire necessity turn over our coal to our people .for domestic use, even if we are compelled to reduce light, power and water service. Respectfully submitted by. C. S. CHAMBERLAIN, Sunt. City Water and Light. City Treasurer Charles M. Sands submitted his report as follows: FUrtrir Light Fuad. On hands Sept. 30 310,692.68 Recpt. for October Total - _|12,884 54 October Disbursements -- 4,776.94 Balance Oct. 81 8 8,108.60 Water Fund. On hands Sept. 80 8 8,804.16 Oct. Receipts —..— a-— 1,825.96 Total J -810,180.96 Oct. Disbursements ---- 41.45 Balance Oct. 80 —-410,08837 Library Fund. On hands Oct. 1— 8 684.62 Oct Receipts 638 Total 8 590.90 Oct. Disbursements —251.44

STONE CARAVAN LEFT TODAY

ALL THE BIG AND LITTLE STONES, FROM EZRA TO ULYSSES, WERE THERE “I want fifteen tickets,” drawled a big raw-boned Kentuckian, as he rammed his head beneath the ticket window at the Monowi station this Tuesday morning and glared at Agent Beam who was resting peacefully in his large wicker chair. “This ain’t no circus tent,” replied the Monon keeper of records and seals, “this is a railroad station and we don’t turn out tickets in batches of fifteen.” “Well, who said anything about a circus or a circus tent,” shouted the long, drawn out individual with such fierceness that the station seats bounced up and down on the tile floor.

“It only takes one ticket to ride on a Monon train,” volunteered the thoroughly frightened station agent “I reckon it takes more than one ticket when you’ve got a wife and a passel of youngsters, don’t it?” was the challenge. “Yes, it does, but you haven’t got ’em, have you?” g “We sure have,” was the answer of the sub-head of the household. “Trot ’em in and let’s look ’em over,” requested the station agent. And here is the procession that caused the station agent to sink limply in his chair.: 1. Smith Stone, age 12 years. 2. John Stone, age 11 years. 8. Leonard Stone, age 11 years. 4. Lynn Stone, age 10 years. 5. Euclid Stone, age 9 yean. 6. Ezra Stone, age 8 years. 7. Saul Stone, age 7 years. 8. Albert Stone, age 6 years. 9. Ulysses Stone, age 4 yean. 10. Esau Stone, age 4 yean. 11. Amelia Stone, age 3 years. 12. Babe Stone, age 2 years. 13. Sis Stone, age 3 months. Mr. and Mrs. Hearth Stone made up the remainder of the Stone party. The Stone’s had been summering m the onion fields of Newland and were on their way to their winter home in Ashland, Kentucky, from whence they came last spring. By a strange coincidence the train which carried them away to the sunshine of Kentucky was pulled by two engines. Whether the train crew had been advised that they would receive a load of Stone at Rensselaer is not known, but the passengers took it for granted that they had, and as the little caravan moved slowly aboard, the firemen threw in a few extra shovelsful of coal, and a few moments later the limping engine chugged out of the city amid the shouts of the thirteen little Stones and the laughter of the passengers.

The Woman’* Missionary Society of the Presbyterian church will meet with Mrs. L. E. Barber Wednesday, November 10th, at 2:80 o’clock. M. E. LEAMING, Secretary.

WEATHER. Fair and much colder tonight and Wednesday with a cold wave.

Balance Oct. 80 6 889.46 Corporation Funi • On hands, Oct. 1 88,695.46 Oct. Collections: — Flush Sewer, -—.3 4.00 House Rent 10.00 License 10.00 Int. State Bank -- 8.99 Int. Trust 10.00 F. & M. Nat. 15.22 88.21 Total - 83,758.67 Oct. Disbursements 2,567.32 Balance Oct. 80 -—-—11,186.85 Road Fuad. — Debit Bal. Sept 80 81,676.88 Disbursement —; -— 525.58 -Total 82,201.91 O&. Collections: — Loan Light Fund 82,000.00 Sale St. broonta 82.50 Sale Horse 8 20.00 2,022.50 Debit balance --8 179.41 Washington Street Brick lap. Debit Bal., Sept 80 —8 46.28 Oct. Collection 152 Debit Bal. Oct. 30 8 44.76 Petty Cash. Debit Bal. Sept 80 8 189.72 Oct Disbursements — 758.78 Total Debit 8 948.45 Oct Collections 620.31 Debit balance —8 828.14 Alley Thru Block 9 Balance Sept 30 i- 8 75.60 Oct Collections 2.08 Total ---• 77.88 RECAPITULATION. Credit Bal., Sept. 80.--821,857.87 Oct Collections 6,228.87 Total -828,086.24 Disbursements — 9,120.41 Total 818,965.88 Banks— First Nat 84057.20 State J 8,871.24 Trust 5,290.44 F. A M. Nat__ 4,398.77 Library _ — 838.96 Cash -L* 1,014.17 Cash, short — 06 818,964.88

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AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION WORKER’S CONFERENCE

- The twenty-third annual conference of the agricultural extension workers of Indiana was held in the agricultural hall at Purdue, November 3-5, 1920. The conference, as expressed by those in charge, was the most successful and enthusiastic of its kind ever held in Purdue. Every county agent, extension and institute worker, -and dub leader was in attendance. The ladies held their sessions following the general sessions in room 206 in the agricultural hall and received no less attention from noted speakers than, did the rest of the conference. The speakers were of broad mind and vision, being represented by such, men as Prof. G. L Christie, Dean Stanley Coulter, President W. E. Stone, C. G. Woodbury, of Washington, D. C.; C. E. Gunnels of Chicago, Dean J. H. Skinner, Dean Carolyn Shoemaker, Walter W. Bonner of Greensburg, Prof. S. D. Conner, and many others of no less importance. t From this representation of men and ladies the general trend of opinion was: That this country is not on the decline 'but on the incline for better times and conditions; that-the county agents, extension and institute workers, and club leaden are becoming to be an asset to the rural community and agriculture in a way that has never been felt heretofore; that the organization of the farmers into one targe and united federation is bringing about a co-operation of the farmers of the township, county and state with the agricultural forces of the State and nation in such a broad minded way that agriculture in the future will far surpass any agricultural activities in the past, and last but not least, that the boys and girls must be given their share of agricultural activities in order that the younger generation will have a liking for the farm and the future agricultural problems. Great emphasis was given this last and important point. ' • "

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SOLDIER'S LETTER.

The following letter was received from Private Cnaries E. Sharp: Mercedes, Texas 1 November 5, 1920 Dear Editor:— Please change my paper from San Benito to Mercedes, Texas, as my squadron has been moved. I On October 25 we were called to make a patrol down the Ko Grande to a place called Reia Honda Pass and were to meet a squadron of Mexican cavalry and of course we thought we were going to have a battle. But when we got there we met the first squadron of the Fourth "Cavalry, and were to have a sham battle to, see what the men would do in a pinch. We sure had a good ; time. I The most of our men are just . boys, from sixteen to twenty years 'of age and should be in school. If the war would break out with ' Greasers we would have a panic in the army. 1 lam proud to say that lam with I the best troops in the 4th cavalry and that is dear old G troop. I We take everything from a good drill to the sweep-stakes, and we sure do need more men, all we can get. Tell them all to come to G troop, for it is the best on the Border. I am as ever. Your Soldier Fried, CHARLES E. SHARP, * Troop G, 4th Cav. Mercedes, Texas.

YOUNG WHEATFIELD LADY DIED MONDAY EVENING

Miss Ruth Kennedy, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. P. O. Kennedy, of northwest of Wheatfield, and a niece of Mrs. George F. Meyers, of this city, passed away at the homte of her parents Monday evening after an illness dating back many months. Miss Kennedy was operated upon in a Lake Forest hospital last March and never recovered from the operation. She was twenty-three years of ago. The deceased is survived by h« parents, her brother, Harold, and sister, Bernice, besides other relatives and friends. Funeral services will be held at one o'clock Thursday afternoon at Wheatfield where interment will be made.

WIL XXIII.