Jasper County Democrat, Volume 1, Number 50, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 March 1899 — Page 8

Studebaker Employe Soldiers in the Spanish American War Remember a Royal Act.

FINE TESTIMONIAL PRESENTED.

The Kindness of the Studebaker Manufacturing Company in Paying Their Employes Full Wages During Enlistment in the Late War the Motive for a Graceful Act on the Part of the Beneficiaries—A Hearty Acknowledgement is Given By Them.

An incident of rare occurrence took place in the office of the Studebaker Bron. Mfg. Co. Tuesday morning. It was the manifestation of one of those gems of true sentiment that grow out of the intense feeling that exists in the hour of war, but that do not sparkle until peace is restored; just as the heliotrope gathers its perfume during the violence of the storm, but gives off that fragrance only to the calm, summer sun. Mr. John S. Johnston, in behalf of those of the employes of the Studebaker Bros. Mfg. Co., who served their country during the late war with Spain, presented to the company a handsome memorial in grateful remembrance of the genorosity of the Studebaker Company for having continued them on the pay roll under full pay durtheir absence and for re-employ-ing them on their return. , Last spring when the troops of this state were making ready to

mobilize at Indianapolis in res-1 ponse to the president’s call for volunteers there were a number among those who had drilled with the South Bend company a great many times who were clouded with doubts as to whether it was duty to go or remain at home. To go seemed duty to country; to remain seemed duty to wife, to sister, to mother, to aged father; not to go seemed moral pain. The last time that they came together before leaving for the front the captain of the company read the following message: "The Board of Director* of the Studebaker Bros., Mfg. Co., at a special meeting called last evening, adopted the following resolution: Resolved, that uuCer the present call of the President of the United States for the members of the National Guard to serve in the war with Spain, this comping wiU re-employ member* who leave its employ to respond to said call, and while such employes are in actual service'of the United States during the war, this company will continue the names of such employes on the pay roll at their present rate of daily earning*, and appropriate such pay to the support of the families of those who are married and the dependents of those who are single." At that instant many of those in doubt felt the heavy irons of bondage break and drop. Home was cared for, and they felt free to follow the promptings of their noble love of country. From the last week in April till the first week in November, the full am-

ount of each man’s pay who had enlisted was paid to his dependents. When the last dollar was paid, the whole amount aggregated between six and seven thousand dollars. The memorial is the work of Mr. L. Clarence Ball, and is embellished with apt coloring. Following is the letter written to Mr. Johnston by Col. George M. Studebaker in response to their expressions: “My Dear Sir We wish to thank you, and through you the other members of the 157th Regiment of Indiana Volunteers who left our employ last spring to shoulder the gun in defense of our country and for humanity's cause, for the handsome memorial that you presented us and for the kindly expressions of gratitude recorded thereon. As secretary of this company it becomes my privilege to inform you that at a meeting of the board of directors of this company, held on February 28. 1899, a resolution was unanimously adopted, voting to you the thanks of this company. This memorial is, indeed, tasteful and artistic; but not the least of its qualities is that it is born of the graceful sentiment of a score and four of men. of whom each one is an embody-

ment of that soul—satisfying ideal—an industrous. courageous, bra v e and manly man. The sincerety of your expressions need not be further proved in the face of the fact of your unquenchable patriotism; for where there exists so deep and fervent a love of country as you have evidenced the other qualities of manliness, uprightness and charity. are necessarily present in an eminent degree. Very sincerely yours. Gkorgk M. Studkbakxk, Secretary Studebaker Bros. Mfg.. Co. —South Bend Times.

Charles A. Roberts of Rensselaer, handles the famous Studebaker wagons and has a large stock on hand at all times. Give him a call. I have private funds to loan on real estate at low rates for any length of time. Funds are always on hands and there is no delay—noexamination'of land, no sending papers east—absolutely no red tape. Why do you wait on insurance companies for 6 months for your money? I also loan money for short* times at current bank rates. Funds always on hand*

W. B. Austin.

Bring your job printing to The Democrat office. We appreciate your favors, do nothing but the beat work and charg moderate prices.

Around the County

VIRGIE. —Misses Mae Leach and Jennie McCoy visited Iva B. Grimm Sunday. * —Henry Hochbaum and wife visited Wm. Hochbaum and family —Wm. Hochbaum is running the feed mill full blast, and is doing first-class work. —There was quite a crowd of young folks at the party ‘at Powley’s last Friday night. All report a good time. —Henry Hochbaum will start out with a peddling wagon in a few days. He will buy rags, old rubber, iron, chickens, eggs, butter, etc. He will also carry groceries with him.

PARR.

—Robt. Stephenson is on the sick list. —Mrs. D. E. Hudson is still on the mend. —Wild ducks are coming in abundance. —Chas. Warne is working for Sam Yeoman. —Bad roads and bad weather is the talk in general. —Uriah Hardesty has moved to the Gifford district. —Mike Fay has hired out to Ed Leach for the summer. —Mrs. Oliver Garriott is the guest of Mrs. M. O. Gant this week. —James Babcock, who was on the sick list, is getting better slowly. —Wheat seems to be greatly damaged in our vicinity, but rye looks well. —George Haste has bought the south half of out lot No. 10, in Parr, of Chas. Martin. —T. J. Hay, our blacksmith is busy sharpening plow s, and from all indications the farmers are getting ready for business.

BLACKFORD.

—Rain, rain, rain. —Roads nearly impassable. —T. J. Hurley is very dangerously ill at this writing. —Mrs. Henkle is not expected to live, was the last report. —William Daniels is going to have some patent wire fence put up this spring. —Mrs. Anderson Jenkins was visiting her daughter, Mrs. Victor Yeoman, last week. —Nick Dexter and wife have been visiting friends on Nubbin Ridge for some time. —Miss Nellie Barkley is going to school this summer. She starts next Monday, we wish her success with her studies. —Now is the time for the young men of N. R. to hunt for places to work this summer. Several have found such places down about Remington. The “hired man’s” wages seems to be quite high this spring. —Subscribe for The Democrat, the leading paper for truth and honesty. It will tell you of the doings of our county officers. It does not guess at it, but looks up the records and finds it all in black and white.

DUNNVILLE.

—Our roads are not as nice as pavements. —Mr. Shortie of Kniman, is the guest of Charlie Brown. —Charley Ross was the guest of Miss Netta Collins last Sunday. —Generally speaking, our wheat crop does not look very promising.* —When will the Soldiers monument at Indianapolis be completed? —Rev. Hickman preached a very able sermon at D. V. last Sunday. —Subscribe for The Democrat, ye Jasperites, and receive the news of the county. —The children of Mr. Charley Brown, who have been sick, are rapidly improving. —Marion Sands departed for Illinois a few days ago. He intends to work on a canal. —Postmaster Adkins has moved into one of Mr. Dunn’s houses, in the east part of our village. —The Dunnville people are attending the Buck Stanley temperance lectures at San Pierre.

—Our marshes are being visited by hunters from Momence. Everywhere the geeses quack, the hunters are sure to go. —Lambert Collins’ favorite song is, “Beyond the Kankakee river, where I love to roam.” He gives it the expression, too. —The dance at Peter Rich’s was well attended by young folks but 10, the fiddler didn’t come. They whistled and danced. —Miss Lydia Sands, who has been visiting her sister at Lima, Ohio, for the past three months, returned last Saturday. —Editor Robertson of the Wheatfield Telephone, was in our burg last Monday. He had an editorial smile on his face. —His Honor, W. O. Hinshaw, has been checked in as D. V’s regular agent. He should be anointed with Kankakee rain water. —Mr. and Mrs. McCulloch, who have been visiting their folks, Mr. and Mrs. Coffin, departed for Chicago last Monday. They expect to make Chicago their future home. —C. A Armstrong of Michigan City, was the guest of Miss Lily Peregrine last Saturday and Sunday. He came via San Pierre. Instead of waiting for the west bound 111 local he rolled up his pantaloons and down the track he went, sweetly singing, “She’s the Lily of the Valley.”

NORTH BARKLEY.

—Canada school will close Friday. —B. J. Gifford was seen in this vicinity Sunday. —John Keith did business in Rensselaer Monday. —Lee Jessup and George Mustard spent Sunday in Rensselaer. —George Meckling returned from his visit to Ada, Ohio, Tuesday. —John Schwind called on his best girl, north of Headquarters, Sunday. —Mr. McColly of Rensselaer, is assisting Lee Jessup in Carpenter work at Comer. —Tom Glynn and T. M. Callahan transacted business in Rensselaer Thursday. —Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Frank Parker, Friday, March 17, a girl. Mother and child both doing well. —Will Collins has moved to Cherry Island and will work on the hydraulic boat this summer. —Gertie Caster, Tena Knight and Ella Callahan attended the examination at Valma Saturday. —There was a rag tacking at Aaron Seitz’ Tuesday. Mrs. Collins won the prize for sewing the most rags. Mrs. Gifford received the booby prize for sewing the least.

FAIR OAKS.

—Frank Lakin was in town buying calves last weejc —Otis Sheffer of Surrey, spent Sunday in our towm. —Quite a number of people in our vicinity are moving. —Charlie Snow is going to build an addition to his house. —George Bronhard of Sheldon, 111., visited his family a few days last week. —Misses Maud Fry and Jennie Cottingham visited near Good Hope last Sunday. —Mrs. D. Winslow and Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Barker went to Rensselaer last Saturday. —Mrs. Rose Harmon went to Rensselaer last Thursday and had several teeth extracted. —Mr. Winslow’s have sold their house and lotsin the north part of town to Grandma Reed. —Elmer Moffitt, who is Carpentering at Chicago, Heights, visited his family last Sunday. —Robert and Grant Harmon are fjoing to move out on the Gregory and about the first of April. —Fred Lea son, the druggist, and Enos Moffitt, the old bachelor, went to Rose Lawn last Sunday p. m. —Last Saturday Mrs. Dr. Proudey and Mrs. Guss Munden visited Mrs. Maclanahan, who lives east of Parr. —Last Saturday evening some of the boys from town, attended the dance at Mr. Benton’s, who live about 5 miles northwest of town. —ln a few we» ks Enos and Elmer Moffitt will move to Newton county, where they will engage in farming on the Harris & Vanatta land. —Misses Alice Proudley, Jennie Cottinghi Edit. Moffitt and Mr. Joe ' mslow of Fair Oaks school, attended examination for

Bilaft tai. Good goods, low prices and square dealing ■ has built up a good business and is still adding new customers every day. This is (• what you find at McFarland’s Grocery. We sell goods as low as any house in Jasper county, quality considered. Farmers will find by comparison that their produce buys (W more here than anywhere else. The only s grocery in the City that handles the highest grade coal oil. I J. A. McFARLAND, Proprietor.

graduation, which was held at Parr, last Saturday. —Rev. A. E. Pierson of near Good Hope, will preach at the Christian church atthis place Friday and Saturday evenings of this week. —Dr. Leasson of Rose Lawn, has purchased the Mrs. Blumberg property on Front street and the drug store will be moved into the same in the near future. —Rev. Sawyer of Rose Lawn, who is the M. E. pastor of this circuit, filled his appointment here last Sunday at 11 o’clock. The subject, “Remember our bonds,” was very interesting, and was well delivered. Quarterly meeting in two weeks.

SHARON.

—Mud and water with more to follow, is the cry. —The F. M. Axe farm has been rented to Remington parties, —The roads are in such a condition that traffic is suspended. —Robert Michaels of Rensselaer, was a business caller here a few days ago. —The farm occupied by Dave Hahn and owned by John Dickenson has been sold to a Francesville man. —Ducks are plentiful and every old shotgun is in demand at present and hunters are killing hundreds of them.

KNIMAN.

—Wm. Archer’s new house is ready for occupancy. —Do you know “Uneeda” biscuit, for sale by Mr. J. Me? —Miss Mattie Shaw is visiting her friends and relatives of this place. —Next Sunday is our regular preaching day. All cordially invited. —Perry Brown has commenced carpenter work at Smithfield, on B. J. G’s new road. —Dora Kennedy’s favorite song is, “A Railroader for me.” For information ask E. D. —Miss Ivy Williams has had a serious attack of pleurisy. Dr. Jones is attending her. —Road’s are worse now than they have been for some time and the mud is getting deeper. —Let us all remember the poverty social, Saturday evening, at Mr. Elmer Poyer’s. Come one and all. —Our Epworth League is progressing nicely. A large crowd every Sunday night and great interest is taken in the lesson. —A party was given at the home of Mr. J. Wolf, last Friday eve., a popcorn and taffy pulling. Quite a number present and all report a good time.

—Miss Sallie Denniston met with an accident on Tuesday of last week while coming down stairs. She lost her balance and fell down six steps, causing her to stay in the rest of the week, hpt is now up and out again.

Rensselaer Markets.

Wheat..... ....,’ .55 to .60 Corn . .V. 87% Oats 83 to 25 Rye,.... 40 Hay t $4.50 Hogs ...8.40 to 8.50 Potatoes - ,75 to .80 Butter . .12% Eggs 10 Hens .04 YoungCh'ckens Ducks.,.. 04 Rooster* 02 Turkeys , ...068 .07 Hides.,.. 05® .06 Tallow » .. 02

ON THE CONTINENT.

Only Those Who Know the Ropes Can Travel with Comfort. Rich foreigners traveling on the continent subject themselves to many annoyances which strike the American first-class traveler as entirely unnecessary, but they also take solid comfort in their own way and according to princely lights. Barring luxuries to which the great railway corporations here have accustomed us, the modes of getting about in European countries are not to be despised. On the other side voyageure still voyage with all their luggage in their laps or on the seats of the compartment, and because of this time-hon-ored custom a regular class of thieves ply from one end of the steel thoroughfares to the other, ever on the alert for the satchel of jewels or the unwary stranger with valuables in a handbag. The reason wealthy persons burden themselves with such things is there is always danger of the larger baggage being robbed in transfer. No one has ever been able to keep a strap on his or her trunks, porters on the other side coolly removing them under the very eyes of the owner. Great thefts have been committed in France and Italy on the different railway lines, either at the station where the luggage was put on board the train or by those officials in charge of it before it reached its destination. No tourist who has thus suffered has been able to get redress, and hence the native, aware of the weakness of these railway officials, carries the tempting handbag, which in its time may also disappear. But aside from these and also the bother of paying for baggage by weight, the wealthy man who lias lived abroad long enough to know the ropes certainly travels en prince. His rugs and his cushions are a study. His elaborate dressing bag, his books, his facilities for taking something nourishing en route, are marvels of entertaining completeness to the American who bounds from New .York to San Francisco and is cared for by a road that ministers to every want.—Boston Herald.

One Copy of Shakespeare.

A well-known collector once paid £IOO for a single leaf with which to <nake' his first folio of Shakespeare a fieri ect copy. A complete copy of this amous volume, issued nearly three centuries ago at about a sovereign, has been sold for £9B. But it was full of defects, many of the leaves being in facsimile, and the celebrated portrait of Shakespeare being only a reprint. A complete and perfect copy, such as is possessed by the Baroness BurdettCoutts, would realize quite £I,OOO in the opfen market.

Thunder in French Guiana.

French Guiana is said to have most violent thunderstorms in the’ world. The violent thunder is almost deafening and the peals come in quick succession.

Horse-Shoeing Is Still Fluctuating!

But Jack Warner still sticks to the same old price, 4 New Shoes Fob 50 Cents. Put on in firstclass style and warranted in every respect, at his new two-story shop on Front street, one block south of the Nowels House.

FARMS FOR SALE.

We have for sale several tracts of land varying in size from 40 acres to 280 acres, which will be sold at prices to suit the times. Only a small cash payment, 6 per ~ cent, interest. Prospective buyers will find it to their advantage to call and see us. Hollingsworth & Hopkins.

Morris* English Stable Powder For Low of Appetite,Oonatipation, Booth Hair, Hide Bound, and eli pUeesee of the Blood. Sold by A. F. Long.

JACK WARNER.