Jasper County Democrat, Volume 4, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 December 1901 — INCORPORATED AT LAST. [ARTICLE]

INCORPORATED AT LAST.

“The Halleck Telephone Company of Rensselaer, capital $lO-,. O<JO,” filed articles of incorporation with the secretary of state last Saturday. The incorporators are: Charles Halleck, John F. Bruner, S. A. Wells, L. I. Halleck, Lizzie White, Abraham Halleck and Mattie Joyner. Charles Halleck is a brother to “Honest Abe;” L. I. Halleck is “Honest Abe’s” wife;; John F. Bruner is the late landlord of the Makeever House and an ex-merchant of DeMotte, and while not related to “Honest Abe,’ r has been very “near” him iu a business way for years; 8. A. Wells is the wife of Dr. L. M. Wells of DeMotte and a sister of “Honest Abe’s;” Lizzie White is another sister who resides near Chicago; Abraham Halleck, is the “Honest Abe” of new court honse and 12,300 clock fame, and is known to many people in Jasper county as well as other parts of the country; Mattie Joyner is the wife of Thomas Joyner, ex-janitor of the court house here, and also a sister of “Honest Abe.’’ Ransom Halleck, whose name is mentioned as one the defendents and a member of the “Halleck Telephone C 0.,” in the suit brought in the circuit court here by The Torrey Cedar Co., to collect for telephone poles alleged to have been furnished the “company” on May 5, 1900, is not mentioned in the list of the incorporators, and his naihe has evidently been lost in the general shuffle. By the way. the incorporation of the Halleck Telephone Company will probably set to rest any doubts as to who, what and where is the “Halleck Telephone Co ,” for we find in the complaint filed by the Torry Cedar Co , the following request made, which would indicate that some doubt existed in the minds of the plaintiff’s attorneys, Foltz, Spitler & Kurrie, on this subject. The request reads as follows: “The plaintiff submits the following interogatories in this action to defendant Abraham Halleck and asks the court for an order upon said defendent to answer the same within a reasonable time and before the making up of the issues in this cause for the action should be brought against each member of the partnership comprising the Halleck Telephone Company:.

‘ Qaestioo: When waa the Halleck Telephonecompany organized? "Question 3. When was the Halleck Telephone partnership.organized? •Questions. Who are the members of the Halleck Telephone Company and give the full name of each member and hie postoffice address? "Question 4. Who are the members of the partnership known as the Halleck Telephone Company? Give the names of each member of the partnership and their postoffice addresses? "Question 5. Oiye the correct partnership name of the Telephone Company of which you are a member doing business in Jasper and other adjacent counties, in Indiana." The issues in the above case have not been made up yet, it having been continued to the next term of court.