Jasper County Democrat, Volume 6, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 August 1903 — Page 5 Advertisements Column 3 [ADVERTISEMENT]

accounts. Prominent republicans were on his bond, and the matter was not made public for fear of injuring the party. Our misunderstanding of Richmire’s former official position in Benton grew out of the statements he is alleged to have made here, it being reported that he said he was a former treasurer of that county. ball of the scrub variety seems to have broken loose in Rensselaer, and freak games are of weekly occurrence. Last Friday afternoon the carpenters and lawyers took a turn at it, and the latter were done up to the tune of 23 to 12.'>Ihe lawyers were in the lead to the beginning of the fifth the number played —the score standing 10 to 8 in their favor. Over-confidence then lost them the game. Some of the lawyers’ best players dropped out and a new pitcher, Ray Thompson was put in the box, succeeding A. H. Hopkins. The woodworkers fonnd Ray dead easy, and they made 15 scores that one inning, while the lawyers rolled up but two. The game is said to have been quite interesting and amusing, if not very instructive.

It seems to us that it is not right for the city officers to allow the erection of stands on the street corners during the time of public gatherings, and especialy to allow parties to set up these stands on the public streets without money aud without price. There were several such stands here during the Wallace show, and we are informed that none paid anything except two “foreigners” who were taxed SI.OO for each stand. We have restaurant men here who are in business regularly, pay city taxes, employ labor, etc., and who are entitled to the extra trade public gatherings bring to them. At least, it does not seem right to allow someone to set up a lemonade and lunch stand in oppositidn to them, upon a public street, for a day only, without paying a penny for privilege.

The Democrat calls the attention of its readers this week to its excellent correspondence page. Nine towns are represented therein, which is ( a most excellent showing for this season of the year when news is generally hard to get and everybody is busy. While all have a goodly grist of items, we especially call attention of our Wheatfield readers to the full column of items, from that plaoe, every one which is a genuine news item, and the amount of news therein is greater than that ever printed in any local paper ever published there. Subscribers in that locality will confer a favor by calling their neighbor’s attention to this department and telling them that in addition to news from theif own town and correspondence from all parts of the county, they can get all the county seat and general news in The Democrat for only $1 per year, less than two cents per week.

FOUNTAIN PARK ASSEMBLY, Remington, Indiana, August Ist to 16th inclusive. Superior program of lectures and entertainments this season.