Jasper County Democrat, Volume 6, Number 48, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 March 1904 — THE JANSEN CARNIVAL CO. [ARTICLE]

THE JANSEN CARNIVAL CO.

Abe WB9 evidently out of town last week, for a whole week passed without his filing a criminal libel suit against The Democrat man. This week, however, he has been at work at his old vocation, and two cases were ground out on his typewriter. The publications on which the charges nre based were made a year or so ago, and are rather general in their character. The state is still paying the costs in Abe’s persecution. Commenting on the tragic death last week of Henry Aiders, who was run over and killed while under the influence of liquor, the Earl Park Gazette says: “This is the second sad death of this kind, largely due to the demon of drink, in this vicinity within the past sixty days and our people are very much excited over these occurences.” Earl Park is one of the few towns in Benton county that has held out against the antisaloon people. No doubt these late deaths will be the cause of putting Earl Park in the list of temperance towns.

A decided change in sentiment on the license question was shown at the annual local elections held throughout Vermont Tuesday. Forty-eight cities and towns voted in favor of liquor selling, as compared with 60 last year, when the prohibition law of half a century was annulled, Where license won it was with a greatly reduced majority. Rutland the home of Percival W. Clement,} who inaugurated the high license campaign two years ago, and which gave 1,200 majority for license last year, voted no license by 120 majority. Burlington voted for license by a narrow majority. Later returns show that three out of 14 counties remain in the license column, as compared with nine lest year.

The supreme court will be asked to decide a novel law point, that of the power of school boards or boards of health to require every pupil to be vaccinated or be refused admittance to tbe|schools. Some parents are opposed to vaccination, and if they refuse to comply with the health order and their child is denied admission to schools, they are liable to prosecution under the truancy laws. To test the point a friendly suit is to be brought in Indianapolis. Dr. Hurty, secretary of the state board of health, is of the opinion that the vaccination order cannot be enforced, and points to a decision of the Vigo circuit court about a year ago, where it was held that the section of the school law which reads: “No, child in good mental and physical condition shall, for any cause, any rule or law to the contrary, be excluded from attending schools when such school is in seseion,” knocked out the regulation of the health officers.

Special March Sale —New good* bought long before the recent advance, at the Chicago Bargain Store. ,

School scraps and clhsb rushes would soon be a thing of the past if parents, newspapers and authorities interested were as pronounced against them as is the Frankfort Times in the following editorial: “No institution is deserving of success that permits such conduct as the kidnapping of the president of the sophmore class of Wnbash college by the freshman of the same institution. Such acts are nothing short of criminal and if Wabash college is not strong enough to stop them, it should close its doors and acknowledge that it is a failure. For years the class fights of Wabash college have been a disgrace, not only to itself and the city of its location, but to the entire state. That such conduct is not upheld by the public and those who are seeking a higher education is shown by the small attendance at the college compared with other colleges. Purdue, the State University, Depauw and other colleges have gone on with tremendous strides while Wabash seems content to wither and die as the result of the ruffianism permitted by ber.faculty.”

Will give an entertainment for the benefit of the Rensselaer Military Band on March 8, 1904. The ticket Board will be up Friday, March 4, at four o’clock. Be sure and get your ticket before that time. The tickets are 50 cents each and may be bought of any of the band boys and at a number of the stores.