Jasper County Democrat, Volume 10, Number 2, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 April 1907 — Page 1

Jasper County Democrat.

SI.OO Per Year.

Patching Butterflies. To catch butterflies you must reach out after then). As a rule you A. won’t catch many in your r/ hand. You must use a net. It is the net that scoops them in. A hand reach in catching butterflies is no better than a handbill in wJ&Z ja catching business. It is Z'' the net that counts. * •Wfr|nV 7 The net is the news- JL paper. This reaches out to all |he people and .■ scoops them in. Experi- ; ence of several generations has shown that the / (S\ \ newspaper is the best I F£>\2) - business bringer. \ v > v Take, for instance, J| I ! this paper. (Most peo- fl| jr I ; pie take it.) An an- I •: nouncement in this pa» p.I * per goes into the homes I of the people whom you ' I * must reach if you get | : the business you are : after. : There is, indeed, a very much larger net that scoops in « the business butterflies. It is stretched out not only over ’ this community, but over every similar community in the « land. It is, mail order net, made up of big catalogues ’ , and of advertisements in periodicals which are circulated * broadcast to catch the unwary. ’ To prevent that great net—which is really an octopus < with a thousand tentacles—from catching your trade away J from you, wisdom suggests that you use your home net—the « local newspaper. « Usually a word to the wise is sufficient « If you want to keep your patronage or build it up, you « must compete with the butterfly catchers from the outside. ’ The Dollar is the Butterfly. It has green wings, and is « attractive to merchants in the big cities just as"st is attrac- « tive to you. ’ If you would catch these pretty butterflies that are cir- « culating around home, you must use the net that circulates < around home. " « Could anything be plainer ? - ’

BETTER LATE THAN NEVER—FRANCHISE GIVEN.

Crown Point Star: Our citizens got a move on them Monday evening concerning the electric franchise and gave the road a right-of-way over Jackson street, with a privilege of changing to any other street in town if arrangements could be made. The road promoters were already contemplating a change in their line to run parallel with the Monon, and whether Crowtf Point “hung fire” too long with (heir donation remains to be seen. Our people saw at a glance that an interurban road is not coming from the. south To connect us with the north end of the county every day, and it seemed now or never. We take into consideration that the road is hot wholly insured yet, but the prospects look bright, and if it don’t materialize there is nothing lost. All are willing to admit that their choice of Jackson street — only 40 feet wide—is not the best for the property owners on that line, but if it is that or nothing the town might better pay all damages to the owners than let the road pass on another route. In fact the people or Crown Point made it clear to the Town Trustees that it was their duty to secure the road, no matter on what street they chose to pass over, and the move was made in quick time in order to report to- the promoters what had been done before they went too far with their new scheme of changing.

A GOOD ONE ON TUB "ICE MAN."

Pulaski County Democrat: When a new baby came to a Rensselaer home the other day the proud father wanted to weigh it, but had no scales, fie stopped the ice man who was passing and borrowed his scales. Imagine his surprise when the apparatus showed that the baby weighed 47 pounds. • We buy eggs—highest market price paid. Fen dig’s Fair.

RENSSELAER WILL CELEBRATE AGAIN.

The Democrat is requested to state that it is the intention of Rensselaer to celebrate the 4th of July again this year and in a manner that will lay in the shade the very successful and Satisfactory celebration of last year. Of course it is a little early perhaps to broach this subject, but the business men, who are interested in having a celebration, expect to take the matter up early so as to secure good attractions before the best are all engaged, *and to this end a meeting will be called early next month and a committee appointed to raise the necessary funds for the expenses. Then the work of securing attractions can be gone ahead with at once. As a nucleus we have a balance of $32.50 left over from last year, now in the hands of treasurer E. D. Rhoades. It ought not be difficult to raise a thousand dollars this year, which would pay for three or four good bands and provide the largest and best line of free amusements and attractions ever seen in this section of the state. It is the intention to make all attractions, absolutely free, as was the case last year.

WANT HUSTON RETAINED,

- A petition signed by 39 voters of Milroy tp., was filed with the county auditor Monday, asking that he rescind his recent action in declaring vacant the office of township trustee of said township and appointing*Geo. L. Parks as trustee. Five of the 39 names are withdrawals from the petition of a few weeks ago asking the auditor to so declare the office vacant and appoint Geo. L. Parks trustee, leaving but 29 names to the Parks petition. Those withdrawing from said Parks petition state that they signed said petition through the mattter having been misrepresented to them and ask that Huston be allowed to fill oat bis term of office and be continued as such trustee. J

Rensselaer, Jasper County, Indiana, Saturday, April 13, 1907.

A CLASS OF 38

To Graduate From High School This Year.

LARGEST IN SCHOOL’S HISTORY.

Twenty-Five Girls and Thirteen Boys In Class.—Exceeds Last Year’s Record-Breaker By Four.

*Uhe Rensselaer High School will graduate another record breaking class, exceeding in number by four the record-breaker of last year. Last year there was a class of 34 graduated, which broke all previous records, but this year the number reaches 38 and is composed of 25 girls and 13 boys, rsTwoor three are from outside the county, while several are from the country and surrounding townships. Following are the name of the. graduates: ' Devere Yeoman Zelda Daugherty Ora Yeoman Edna Fendig Elmer Wilcox Irene Duvall Grace Worland Helen Hopkina Paul Glasebrook Marguerete Irwin Delos Dean Bradly Bom Geo. Parkiaon Berne Osborne Ivan Brenner Agnea Kahler Avalinß Kindig Mollie McElfreah Ella Caaey Edith Adams Carl Duvall Eva Maines Glen Huston Nell Moody Robert Miliiron Mamie Areher Bari Bruner Rex Warner Luvi4 Gunyon Vera Lefler Clara Brusnahan Hasel Parker Eva Moore Berne Parker Homer Dobbins Clare Jessen Ina Shesler ___ Georgia Harris

TWO-CENT RAILROAD FARE NOW IN EFFECT.

■~~vnly two-cents-a-mile now on railroads to points in Indiana, that is tickets bought within the state to points also within the state. But interstate traffic -will be at the rate of 2| cents, it is announced, and it is not likely that round trip tickets will be sold. li they are there will be no reduction on such tickets, but they will simply be double the one way The Monon has cut out its oneway fare for round trip Sunday tickets, party tickets, etc., and if you buy a ticket through to Chicago, you will pay as much as heretofore. However the rate to Haujtpond is now $1.04, commutation tickets between there and Chicago can usually be secured for 25 cents each way. If you are going outside the state you must go to the trouble to purchae a ticket only |p the nearest point to the state line to reap the advantages of the 2-cent rate, and then purchase another ticket after crossing the state line to go on, and if the state you are going to has a 3-cent rate it may be cheaper to pay the old rate at your starting point and then save the trouble of buying two tickets. At least this plan is usually best if you are unaccustomed to traveling. Ohio, of course, has a 2-cent rate, and if you want to go to some point there and are up to snuff, that is know just what point to buy your tickets, you can save a few dollars under this law. Between local points, however, the new law will prove quite a saving to travelers, but tickets must be purchased, as where one pays on train 2| cents will be charged, but a rebate check redeemable at any office of the road will be issued for the excess fare.

POISONED BY TAKING HEADACHE TABLETS.

A Roselawn correspondent* to a Kentland paper says of a former Rensselaer resident: “Guy Parker, well known in Roselawn and vicinity, a clerk in D. K. Fryes store of tnis place, was almost fatally poisoned last Sunday by taking headache tablets containing strichnine. He having taken nine grains in all, he was in convulsions for over an hour, the minister who was the first to reach him found him in a serious condition. But he is recovering nicely at this writing, which we are pleased to know.” Our line of rugs ami lace curtains are the finest ever shown in this city, at money-saving prices. Rowles & Parker. To Rent On Shakes About 2 acres erf fine potato ground, only five blocks from court house. Enquire at Democrat office.

A MISSION AT KNIMAN.

A mission, the first one in Kniman, Ind., to be held in the Catholic chnrch, opens Sunday, April 14, at 10 a. m., and at 7 p. m. At each service a mission sermon will be given. Other services will be announced at the opening. The mission will be conducted by Rev. Father Vigilius H. Krull, <3. P. P, 8., a renowned and eloquent missionary of the community of the Most Precious Blood. All, not only Catholics, are invited. P. Alph Miller, Pastor.

PULPIT ANNOUNCEMENTS.

PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. The subject of the morning sermon at the Presbyterian church will be “Church officers, their character and work.” Evening subject “Enthusiasm.” Good music by the chorus at every service. Everyone is invited to be present. TRINITY M. E, CHURCH. Dr. D. M. Wood, Presiding Elder of Valparaiso district, will hold the third quarterly meeting of Trinity M. E. church on next Sabbath, April 14. The service will be held at the First Baptist church. Dr. Wood will preach on Saturday evening, followed by the quarterly conference; also on Sabbath morning Bft 10:45, followed by the quarterly communion. The public cordially invited. CHURCH OF GOD. On accodnt of some, desirous of hearing the subject as announced for last Sunday, viz; “How can we account for the widespread conflictions of ideas concerning the Scripture by those believing them to be the inspired word of God?” being unable to come, the discussion of it was postponed, and will therefore be the subject for next Sunday morning’s discourse. All cordially invited to come.

INDIANA DRY BY 1912.

Issues Will Be Kept Before the People—Statement Given Out by Anti. Saloon League.

Under the slogan, “Indiana a Dry State by 1912,” announcement of campaign issues to be brought to the front during the next two years is made by the Anti-Saloon League of Indiana as follows: “We are glad to announce that at the last meeting of the head quarters or executive committee of the Indiana Anti-Saloon League it was decided first, that the agitation for the county feature to our remonstrance law is to be continued, and second, that a campaign be begun at once for a constitutional amendment absolutely prohibiting the manufacture and sale of intoxicating liquors in the State of Indiana to be submitted to the vote of the people at the earliest possible moment. “These two issues are to be kept before the people. Public sentiment is to be aroused and we hope so educated that there will be such a demand that both measures will pass the next General Assembly by an overwhelming majority. We are confident that if we have sufficient funds to keep a force of men in the field, to print literature, to carry on a common sense, busi-ness-like, aggressive campaign, we shall win.

“In regard to the constitutional amendment, we are not proposing hasty action. Some of our friends are fearful of going beyond public sentiment. But the resolution for a constitutional amendment has to be passed upon by two General Assemblies before it can go to a vote of the people. In other words we could not vote upon the question before the fall of 1911 or more than four and half years hence. By that time we verily believe we will have a dozen Prohibition States. We have as strongs pub* lie sentiment against the saloon as any state in the Union. We only need to concentrate that sentiment, give it the proper leadership and victory will be ours. We believe the above pi&n is not only feasible but practical, and we plead with every friend of temperance without regard to religious or political affiliation to unite in bringing it to pass.” Don’t fail to see those new Oxfords at Rowlea & Parker’s big double store. Pure bred 8. C.’White Leghorn eggs for sale; fifty cents per setting of Sateen eggs. ’Phone No. 502 D. Mrs. Ed Herath, R. F. D. No. 1. Rensselaer, Ind.

THE COURT HOUSE

Items Picked Up About the County Capitol.

Judge Darroch and John Higgins of Kentland, Judge Palmer and E. B. Sellers of Monticello, Jasper Guy of Remington were among the out-of-town lawyers attending court here this week.

Clyde Gibbons, the young man from Roselawn in jail here in default of bond on surety of the peace proceedings, was released Monday on orders from the Thayer justice before whom the proceedings were begun.

A meeting of A. McCoy creditors is called by Referee Bowers at his office in Hammond April 20, to pass on a proposed compromise of the claim of Wood Bros, of Chicago of $6,890.55, which it is proposed to compromise for $4,000.

The Remington and Carpenter tp., stone road bonds were sold Wednesday to the First National Bank of Rensselaer at a premium of $193, The bonds aggregate $60,000, and are in denominations of SSOO each, bearing 4| per cent interest. There were several other bidders from Indianapolis, but all were under the bid of the First National.

Judge Fortune of Terre Haute holds the new “blind tiger” law to be unconstitutional, because it provides for seizure and destruction of liquor and beer, which are legally recognized as property, without right of replevin; because it provides a penalty of SSOO and jail sentences for having possession of intoxicants, while the present law has a less penalty for selling illegally.

Marriage licenses issued: April 6, Volney M. Peer, of Brook, aged 24, occupation terra-cota worker, to Elizabeth Jungles of Knimah, aged 19, occupation housekeeper, First marriage for each. April 11, James Kananey of Kankakee, 111., aged 32, occupation laborer, to Louisa Emmons, also of Kankakee, aged 32, occupation housekeeper. First marriage for groom, second marriage for bride, she having been divorced in September last.

And now it is claimed that through a blunder in the new ditch law, which provides that all pending ditches, except those begun under the law of 1905, shall be furnished under the provisions of the new law, and in case bonds are to be issued the parties must sign waivers within 60 days after ditch is established, otherwise the total amount of the assessments must be paid in ten monthly payments. Several ditches in White county, including the Hoagland, Mertz, Ross, Fox and Allen arc affected, it is said. So far as known no ditches are affected here.

James Gillispie, who was serving a life sentence for the alleged murder of his sister at Rising Sun, Ind., in December, 1905, has been released by the supreme court. It seems that after the jury had been sworn to try the case it was found that one of the jurors had married a relative of the defendant, and the juror was discharged and another put in his place. The court held that jeopardy attached with the swearing of the jury, and that when the new mdh was put on jeopardy again attached. According to law and the' state constitution a person cannot be placed in jeopardy twice for the same offence, and on this technicality the convicted man goes free. AU of which shows that the courts and lawyers should be better posted on what the law is. In this case the first juror’s wife had died, and in law her death severed the relationship, so the man was really a legal juror. Therefore two errors were committed by the lower court..

New suits filed: No. 7154. John T. Biggs, Mark Knapp, Louis Paulsen, trustees of Wheatfield Lodge No. 689, I. O. O. F., vs. William H, King, et al; suit on note and foreclosure of mortgage. Demand S2OO. No. 7155. Nativia White vs.

Vol. X. No. 2

Milton P. White et al; action for partition of real estate. No. 7156. William B. Austin ve. Mack Sullivan William P. Michael; complaint on note, demand $112.60. In the case of the First National Bank of Rensselaer vs. Thomae C. Cain and David M. Worland, mentioned in this column last week, the case has been dismissed as to Mr. Worland. . No. 7157. Schrieber liquor liquor license case from Roselawn, on change of venue from Newton county. No. 7158. The Inter Ocean Newspaper Co., vs. Geo. A. Strickfaden; complaint on guarantee. This case is based on a paper signed by defendant Aug. 29,1902, to guarantee the payment of all bills of papers supplied to W. C. Shead, a former newsdealer of Rensselaer, and on which there is now a balance of $158.77 due and unpaid, according to the complaint.

The circuit court has been grinding this week. Not very much of importance wm done except in making up isstres, setting cases for trial and probate matters, until Tuesday, when the injunction case from Remington was tried. In this case it seems that D. H. Roades and Wm, R. Geier were partners in the blacksmithing business. They could not agree and Rhoads finally bought out the latter’s interest and claimed Geier agreed verbally not to reingage in the business there again, (which Geier denies) but later did so. A temporary restraining order was granted recently and the case came up at this term for a hearing on its merits. A large number of Remington people were over as witnesses in the case, and the evidence was conflicting. The court took a week to decide the matter.

In the libel case of the republican county chairman Halleck vs. The Democrat editor, motion to quash the affidavit on the grounds that there was nothing libelous in the article complained of was argued before the court Monday afternoon, Messrs. Honan and and Williams appearing for defendant and the deputy prosecutor, who is also the republican county secretary, and Halleck himself for the state. The court held the affidavit good, and that as pieced together with inuendo the article was libelous. No further action has been taken in the matter at this writing. Following is the trial to date: Second Monday—Hollingsworth vs. Horton et al, 9 a. m. Second Tuesday—Collins vs. Warner et al.

Second Wednesday—Gleason vsWickizer et al. Second Saturday—Schreiber liquor license case. Third Monday—Cunningham, trustee, vs. Gilbreath et al, 9 a. m.; Willette,. adm., vs. Gifford. (Forargument,) Third Tuesday—Willenmeir vs. Peck, 9 a. m. Third Wednesday—Kennedy King Co., vs. Coen et al, 9a. m ; A. L. Johns vs, same, same hour. Third Thursday—Gray vs. Rider (issues to be made); Lund vs. Board of Commissioners, 9 a.Carr ditch, same hour. Third Friday—Troupe vs. Frances, 9 a. m.; Roy vs. same, same hour; Bullis vs. Welsh, same hour. Fourth Monday—State vs. Sorenson, 9 a.m. yFourth Tuesday—State, ex rel, Huston vs. Parks, 9 a. m. Fourth Wednesday—Boh man vs. Baughman, 9a. m.; Marble vs. Grube, 9 a. m. • Fourth Thursday—Ditch case. Fourth Friday—Electric Co., vs. Moffitt. 9 a. m.

FARM FOR RENT.

160 acres | mile of Kniman, good buildings, grain rent. G. F. Meyers. None so good as the Harper and Laporte buggies, a house full of them at Worland’s. The former Ideal is now known as the “West End Clothing Store.” Now is the time to bloom out in new array. Nature is blooming out in beauty at this season, and your bloom out will be easy if you came to us; our . new spring lines are complete in all departments. Rowles & Parker.

IT PAYS TO TRADE AT WORLAND'S

Compare nay prices on bugeies with others and you will say Under yon* b*e»tb, "He’s got them all skinned.”