Jasper County Democrat, Volume 10, Number 51, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 March 1908 — Page 1

Jasper County Democrat.

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DEMOCRATS OF MARION WILL NOMINATE MAY 9.

At the precinct conventions Saturday in Marlon tp., it was decided to hold the township convention on Saturday, May 9th. The call /or the convention be published later in The Democrat.

BROOK TO HAVE ELECTRIC LIGHTS.

The Gragg Brothers have contracted for their electric light plant and some of the material will begin drifting along in the course of a week or' two. The boys to begin Wtfrk very shortly wireing houses and other work that can be done before the weather settles sufficiently to begin on the erection of the power plant, but in a few weeks everything will be tn full swing.—Brook Reporter.

NEW MINISTER FOR BAPTIST CHURCH.

Rev. O. E. Miller of Ft. Wayne has accepted a call from the First Baptist church of Rensselaer and will preach full time, beginning with next Sunday. He is a young man Just out of college and comes highly recommended. The church considers they are very fortunate in getting him. He has a wife and will move here next week, occupying a part of Mrs. Shields’ residence property on the west side.

DEMOCRATIC TOWNSHIP NOMINATIONS.

The democrats of Barkley, Jordan and Wheatfield townships held their conventions Saturday and each placed good tickets in the field. Barkley nominated T. M. Callahan for trustee and John Nortnan for assessor. Jordan nominated Wm. Wortley for trustee and Frank Nessius for assessor. The nominations were by acclamation. Delegates and alternates selected to the county contention were elected and were instructed to vote for delegates to the state convention who were solid for Bryan. No nominations were made for justices or constables. Wheatfield nominated S. D. Clark for trustee, Henry Misch for assessor, G. W. Swisher and Mike Bernicken for justices of the peace and George Grube, and Samuel Payne for constables. Mark Knapp, Wm. Dittman and Wm. Grebe, Jr., were nominated for advisory board. Mr. Clark served one term as trustee of Wheatfield tp., and made an excellent record. He is a careful man and is possessed of much more than ordinary ability. He straightened out the affairs of the township, which were in a badly muddled condition when he took the office, and turned it over A his successor in excellent condition. It would not be strange, considering, if it doesn’t need Mff Clark again at the helm to guide its ship of. state once more to a safe anchorage.

STATE CONVENTION HEXT WEEK.

A Number of Excellent Democrats Aspire to the Various Offices. The democratic state convention will be held in Indianapolis next week. There are a host of candidates for the various offices. All are good men and so far as we have been able to learn Jasper county democrats have no particular choice. Perhaps of the several candidates for the nomination for governor Samuel M. Ralston- of Lebanon is the most able man in the bunch, but Thomas R.- Marshall of Columbia City, C. K. McCullough of Anderson, L. Ert Slack of Franklin, Thomas H. Kuhn of Richmond, and C. G. Conn of Elkhart, are all able men, but The Democrat’s choice would be Ralston, Marshall and Slack, in the order named. The official list of other caftdidates, as now held by Joe Riley, { secretary of the State committee, is as follows: For Lieutenant-Governor William P. O’Neill, Mishawaka; Frank E. Hering, South Bend, and Frank J. Hall, Rushville. ' For Secretary of State—James F. Cox, Columbus. For Auditor of State—Marion Bailey, Lizton. For Treasurer of State—John Isenbarger, North Manchester. For Attorney—General Walter J. Lotz, Muncie; Milton B. Hottel, Salem, and Richard M. Milburn, Jasper. For Reporter of the Supreme Court —Burt New, North Vernon, and Ralph McConnell, Oxford. For judge of 'the Supreme Court —M. B. Lairy, Logansport; .T. E. Howard, South Bend, and J. T. Cox, Peru. . > • For judge of the Appellate Court —E. W. Felt, Greenfield. For Statistician —Edward Stenger, Brookville George B. Harris. Fountain city, and P. J. Kelleher, Indianapolis. For Superintendent of Public Instruction —J. Walter Dunn, Indianapolis; Samuel L. Scott, Jeffersonville, and Hervey D. Vorles. Special curtain sale at Rowles & Parker’s, Friday and Saturday, March 20 and 21st.

A COUNTY TICKET.

Democrats Will Meet Today To Nominate. CONVENTION CALLED FOR 10 A.M. ■. ■ *— — For Preliminary Work But Convention Proper Will Not Be Held Until Afternoon. The democrats of Jasper county meet in Rensselaer today to nominate a county ticket, and let us hope that the usual good judgment will be shown in the choice of candidates, and that we may be successful in electing at least a part of the ticket in November. It is not a pleasing local picture that confronts the democracy of Jasper county, with its big republican majority, which is so all-power-ful that a nomination has generally been equivalent to an election. But people in Jasper county as elsewhere are growing wiser. They are learning that such conditions are not for the beet; that it is necessary to have under our fora of government two political parties; that to insure an honest and economical local government it is not best to let one side or party have things all their own way; that where this is done for year after year conditions become rotten and a crowd of political leeches grow up about them that actually believe the taxpayers owe them a living, and that, too, without their laboring very hard to get it—that is, manual labor. Party ties are setting more loosely on the shoulders of the average taxpayer each year, and he is beginning to see for himself a little, rather than letting the politician see for him. He sees these fellows about who live off the sweat of the taxpayers, and he is beginning to get wise. He realizes that the only way to change such a state of affairs is to change the conditions that created them, and he is going to be more independent in his voting in the future than he has been in the past.

Such beiqg the case, it behooves the democrats to place their best men in the field for the offices that are to be filled this fall. We are all equally interested in good government and it will hurt no man *to go down to defeat, if defeat it proves to be, in a good cause. To win we must have, some republican votes, and these must come from the better element in that party. To secure these votes we must bhve a good clean set of men on our ticket who will inspire the confidence and respect of the voters, and with such a ticket we believe a part of our candidates at least can be Elected in spite of the six hundred republican majority that evfronts us. Democratic prospects look very flattering indeed in both state and nation, and let ps democrats In Jasper county by put action today endeavor to strengthen this condition by placing a ticket in the field to which we can all point with pride.

SQUIRE BUSSELL HAS WEDDING.

Kc. W. Bussell of Hanging Grove fp. officiated at the 'wedding of August Tigler and Miss Rose Brandenberg Wednesday evening at the home of the bride’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Brandenberg, at 6 o’clock p. m. The groom is one of Hanging Grove’s hustling farmers of the north side and is a little past 34 years of age. The bride is one of Barkley township’s popular young ladles and has been a 'resident of the place where she was married for three wears. The newly married eouple will start house keeping immediately in the home already furnished by the groom. The Democrat and many friends join in wishing them a long, happy and prosperous life.

BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENTS. March 19, to Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Donnelly, north of town, a son. At this writing the babe is suffering with internal spasms and not expected to live. March 15, to Mr. and Mrs. James Reed, of Jordan tp., a son.

RENssitABR, Jasper County. Indiana, Saturday, March 21, 1908.

WHISKEY DRINKING IN RENSSELAER.

The Democrat is in receipt of a communication from a mother who says site is heart-broken because her boy is getting liquor here in Rensselaer, and gets drunk. She names places wnere this liquor is to be had—or • where her boy gets it —and she thinks jf the officers who are supposed to look after the morals of the town would do their duty much of this could be stopped. Thi& opinion will be generally endorsed by the public. It is noi> believed that all the booze that is being consumed here at present comes from the drug stores by a long sight, and conditions Appear to be growing worse instead of better. •’ Perhaps the dispensers will finally overreach themselves one of these days and then they will get a fall that can be heard all over th| county. The letter mentioned above may be had by the officers if they care to investigate the tips given therein.

AN EVENING WITH. OPIE READ.

Some Press Comments On the Next Lecturer. Alton, - Ill.—The audience last evening was highly pleased with the program presented. Opie Read, the king of American funmakers, gave a number of his popular writings, and delighted everybody. There is great charm in his productions, and to hear them from the lips of him who wrote is yet more interesting. Tales of Southern life, now weird, now laughter-producing, were all given in the quaint, characteristic style of the author. Chicago Tribune.—Opie Read’s reputation as a novelist and storyteller of the charming old southern type, and some of those remarkably clever versified productions that have made his name a familiar one wherever periodicals are read, call forth the literary appreciation their, entertainment richly deserves. Louisville (Ky.) Courier-Journal. —Opie Read is a wonderful delineator of character, strong, clear, and full of a truth as pungent as the scent of walnut in the woods*, careful and clear in diction, and never an involved sentence; an' artist in the interpretation of his own work. In his sky there is many a beautiful tint, sunsets of rest and sunrises of promise; and in his words there are thrilling notes, while everywhere In the air about us we hear the sharp cry. “Truth, truth!” How genuinely American, how live a production of his native soil!

ANOTHER BIG DITCH ESTABLISHED IN WHITE COUNTY.

Among the closing abts 'of the February term of Circuit court was the establishment of the Herman Riecke ditch, an improvement better known as the Honey Creek ditch- The petition for the ditch was first filed November 25, 1907. Remonstrances weite filed by both the Monon and Panhandle Railroad companies, James Lowe, Mrs.' Serena C. Lowe and others asking fpr damages, one for a* reduction of assessments, and was finally disposed of Friday. Damages, were allowed to various parties amounting to 15,550. The ditch Consists of a main ditch 13>i miles long and a branch 9 miles long. •There are 700 land descriptions in the report and about 28,000 acres of land are .directly affected. There are between 270 and 300 land owners affected, and the ditch runs through three townships—Princeton, Honey Creek and Big Creek. Two miles of the branch will be tile. All the rest can be constructed by dredge. There are 447,551.5 cubic yards of excavation in the main ditch and 194.338.8 cubic yards in the branch. Estimated cost of construction is 142,035.72 Estimated benefits, 171,460.51. Over three miles of the ditch is fifteen feet wide in the bottom, and more than four miles of it is eighteen feet wide in the bottom. Nearly four miles is over fifty feet wide at the top. Mr. L. D. Carey was the attorney for the petitioners and looked after all the legal details of the enterprise. ' Messre. B. Price, Jr. and J. M. Love jrere the viewers. Fred Dahling was appointed construction commissioner.—Monticello Journal. / •

BICYCLE REPAIRING.

T. W. Blssenden, the well known bicycle repairer, is with ' us this year and will give special attention to this line of work. Bring in your “bikes” and get them put in good running order for the season. . RENSSELAER GARAGE.

SHOES—Shoes, the very best that money can buy. The newest styles in all leathers, both black and tan. All widths; come in and be properly fitted. We fit your feet. ROWLES A PARKER. t i-

THE MT HOUSE

Items Picked, Up About the County Capitol. The case * against Smith and Webb, the murderers of Sheriff Oglesby of Winamac, has been venued to Cass county. —o — Don’t forget to file your mortgage exemptions, providing, of course, there is a mortgage on your real estate. Neglect to do this at the proper time forfeits your right to have such amount exempted from taxation. In the Rose blind tiger case from Monon, heard in the White circuit court recently by Judge Hanley as special judge, it was held that the several dray loads of booze seized in Rose’s place be destroyed. An appeal was taken to the supreme court. The anti-saloon people of Union tp., assert that they will easily de{eat the present applications for icense there, but they want to make it as nearly unanimous as possible and desire to have every man who believes in a continuation of the present "dry” condition in the township,to enroll his name on the remonstrance list. Union tp., they assert, is a dry township and will remain so by a good majority. —<o►— The republican senatorial convention was held at Monticello yesterday. Dr. S. I. Brown of Knox and Abe Halleck of Rensselaer were the candidates. At the hour of going to press no report of which had won had been received. The republican judicial convention will be held Tuesday at Roselawn. Judge Hanley will have no opposition for judge. John Greve of Wheatfield, Herman Rogers of Morocco, and Fred Longwell of Brook, want to be prosecutor. —o— New suits filed: No. 7286. Victor L. Brossard vs. Fred T. Jarvis and Jarvis, his wife; suit on notes and foreclosure of mortgage. Demand >l5O and costs. James H. Chapman vs. John W. Burris et al; suit on note and to foreclose chattel mortgage. Demand >IOO. No. 7288. Ray D. Thompson, adm., vs. John B. Wiseman et al. Petition to sell real estate. No. 7289. George O. Bales vs. John Rush an<j Edwin G. Warren; suit on note. Demand |lB5.

Marriage licenses issued: March 17, August Tigler of McCoysburg, aged 33, occupation farmer, to Rosa Bell Brandenberry, also of McCoysburg, aged 17, occupation housekeeper. First marriage for each. March 18, Charles Grant of Rensselaer, aged 32, occupation farmer, to Mildred Shipman of Newton tp., aged 25, occupation housekeeper. First marriage for each. March 19, William G. Havens of Jasper county, aged 22, occupation farmer, to Mertyle Keister, also of Jasper county, aged 19, occupation housekeeper. First marriage for each. March 19, George Earl Timmons of Jasper county, aged 23, occupation farmer, to Mary Marie Shide of Milroy tp., aged 18, occupation housekeeper. First marriage for each. -March 20, Frank Brown of Lansing, Mich., aged 40 years, occupation liveryman, to Anna Ethel Harris of Jasper county, aged 17, occupation housekeeper.

OBITUARY.

Mrs. justina Schultz, nee Lehman, was born in Germany, July 13, 1%3«. She died after a long illneat on Friday morning, March 13, 1908, at the age of 71 years, 8 months and 26 days. The funeral took place on Sunday from the home of her son William, in Union tp., Jasper county, and Intennent was made In the Lutheran cemetery near Knlman, diev. 0. Turk of Goodland officiating. The deceased was. married to tie late John P. Schultz on Aug. 17, 1853. He died about five years ago. To this union were born eleven children, nine of whom are still alive, 'to-wit: William and August Schultfe of Union tp.; Mrs. Aug. Dewtiz of Trinadad, Col.; Mrs. John Gall of Demotte; Mrs. Henry £xstart of Alexandria, S. D.; Mrs. Gustav Westerfield of Trinadad, Col.; Mrs. Chris Anderson of So. Holland, Hl.; Mrs. Chas. Gall of Hebron; and Mrs.- Thomas Wood of Lowell. Besides these children one brother in South Dakota, one in Wanatah, Ind., one sister in Germany and 43 grandchildren survive .the..deceased. May she rest in peace.

TO THE NEWSPAPER TRADE.

While The Democrat purchased a. Standard Linotype principally for its own individual use, yet it can handle a limited amount of outside work for neighboring papers. Such work can be “set” to best advantage on Saturdays, Mondays' and Tuesdays, and will be done for a very reasqnable price. -We have both the six and eight point mats, light and bold faces, and can set either solid or leaded up to ten point, 6n any length slug up to 30 ems. Special attentiofi given to legals and brief work. Of course if enough outside work is had to justify us other faces, including 11 point, especially for brief and ad work, will be added.

OKLAHOMA LETTER.

Clioeteau, Okla., Mar. 15, ’OB. Editor Rensselaer Democrat: Rensselaer, Ind. Kind Sir:—Through the kindness of some unknown friend, 1 received two copies of the Rensselaer Democrat and I want you to give them my hearty thanks for same. I am sure I appreciate the kindness. And your paper was so full of good news that it was like a long, long letter from home (I having been reared in or rather near Rensselaer.) But I see that the country has undergone wonderful changes since I left there some thirteen years ago. However I recognize the fact that the world is fast changing. I had no idea that country was making such rapid strides as it is. While Our country here is in its infancy it is naturally supposed that-ft would make great improvements. And then we have here more natural resources than any country that it has been my good fortune to see. Our climate is fine, our soil productive, our natural gas, our oil, our timber, coal, lead, zinc and copper, are all productions that are found within a radius of fifteen to thirty miles of our little town of Choteau. Our town is composed .of three banks, three general merchandise stores, two exclusive grocery stores, one harness and shoe shop, one butcher shop, two hotels, two livery barns, two churches, one school building with an attendance of about 250 scholars—no saloons, no blind tigers, but a lot of good old-time democrats that have voted for Bryan twice and are just waiting for an opportunity to vote for him again. Tell the readers of your paper that when called upon, the new state of Oklahoma will be solidly in the democratic rank, with such men as R. L. Owen, C. N. Haskell; L. P. Gore and T. C. Worrel and a score of others too numerous to mention, that we can’t fail to roll up a handsome majority for Bryan in 1908. You can print my letter if you like and if you do 1 will write again and tell you more about our new state. Respectfully, B. F. ROMINE, Chotean, Okla.

REPUBLICAN COUNTY TICKET.

Convention Held Monday and Standard Bearers Named. About the only interesting feature of the republican county convention last Monday was the contests for sheriff and purveyor. In the former Lewis P. Shirer of Barkley won on the fourth ballot, and W. F. Osborne of Rensselaer was nominated for surveyor on the second ballot. The entire ticket as nominated is as follows: J. D. Allman, Treasurer. John W. Tilton, Recorder. L. P. Shirer, Sheriff. • W. J- Wright, Coroner. W. F. Osborne, Surveyor. John. F. Pettit, Com. Ist Diet. C. T. Denham, Com. 3rd Dist. All but the sheriff and surveyor are the present incumbents of the offices Jo which they were nominated, and the nominations were by acclamation. There were three candidates for sheriff—Gus Grant of Marion tp.; Chas. Morlan of Rensselaer, and L. P. Shirer of Barkley. The vote by ballots was: Ist 2nd 3rd 4tb Shirer 58 70 84 95 Grant 38 32 20> 15 Morlan • , 49 43 38 33 For surveyor M. B. Price, the present incumbent, W. F. Osborne of Rensselaer and R. A. Mannan of Wheatfield were candidates. The vote by ballots was: Ist 2nd Price 59 55 Osborne 65 77 Mannan 20 13 L. W. Ferris, Chas. Peregrine, S. R. Nichols, W. L. Wood, John Porter, John Wilson and W. V. Porter were selected as delegates to» the state convention, and all are understood to be for Watson for governor. Mr. Watson, who is drawing a salary of $7,500 per year as congressman, is putting in the time in looking personally after his campaign, instead of attending to the duties for which he is being paid at Washington, and was here and made a short talk to the convention, leaving on the 2:01 p. m. south-bound train. The delegates selected for the congressional convention were: John O'Connor, R. A. Mannan, C. J. Dean, E. D. Rhoades, Bruner, O. P. Taber, Geo. Chappell.

Vol. X. No. 51

REPUBLICAN TP. TICKETS.

In Hanging Greve George Parker was nominated for trustee; J. P. uwin for assessor; C. W. Bussell for justice; Andrew Knopinskl for constable. In Jordan township the republicans have nominated Alva McCashen for trustee, and James Bullis, the present assessor, was nominated for re-election. In Wheatfield M. J. Delehanty was nominated for trustee, A. S. Keen for assessor, (present incumbent), Albert VanDoozer and John Holliday for justices and James Keen and Peter McDaniel for constables.

WHO THE DELEGATES ARE.

Names of Some of Those Chosen for County Convention. The Democrat has been unable to secure the names of all the delegates selected in the various precincts last Saturday to the county convention but herewith gives the names so far as learned. Some of the precincts did not name alternates, as will bp seen: Del. JORDAN. Alt. Jay Lamson Chas. Gorman. J. W. Hltchings Chris Nafziger. J. U. Iliff Conrad Shafer. F. M. Welsh W. D. Bringle. Geo. Iliff Riley Tullis. Daniel Blake Geo. Kennedy. MARION—No. 1. N, S. Bates. John H. Jessen. Lee Glazebrook. George Maines. Ed Herath. Vv >u Clouse. G. A. Jacks. F. M. Parker. G. O. Pumphrey G. D. McCarthy. Jerome Andrus. W. H.' Be*m. Eli Gerber. Joe Norman. MARION—No. 2. C. F. Stackhouse. Newt. Pumphrey. Frank Alter. Conrad Kellner. Sam Scott. John Gray. W. R. Nowes. James Hallagan. T. A. Craci Ed Du’nu. Abe Simpsorj Ed Randle. 1 B. F. Fendlg. Wm. Nou els. W. H. Mai v. Perry Marlatt. A. F. Shesl r. A. J. Miller. t Nelson Randle. Cleve Eger. t MARION—No. 3. Nat Scott. Joe Luers. Arnold Luers. Henry Luers. Joe Halligan. Al Peters. John Haley. J. P. Warner. J. A. McFarland. J. M. Knapp. Geo. Ketchum. James Blake. M. I. Adams. Miahael Kanne. Oscar Houter. Stephen Kohley. MARION—No. 4. J. J. Hunt. Joe Borntrager. E. P. Honan. Wm. Barkley. F. L. Hoover. C. B. Steward. Joseph Nagle. John Elglesbach. Joseph Putts. D. M. Worland. Thos. Lamson. John Hordeman. BARKLEY—East. Smith Newell. James Spriggs. Wm. Snedeker. John Bullis. BARKLEY—West. John Moore. Grant Davisson. James Britt. Villas Prke. Mark Schi oer. WHEATFIELD. Mark Knapp. G. O. Stemble. John Misch. •, John Clark. Wm. Dittman. E. W. Allen. Jacob Heil. WALKER. James L. Smith. W. W. Ballinger. Mark Ott. ' Osborne. Joseph Fenzel. Amlel Schiader. Joseph Sa Irin. L. C. Peck.

Christian Church Services.

The subject of the Sunday morning sermon at the Christian church is, “A Joyful Religion;” in the evening, “The Cqnversion of a Murderer.” A full attendance of all members of the church is desired at the morning service. The public is cordially invited.

EARLY SEED OATS.

I want five farmers in this county who have a good piece of oats groudd, to try my early SIXTYDAY oats this season, and for the purpose of making this trial I will make a special price on 25 bushels or more. These oats are very early, drought and rust resistant, and will make a crop where other varieties fail. If you want to try them write me at once, stating how many bushels you want, and I will make you a special price. L. C. BROWN, LaGrange, Cook Co.. > Illinois.

FOR SALE: —Duroc Jersey sows, due to farrow last of March and first of April. N. C.,PUMPHREY, Phone 514-B. Rensselaer, Ind. The finest line of new spring jackets, ladles’ suits and skirts ever shown in town at Rowles & Parker’s. t FOUND: —On the gravel road north of town, March 16, a child’s cloak. Owner can write me description of same and I will send it to The Democrat, ’where adv. charges can be paid. / MARY FENWICK, Remington, Ind HORSES AND MULES FOR SALE OR TRADE. ' Four good work horses and four mules for sale or trade for cattle or hogs; also have some good picked seed corn for sale. JOSEPH BCHEURICH, Phone 514-F. Rensselaer. Ind. —■ - STOCK WANTED TO PASTURE. Have 20Q acres of bluegrass pasture, by good wells with good windmills and good tanks. Reasonable prices. ALONZO WOOD. ~ ’ McCoysburg, Ind.