Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 May 1908 — Page 1

Jasper County Democrat.

SI.OO Per Year.

BOOZE TO “BURN”

That Is, Plenty of It Was Found. RAID ON ROSEY’S SAMPLE ROOM And 21 Quarts of Whiskey and Two Sugar Barrels Full of Bottle Beer Hauled Away. Considerable excitement was occasioned in town Saturday forenoon when City Marshal Parks, Constable O. P. Robinson and Sheriff O’Connor, armed with, a search warrant, proceeded to the “Hotel Rosey” {the old Nowels House) and found and hauled away a part of a wagon load of whiskey and beer. There were 21 quart bottles full of whiskey, two sugar barrels of bottled beer and one case of beer in the "find.” The whiskey was found in a closet in what is said to have been Mrs. Rosenbaum’s bedroom, while the beer was found in the old sample room of the hotel. A great many empty bottles were also found, it is said, showing that there had been considerable booze consumed thereabouts. The liquor was loaded on a dray and hauled to the sheriff’s office in the court house, where it was placed in the iron cage in the office and locked up to await the trial and order of court as to its disposition. The “blind tiger’’ statute in such seizures of liquors makes it prima facie evidence (if a government license is held) that they were kept for sale, and the penalty (Acts 1907, page 27-33) is a fine of not less than SSO nor more than SIOO for the first offense; not less than SIOO nor more than SSOO and 30 days in jail for the second offense. If on the hearting of the case in court it is found that the liquors seized were kept for sale or barter or given away, then 'u&y 'must, on order of the court, be destroyed and the fine assessed. The exposure of this great supply of intoxicants came about through the arrest of William Hyatt last Thursday. Hyatt and his wife were employed in the hotel. Both had been in an intoxicated condition for several days, and Thursday Hyatt was arrested and lodged in jail. He was later arraigned before Squire Irwin and on a plea of guilty fined $1 and costs, >lO.lO in all. In default of payment he was returned to jalL where he now is. Mrs. Hyatt is related to Mrs. Monroe Carr, and the Carrs questioned her about where they got the liquor and she confessed that she had bought three quarto of whiskey of Mrs. Rosenbaum, and her husband had bought one quart of the same party, and told, it is said, right where the liquor and beer was kept.

On this information Mr. Karr swore out a search warrant and the search revealed the above mentioned liquors. Statements in the form of affidavits were then signed up by Mrs. Hyatt Monday morning, but for some reason the deputy prosecutor found them defective later, we understand, and a new affidavit was prepared, which was filed in the circuit court Wednesday. It was made by Mrs. Hyatt and is against August Rosenbaum, charginglffiß with being in possession of various intoxicating liquors “for the purpose of operating a place to sell, barter' and give away,” etc. A warrant was issued and Mr. Rosenbaum was arrested and placed under SIOO bonds to appear in court to answer the charge, with J, J. Eiglesbach as surety. The case is set for trial next Wednesday.

TEMPERANCE SUNDAY AT THE CHURCHES.

Rev. G. E. Hicks, District Superintendent of the Anti-Saloon League, will visit Rensselaer on Sunday and speak at the churches. He will be at the M. E. church In the morning and will address a men’s meeting at the Presbyterian church at 3 o’clock in the afternoon. At night there will be > big union yneeting at the Christian church. " , Hicks is an excellent speaker, well qualified, both by education and experience for his work. The success of the League in the past, together with the present wide spread temperance sentiment should give Rev. Hicks large audiences while he is here. Let everyone try to attend these meetings. Regular services at all the churches In the ''iprnlng.

SAWS OUT OF FOWLER JAIL. Clyde Thompson, mention of whom was made in last week’s Remington items as having run away with a motor cycle at Fowler and some >7O cash which he took from his employer’s safe, and was later arrested and brought back to Fowler and tried and sentenced to 60 days in jail, made his escape therefrom, last Sunday night by sawing off a couple of bars from a window. He has not been apprehended as yet. It is thought his wife supplied the tools for his escape, and that she, too, left with him.

INDIANAPOLIS STAR IS BROKE.

The Chain of “Star” Papers In the Hands of a Receiver. Thursday’s Indianapolis News: George C. Hitt was to-ady appointed by Judge Anderson, of the Federal Court, receiver for the Star Publishing Company, publishers of the Indianapolis Star, the Muncie Star and the Terre Haute Star. The appointment was made on the petition of Daniel G. Reid, of New York, who alleges that he is a creditor of the Star Publishing Company to the extent of $221,703 for money loaned to the concern and which is due and unpaid. The bond of the receiver was fixed by the court at SIOO,OOO. The Western Trust and Savings Bank and the American Trust and Savings Company, both of Chicago, are made defendants to the action because they are trustees of bond lssues of the company. It had been the desire Z)f the petitioner to have A. A.,-McCormick, editor and publisher of the Indianapolis Star, made receiver, but the custom of Judge Anderson is not to appoint as receiver an officer of the company affepted. Reid alleges in his petition that he lent the Star Publishing Company $249,749.65, for which the company gave him its promisory note. April 4, 1908, $29,108.79 was paid on this note, leaving a balance due of the amount sued for. He alleges that the Star Publishing Company has at all times been without working capital, and that it still has no working capital .except what is furnished by him. \ He alleges that the defendant company is not making enough ont of its busines to meet its current operating expenses and the interest on its bonds, a large amount of which is held by Reid. It is alleged that the Indianapolis Star has lost SIOO,OOO to date, and $50,000 in bonds come due next month with no money to pay them. The petition prays that an accounting be had and that the property of the company, including all three papers and their plants, franchises and rights, be sold as an entirety and the proceds of such sale be devoted to the payment .of the claims of Reid and of such other creditors as may intervene in this action. A. A. McCormick said to-day that the debt leading to the receivership was an old one. The company had owed money on a demand note to Mr. Reid from the time of its organisation. The .demand for the payment could not be met, and the proceeding followed.

STONE MADS IN NEWTON COUNTY

Work to Start in Ninety Days and Road Must be Completed Within Twelve Months. Newton County Enterprise: The construction of the six jnilee of macadam roads in McClellan and Colfax townships, known as • the Harris road, was sold Monday by Superintendent Williamson at the law office of Judge Darroch. There were three bidders and the work was awarded to Henry Templeton for >12,249. The viewers’ estimate of the cost of the road was $14,012. Mr. Templeton is given ninety days in which to begin work and must have the road completed within a year. He has contracted with the Lehigh Stope Co. of Kankakee for the necessary material, pnd expects to begin active operations as soon as the bonds have been sold.- The road is to be eight feet wide and eight Inches deep. Six Inches of the material will be crusher run rock, equal to Kenneth or the Kentland stone, to pass through a two and one-half inch ring, with a top dressing of two Inches. Mr. Templeton has had some experience in road building and will no doubt return a satisfactory

Special curtain sales next Friday and Saturday, and 2nd, at Rowles & Parker’s.

Rbnssblabr, Jasper County. Indiana, Saturday, May 2, 1908.

THE COURT HOUSE

Items Picked Up About the County Capitol. - Co. Supt. Lamson visited the Remington schools Thursday. Commissioners’ Court and the county board of education will each meet Monday. Monday is the last day for paying the spring Installment of taxes tovavoid penalty for delinquency.Eight marriage licenses were is-, sued last month, against 13 for the month previous and 5 for April, 1907. \cierk Warner was handing out some good cigars yesterday, the occasion being his entering upon his second term as clerk. *4<rhe democrats of Hanging Grove tp., at their convention Saturday nominated W. R. Willett for trustee and Chas. Lefler for assessor. A mighty good ticket, surely. —o — New suite filed: No. 7319. Emmet L. Hollingsworth vs. Edward W. Lakin and E. Grant Sutton;! complaint on note. Demand $150.1 No. 7319. Charles G. Spitler, aw trustee of the person and corporations set forth in the complaint, vs. Oscar Byerly et al; complaint on notes.* Demand S7OO, and foreclosure df mortgage.

The April term of the White city cuit court convened Monday. Among the matters disposed of this week of interest to people of this locality was the handing down of a decision in the case of Frank M. Covert vs. Jesse J. Fry et al, which had been sent there from Newton county. The decision was in favor of Covert and for a sum of over $2,000 at 6 per cent, interest from the time of entry of suit. XMarriage licenses issued: April 2p, William Grasshouse of Renssel•aer, aged 40, occupation farmer, to Jenny Van Lear, also of Rensselaer, aged 37, occupation housekeeper. First marriage for each. NtApril .28, George J. Heil of Wheatfield, aged 28, occupation farmer, to Ada Huber, also of Wheatfield, aged 20, occupation housekeeper. First marriage for each.X

April 30, Earl A. ’ Barkley of Rensselaer, aged 23, occupation farmer, to Karrie Irene Lanham, also of Rensselaer, aged 22, occupation housekeeper. First marriage for each. r"' J —o — Erastus Peacock, the mail clerk, whose marital troubles have been aired in oourt here recently, was arrested Monday on a grand jury indlctmeptuiharging wife desertion. Mr. Peacock was ordered by the court recently to pay $7 per week to his wife, from whom he is now separated, for her support. '''JJe has not paid in anything, and asXhe court has no power to enforce such an order in a case of this kind, we understand, the indictment was gotten out. Mr. Peacock gave bond in open court for SIOO with his attorney, Geo. A. Williams, as surety, and (the case is set for next Friday, although it is doubtful if it will be tried then. —o>— According to the enumeration of voters in Jasper county there are 3,554 voters in the county, all but two of whom are white. The two colored voters reside in Rensselaer, and are “Free” Wood, the barber, and Julius Taylor, the carpenter. The voters in each township follow:

Barkley .. 301 Carpenter 523 Gillam 172 Hanging Grove 110 Jordan. -211 Keener 211 Kankakee ..123 Marion 068 Milroy 79 Newton 145 Union 341 Walker ...J................. 203 Wheatfield ...213 . —o—“Cd” Robinson has certainly been having a soul-racking job this week, that of sitting in the sheriff’s office and keeping an eye on the dray load of booze that was seized at the Rosenbaum hotel Saturday. To be sure the aforesaid booze is safely confined within the iron cage in the sheriff’s office, and Sheriff O’Connor carries the key tp the cage, but the 21 quarts As ambercolored liquid which the label on the bottles state is from a noted

ANNOUNCEMENT. The Democrat To Be Issued Twice-a-Week Beginning June 1, When Subscription Will Be Raised to $1.50 Per Year, But — All New Subscriptions aiui Renewals Prior To That Date Will Be Received at Old Price off SI.OO Per Year. \ Commencing with June i The Democrat will be issued twice-a-week, Wednesdays and Saturdays. The Wednesday issue will be printed either Tuesday morning or Tuesday afternoon, while the Saturday issue will be printed Friday afternoon the same as at present. The paper will therefore reach all postoffices in the county Tuesday evening or Wednesday morning, and Friday evening or Saturday morning. V The Wednesday issue will, for the present, consist of four pages of six colums each, 24 columnns, and the Saturday issue of eight pages, 48 columns, the same as now. Each issue will be all home print and in addition to city and county news, country correspondence, etc., will contain up-to-date telegraphic news from all over the country, state news, markets, etc., and will make The Democrat nearly twice as good as it is at present —and it now enjoys the distinction of being one of the best county papers published in this section of the state. . This move has been contemplated’ for some time, and now that we have a new Standard Linotype and other equipment sufficient to get out a daily of no mean pretensions should the field at any time justify it, we feel that it is time to put the long contemplated move into operation. By this change we will be able to get the local and county news to our readers in a little fresher state and the addition of telegraphic news, markets, etc., will give our farmer readers almost as good a general news service as though it were a daily—in fact all the news will be there, and boiled down for the busy reader. This move will mean an extra expense of about SIOO per month, and to meet this the subscription price will be raised to $1.50 per year, while advertising rates will be advanced where the advertising goes in both issues. We want to add at least 500 new subscribers to our already big list by the time we begin the twice-a-week, and in order to get them quickly we make the following extraordinary offer: All new subscriptions or renewals (for one year only) received prior to June 1 will be taken at $1 per year! Think off it, 104 papers for $1.00! Less than one cent a copy! All subscriptions now paid in advance will be carried out with the twice-a-week paper, but after June I, 1908, NO RENEWALS WILL BE RECEIVED NOR NEW SUBCRIPTIONS TAKEN FOR LESS THAN $1.50 PER YEAR. Act quickly if you want to “get in” on this remarkable offer. Send or bring in your subscription or renewal and get the first year’s issue of 104 papers for only $1.00! This offer lasts but four weeks, remember, and now is the time to “nail it.” We expect to make the new paper “worth while” and we want all our old \ subscribers who may be in arrears or whose subscription soon expires to come in and renew and tell their neighbor who doesn’t take the paper about this great offer. Only $1.35 will get the twice-a-week issue and the handsome and useful Wall Chart we have been telling you about, until June 1, or as long as the supply of charts now on hand lasts.

still in “old Kentucky,” are in plain view—so near and yet so far — that it is a trying position for a man to hold. But the sheriff has kindly backed up a roll top desk in front of the cage, which partially hides the view of the spirits that are confined inside the heavy iron bars, or there would probably be a crowd of thirsty ones standing about all the time, gaping at the “Wet goods” and- declaring most emphatically that ’tis a d— shame for a law to be placed on our statute books requiring the absolute destruction of such good stuff—not in the ordinary way, but by pouring it out In the gutter. > ■ ■ .

See our new stock &f lace curtains. ROWLES A PARKER. iL-tT ■■ ■' . ’ i'

YOUNG WOMAN DIES SUDDENLY IN BARKLEY TOWNSHIP.

Mrs. Adam Flesher, aged 26 years, residing about two miles north of the Barkley church, in Barkley tp., died suddenly Tuesday evening from paralysis of the heart She had gone to the barn to gather the eggs and she was found soon after lying under a buggy almost dead, and did die shortly after being found. She leaves a husband and ihree small children. The remains were taken to Benton county for burial.

See our line of 9x12 rugs In tapestry velvet, body brussels and axmlngter, all of the newest patterns. ROWLES A PARKER. The coming store. Home Grocery.

Vol. XI. No. 5

INVENTORY OF DR. HARTSELL ESTATE.

The inventory of the estate of the late Dr. W. W. Hartsell was filed in the circuit court a few days ago. The stock and farm implements, office, fixtures, etc., is appraised at $4,323.50, which includes 47 head of horses; notes and cash $24,651.04, which includes certificates of deposit as follows: • First Nat. Bank Rensselaer..s3,ooo Com. Nat. Bank Chicago. .. . 4,000 Fowler Nat. Bank Lafayette. . 2,000 Corn Ex. Nat. Bank Chicago. 5,075 First Trust Sav. Bank Chicago 4,000 First Nat. Bank, Rensselaer, subject to check, $392.85. State Bank, Rensselaer, subject to check, $266.28. to check, $1,000.00. First Nat. Bank, Chicago, subject to check, SI,OOO. In hands of administrator, found in drawer, etc., $22.35. Among the notes are four of SI,OOO each given March 1, 1907, by Michael Mangold, due 1,*2, 3, 4 years, also several other notes of smaller amounts, and $486.05 in accounts, making a total of time certificates, cash, notes and accounts of $25,137.09. The real estate is probably worth about $30,000 in addition to the above, or right around $60,000 the total estate.

COMMON COUNCIL MEETING.

City Dads Meet In Regular Session and Grind Out a Little Business. The city council met in regular session Monday night with all members present. Following is a report of the proceedings: The matter of the opening of the outlet of Rutsen street sewer, at the river, was referred to the sewer committee with power to act in said matter. In the petition of P. W. Clarke et al, asking that an arc light be established on Washington street near the center of blocks 3 and 4, the Supt. of light plant was instructed to install said light. The contracts for the improvement of Dayton, Weston, Scott and Division streets were submitted and approved. In the report of the fire chief showing the firemen who were present at the call from the Monnett Orphans’ Home, all were allowed $1 each.

The following claims were allowed: CORPORATION fund. Chas. Morlan, Clerk, salary $25.00 W. S. Parks, marshal, same 30.00 E. M. Thomas, nightwatch, same.. 25.00 J. L. Griggs, firing for council.... 1.20 ROAD FUND. Wayne Clouse, shoveling coal 7.00 Chester Zea, labor with city team.. 30.00 John Hordeman, work on sewer.... 3.00 C. W. Platt, same... 3.00 ELECTRIC LIGHT FUND C. S. Chamberlain, salary 50.00 Dave Haste, same ..... 30.00 Mell Abbott, same 30.00 Roy Stevenson, work on line 14.90 General Electric Co., supplies...... 47.25 Western Electric Co., same..... 34.51 Sullivan Oil Co., oil 9.36 Shirley Hill Coal Co., coal 198.14 Scott Chestnut, work on line 5.60 WATER FUND. Ed Hopkins, salary 30.00 Roy' Stevenson, work on water tank 3.00 H. Mueller Mfg. Co., supplies 22.38 Jas. B. Clow & Sons, same 8.75 Scott Chestnut, labor on water tank 9.00

MARION TP. CONVENTION.

Notice is hereby given to the democratic voters of Marion township to meet in mass convention at the east court room in Rensselaer, on Saturday, May 9th, 1908, at 2 p. m., to nominate candidates for the following offices, to-wit: One trustee. One assessor. One justice of the peace. One constable. One member of the advisory board. N. C. PUMPHREY, Chairman. J. A. MCFARLAND, Secretary.

UNION TP. CONVENTION.

The democratic voters of Union township and all who wish to affiliate in the November election, will meet in mass convention at Fair Oaks, on Saturday, May 16, 1908, to nominate the following township officers: Township trustee, assessor, two justices of the peace, two’ members of the advisory board. HARVEY DAVISSON, Chairman N. Pct. F. R. IRWIN, Sec. C. U. GARKIOTT, Chairman S. Pct. S. A. Brusnaban, Sec.

FOR ASSESSOR UNION TP.

The undersigned is a candidate for the nomination for assessor of Union township, subject to cision of the democratic cdH to be held at Fair Oaks If day, May 16. C. U. GAR*