Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 July 1908 — Page 1

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Jasper County Democrat.

•IJSO Per Year.

"A ROSE BY ANY OTHER NAME"

We are Indeed glad the Republican proposes to change base and call its would-be carnival a “homecoming.** The name sounds better to the public who have seen all they care to of the so-called carnival,, and as none of the numerous affairs of that sort that have been pulled off in Rensselier by the graduates from Tom McCoy's school of morality have been called “home-com-ings,** perhaps the people can be fooled into believing that it’s a good ' thing—until they learn that it is the same old show under a less foul smelling name.

NEW OATS COMING IN.

First Field Threshed Yields 30 Bushels and Tests 29 to 30 Pounds. The first new oats marketed in Rensselaer this year werehauled to the Babcock & Hopkins elevator Thursday. They were what is called the “Fourth of July” oats and were raised Wm. Murray on the 16* acres owned by Bert Brenner, just south of the corporation pt Rensselaer. The sixteen acres averaged 30 bushels to the acre and tested 29 to 30 pounds to the bushel, against 18 to 20 pounds, the test of last year’s oats. \ There will be several at threshing next week. The quality 'of the oats is good but the yield is not likely to average over 20 to 25 bushels to the acre.

MILLIONS GONE GLIMMERING.

And now we’re not going to get that >29,240,000 fronKthe Standard Oil Company after all, and after the people have been mulcted by that unrighteous trust for the money to pay it, too, in order to be on the safe side if r lt. did have the fine to pay. And poor Kennesaw Mountain Landis. His name had been heralded from Dan to Bershiba as ■the greatest judge ; the courts had ever seen, only to be given a severe spanking and the most scathing reprimand from the higher court to which the trust appealed. And we guess it was deserved, too. The Landis family of political pie-eaters are gallery players, every one of them, and the applause that Kennesaw Mountain drew forth was indeed deafening—while it lasted. The public generally never had any idea that the Standard Oil trust would ever have to pay this fine, and the reversal of the case comes more as the expected than as a surprise. The papers state however, that Roosevelt was really stunned and surprised, when he learned of it. But then, “Teddy” is spch a joker about these trust affairs, you know.

IN FAVOR OF DEFENDANTS.

Special Judge Isham Decides Hodge Ditch Case. Ttfce long-drawn-out Hodge ditch case was decided by special Judge Isham Tuesday in favor of the defendants, and against the injunction prayed for. Plaintiffs made oral motiog for a new trial, and on agreement of parties were granted until second Monday in September to file written reasons therefor. Plaintiffs grant--120 days to file bill of exceptions and motion for new trial was taken under advisement by the court until first day of next term. This case is familiar to most of our readers. It grew out of the cleaning of the Hodge ditch in Wheatfield tp. Plaintiffs contended that the work had not heen done, that the dredge merely floated down considerable of the way during high water and very little of the dirt obstructing the free v - of water had been removed. There have been several whirls at the case but this is the first real trial. The costs have been heavy and the contractors’ money has been tied up quite a long time. It is reported they will sue the plaintiffs for damages by reason of this delay and the expense they have been put to In the trial. The general opinion seems to be that the cleaning did little or no good and that the ditch is in just as bad shape as before, but the court thought the evidence showed that the specifications had been complied with, and therefore the defendants were entitled to a verdict. ( Our new line of fall samples for tailor made suits are now at otfr stofd. They are from one of the best tailoring houses in the country. .Come in and let us take your measure, for a new fall suit, perfect fit guaranteed.

ROWLES & PARKER.

JUDGE DARROCH

Is Again to Head District Ticket. WAS NOMINATED AT MONTICELLO. Benton, Jasper and Newton Each Had a Candidate, But One Ballot Decided It. The tenth district democracy met at Monticello Wednesday in delegate convention and nominated Judge William Darroch of Kentland to again head the district ticket. While no one seeemed to be hankering in' particular for the honor, yet there were three receptive candidates. Judge Darroch, who made the race two years ago, Attorney E. P. Honan of Rensselaer and Michael Duffy, a prominent farmer and stock man of Fowler. Only one ballot was taken, Mr. Darroch receiving a sufficient number to nominate on the first ballot. The vote by counties was as follows: Darroch Honan Duffy Benton 7 Jasper ....... 6 1 Lake 14 Laporte 22 Newton 5 Porter 5 1 1 Tippecanoe ... 21 Warren 5 White 4 3 „ 3 50 31 17

There were' 98 delegates, and of course it took 50 to nominate, thus Mr. Darroch received precisely the necessary number. On the announcement of the vote Mr. Honan moved that Mr. Darroch’s nomination b.e made unanimous, which motion was seconded by Mr. Duffey, and it was so voted. Mr. Darroch was then called upon and thanked the convention for the honor again shown him and stated that he would make a thorough canvas of the district. It was the general opinon two years ago that there was no hope of overcoming the huge republican majortly in this district, and it was understood when he accepted the nomination then, which had rather (been thrust upon him, that he would not be asked to make a campaign. This year conditions are different and there is a fairly good chance of winning out, it is felt, and he \rould put up a fight against Mr. Crumpacker. , His remarks were well received and no more hearty expressions of good will and support were tendered him than those of Mr. Honan and Mr. Duffey. The resolutions adbpted endorsed both the state and national platforms and congratulated the democracy of‘the district on the excellence of the state and national tickets. The committee on resolutions were Mayors Becker of Hammond and Durgan of Lafayette, Editors Robey of Fowler and Babcock of Rensselaer, and J. C. Murphy of Brookston. James Hand of Laporte county and James Schooler of Tippecanoe county were the permanent chairman and secretary, respectively. District Chairman Risk who had just returned the night before from attending the national convention at Denver and visiting at Salt Lake City, was present and called the convention to order, and also made a few well timed remarks. Of the congressional nominee little need be said by us. Judge Darroch has lived all his life in Newton county and is held in as high esteem and. is almost as well known in Benton, Jasper and White as he is at home. He also enjoys considerable acquaintance in Lake, Porter, Laporte and Warren, and will get a large vote in all those counties over the normal democratic vote. His picture published herewith will show the few readers who have not met him personally that the Judge is almost as good looking as our Ed Honan, and the cut does not do'him justice, either. When you meet Mr. Darroch, which); we hope every one of our readers will have the opportunity of dblng before the campaign is over, you will be impressed with his bearing and ability and agree that it would be difficult to find a better man in the Tenth district to send to congress than Judge Darroch. There were three democratic conventions held in Monticeljo Wednesday, the congressional, judicial and * 1

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county, and all were disposed of so that the large throng of people who had come in from the surrounding country as well as the delegates to the various conventions had an opportunity to hear the next governor of the Hon. Thomas R. Marshall of Columbia City, deliver one of the best addresses on the political issues that was ever heard in Monticello. Mr. Marshall spoke from a stand erected on the east side of the court house and was listened to intently while he delivered sledge-hammer blows at the political abuses of the day, though all was done so nicely that not a bearer of opposing politics could be offended. Mr. Marshall impressed his hearers as a man worthy of the high esteem in which he is held by every person acquainted with him, and when he is governor of Indiana, which he is sure to be, everyone will get a “square deal” from the executive office.

NO CONFIDENCE WAS VIOLATED

The Democrat’s information regarding the proposed plans of the Rensselaer Republican syndicate to lease the Monon News and put a man in charge as local editor while doing practically all the mechanical work here, thus giving back to the business patrons of the paper at Monon very little trade for their money, was not told us in confidence, as that truthful (?) sheet alleges. The matter was being discussed publicly in a certain business house in Rensselaer by several parties when The Democrat man happened to be therein. One of the gentlemen discussing the matter was a Mt. Ayr citizen, and It was no secret there any more than it was here. As for business courtesy, why the syndicate organ has so long practiced anything but business courtesy in its many mean, low, contemptible and underhanded attempts to “do” The Democrat that we did not suppose Its editors even knew there was such a thing.

UNION VESPER SERVICES.

Sunday evening, July 26, the subject presented will be “The Imperialism of Jesus,” as follows: - “The King,” by Rev. J. H. Clark. “The Kingdom,” Rev. J. C. Parrett. “How Promoted,” Rev. H. L. Kindig. “The Final Triumph,” Rev. O. E. Miller, In case of rain hindering these services they will be held in the Methodist church. Services promptly at 6:30 o’clock, Verda Williams, who has faeen visiting her brother Geo. A. Williams and wife for the past month, returned to her home in Ohio Wednesday. Read the Home Grocery “Something Free’,’ article in another place.

How Does This Declaration In the Democratic National Platform , Strike You? The stand taken by the democrats of Indiana in their state platform jmd also by this party in their national platform for guaranteed bank deposits, ought to appeal to every man, woman and child in the country, and especially in this section of Indiana where so many bank failures have occurred during the past few years and where hundreds of depositors have lost a lifetime’s savings as a result thereof. The declaration in the national platform is as follows:

“We pledge ourselves to legislation under which the national banks shall be required to establish a guaranty fund for the prompt payment of the depositors of any insolvent national bank under an equitable system which shall be available to all State banking institutions wishing to use it. We favor a postal savings bank, if the guaranteed bank cannot be secured, and that it be constituted so as to keep the deposited money in the communities where it is established.”

Under the guaranteed deposits system the banker and the depositor can each go to bed at night and sleep with the utmost confidence—the one that his friends who have deposited their savings in his bank will not lose one penny should some of his securities become worthless and his bank be forced to the wall, and the other content that though the bank may through some fault go broke, there is no danger of the state or national government, which is guaranteeing his savings, being forced to close the doors of their treasure vaults, where the funds to make, the guarantee good are deposited. Better and more rigid bank examinations will be made, every dollar now in hiding under carpets, in old fruit cans, trunks, stockings, and other places will be brought out and deposited in the banks and through thfem be put in circulation to help make better times, for if the government stands behind your bank deposit it is just as safe as though you had the money in your fist—lf your government is good your money is good. ' The small tax imposed on the banks to make up this guarantee fund would be more than made up in the greater volume of business that would come to them to say nothing of the burden of worry that would be lifted from their shoulders. And when, through some fault, a bank did once in a great while go under, instead of waiting months and years and receiving the little dividends paid out of the assets of the defunct bank by the piece-meal, so that it did the depositors little or no good, in a few hours time just as soon as the authorities could get on the ground, every depositor

HON. WILLIAM DARROCH.

GUARANTEED BANK DEPOSITS.

would be notified to call and get his money, 100 cents on the dollar. Now, doesn’t that look good to you, Mr. Depositor, who lost money in the McCoy bank more than four years ago and have got back but 40 per cent In little dribs along during all of this time, and the estate still unsettled? Doesn’t it look good to you, Mr. Remington man who lost your life’s savings in the Parker bank last fall and have not got back one penny as yet and have a prospect of never receiving more than 10 to 15 per cent when the trusteeship is finally wound up, perhaps some years hence?

Does it not look good to you, Mr. Goodlander, who have your money tied up in the Baldwin & Dague bank which closed there last December and which has paid you back but 30 per cent thus far? /

And you, Mr. Fowler man, you, Mr. Ambia man, you, Mr. Wolcott man, you Mr. Roselawn man—and you, again Mr. Goodland man who lost in the Fred Gilman bank four years ago and only got about 35 to 40 cents on the dollar back in dribs—does not this proposition look good to you?

It can’t help but look good, and it means precisely what it says. It is good, and it is right, and the democrats are for it.

Not a word do the republican platforms say about this dr do they promise you, and why? The big bankers who control that party are against any such guaranty. “Why,” they say, “if this was done it would make the small bank just as good and as safe as the larger one.” Well, isn’t that what we want? Is not your dollar, Mr. Farmer or Mr. Laboring man entitled to the same degree of protection that the big city bank affords? And the big city banks frequently go broke, too, and leave sorrow and destitution in their wake.

The big banker in the city thinks his bank is safe, qnd so, generally, does the country banker. But when bad loans, slumps in stocks or other troubles come, he sometimes goes down, and his depositors must take what they can get.

Think this proposition over, Mr. Votery and there are many other good things in the democratic platforms that the opposing party is extremely silent upon and which you will do well to ponder over.

See our shoe sale ad elsewhere in this paper for prices that mean a big saving to you.

ROWLES & PARKER.

The Home Grocery Butter Contest should be an inducement to all farmers’ wives. ' . ■ * .

Our big semi-annual stock reducing shoe sale is now going on. See our big window shoe display for prices that mean a big saving.

ROWLES & PARKER.

THE COURT HOUSE

Items Picked Up About the 'County Capitol. The annual estimates of the various township trustees should be published the first week in August. Marriage licenses issued: July 22, Reuben E. Perkins of Mishawaka, Ind., aged 65, occupation retired, to Cecelia Perkins of Morris, 111., aged 60, occupation housekeeper. Second marriage for each, first wife of male having died Nov. 22, 1903, and husband of female having died April 13, 1890. —<o<— County Surveyor Price has not yet returned to Rensselaer, but is still at the old homestead in Carpenter tp. He has not been so well again since coming home from the springs, is the reason he has not returned here. Thursday, the latest reports received from him, he was feeling a little better. / —o—democrats of the Pulaskifetarke circuit have nominated Francis J. Vurpillat for judge and B. D. L. Glazebrook for prosecutor. Glazebrook and W. J. Reed, the present prosecutor, who was formerly from Jordan tp., Jasper county, were both placed in nomination for the place, Glazebrook receiving 19 votes and Reed 16. U

WHITE COUNTY DEMOCRATIC TICKET.

The democrats of White county held their convention Wednesday at Monticello and nominated th® fol lowing ticket: Auditor, A. G. Eisner; treasurer, J. L. Sanford; sheriff, J. H. Wilson; surveyor, Frank McCuaig; coroner, Dr. McCrea; commissioner first dist., Robert Jewett; commissioner third dist., Capt. Hayes. The judicial convention for the counties of Carroll and White, held at Monticello the same day, resulted in the nomination of Wesley Taylor of Monon for prosecutor.

Firsh Baptist Church.

Notices for Sunday, July 26: Sunday school 9:30 a. m. Morning worship at 10:45, subject: “God’s far away Pprposes.” Union services in the evening on the court bouse lawn. Welcome.

O. E. MILLER, Pastor.

Every pair of shoes in our store at a big discount now during our stock reducing sale.

ROWLES & PARKER.

CHEAP RATES ON MONON

>8.25 round trip to Toledo, O.» August 28 to 31. Limit Sept. 15. On account of G. A. R. Encampment.

A special train will be run over the Monon to Lafayette on August 6th on account of Lake and Jasper county day at Purdue. It will pass Shelby at 8:20 a. m., Fair Oaks at 8:43 a. m. and Rensselaer at 9:01 a. m. Fare for the round trip Shelby to Surrey, >1.25; from Rensselaer to McCoysburg, >I.OO. Returning, train will leave Lafayette at 6:00 p. m. This train will stop at all stations between Shelby and

McCoysburg.

Now is the time to lay in your fall supply of shoes. The prices we are naming now means a big saving

ROWLES & PARKER.

to you.

SOMETHING FREE.

The butter shortage is now on. We want your butter, and as an incentive are going to give to every farmer’s wife or daughter who will furnish us with 100 pounds or more of butter between now and October Ist, one dozen elegant white china soup plates, and to the person who furnishes us with the most butter in this time we will give in addition a pair of fine dress shoes. Our superior way of handling butter enables us to pajr the very top price, vye gladly pay the cash balance without discount for any and all produce. We handle fine, fresh groceries and are misers in buying, allowing no one to buy goods cheaper than we can. We sell for cash, thus insuring that you will not have to pay a percent for the “dead beat’s” bills. In fact, there is no better place to trade, so enter the game and trade with the boys at the Home Grocery. ’ • Read the Home Grocery “Something Free” article in another place.

Vol. XI. No. 25.

W. H. BEAM,

Agent.