Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 26, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 July 1908 — Page 1

THE TWICE?-A - WEEK

Jasper County Democrat.

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WANTS DIVORCE.

Wife Is Sixteen; Husband Forty-Nine. MARRIED MAY 8; PARTED JULY 19 • • Pitiable Experience of a Mere Child, If the Statements In the Divorce Complaint Are True. Ethel Poince, a sixteen-year-old wife, has applied for a divorce In the Jasper circuit court, after having lived two months and eleven days with her husband. The marriage license was granted In this county, her father, Ellison Canbe, appearing In person and giving his consent to the marriage. The license record states that the girl was born in Benton county, Ind., Feb. 6, 1892, and the man to whom she was married, Enoch M. Poince, was born In DeKalk county, .Ind., June 20, 1869. His occupation was given as that of a teacher, and his residence as Wheatfield. This was his first marriage. The complaint charges—whether true or not we are not prepared to state —that only two days after the marriage the husband—whom she alleges told her he was 39 years old but whom she has since learped was 49—began to abuse her, struck her once or twice with his fist and has charged her with being intimate with another man, called her unprintable names, etc., which she alleges are false.

What an experience for a child of such tender years, whether the charges are half true or not. Here is a mere child married to a man old enough to be her grandfather, and with her parents consent, too. We have in Indiana a law that prohibits the granting of a marriage license to children under 18 years of a*ge for the female and 21 years for the male, except with the consent of the parent the female may marry at 16 and the male at 18, but these youthful marriages nearly always turn out bad and the contracting parties are old men or old women at 35 or 40 years of age. We can hardly conceive of the motives that would actuate parents to give their consent to the marriage of mere children, but when they agree to let a young girl of sixteen be linked to a man forty or fifty years of age the case is indeed deplorable. When a girl or a boy of such an age get the idea into their heads that they want to get married, and that right away quick, too, they should be forcibly laid over the parental knee and the thick side of a single applied where it will do the most good. And there ought to be a law punishing parents who will give their consent to these child \narriages. , This girl-wife, if her plea be granted by the court, will be a divorced woman at 16! We hear a great deal about the child marriages in heathen countries but too little is said against those at our own door.

LITTLE BUILDING THIS YEAR.

Building operations have not been extensive this year so far, and there is little show for much being done during the remaining summer months. But one new house has been built so far and but one other is building at this writing. These are /tenant houses, one on Van Rensselaer and the other in process of building on Harrison street. These were erected by A. Leopold. Lewis Davisson built an addition to his tenant house .on Division, and repaired the one in which he lives on Harrison. The Kelly property was given a new roof and otherwise fixed up. The Misses Comer have further beautified their palatial home on South Cullen by. painting it in exquisite taste, and this makes it one of the finest mansions, on this aristocratic thoroughfare. Fred Phillips has added a nice cement block barn to the buildings on his lot on College Road, which adds much to the appearance of his property. On “Bankers’ Row” nothing has been done this year except a porch has been built in front of the brick residence, commonly known as the Kannal homestead, which adds much to its appearance. There is considerable repairing being done in a small way to Sidewalks and other

cement work, and a considerable amount of curb is being put in as the street improvements progress. A few other improvements—or repairs would be a better word—have been completed which have been noted as made and this will constitute substantially the building operations in Rensselaer for the yeaT 19Q8.

CAMPING ON THE TIPPECANOE.

Hale Warner went to Monticello Monday, chaperoning his wife, Mrs. C. C. Warner, Mrs. Oren Parker, Mrs. Fred Phillips, Mrs. R. D. Thompson and Misses Ida Milliken, Linda Dwigglns and Mildred Harris. The party have leased "Edgewater Cottage," a mile due east of Monticello, on the banks of the Tippecanoe, and will enjoy a week’s outing. The men folks will go over Saturday to test the fried bass.

FAMILY REUNION.

Mrs, James T. Randle was visited by all her children over Sunday, Mrs. D. A. Stoner of Witchlta, Kan., has been here some days, also Mrs. Charles Warner of Sheldon and Mrs. Sam V. Fisher of Marion. They were joined by their, only brother William F. Enslen of Marion Sunday morning, and were all together the first time for many years. Monday afternoon Mr. Enslen, Mr. Fisher, Mrs. Warner and Mrs. Stoner went over to Morocco and spent the night there with old friends and relatives, returning to Rensselaer yesterday.

WHEAT IS A, GOOD CROP.

Several good yields of wheat are reported in Jasper county again this year, which confirms the opinion several times expressed in The Democrat that our farmers should sow more wheat and less oats. D. H. Yeoman had 30 acres that averaged 30 bushels to the acre. John Marlatt of Marion tp., had 25 acres that averaged 26 bushels to the acre, and Charles Lakin of Union' had 12 acres that averaged 31 bushels to the acre. This beats oats at 40 to 50 bushels to the acre, and we seldom get over about one-half that many.

NO, GARY IS NOT QUITE “DRY.”

Frank B. Meyer, postmaster de facto of Gary, came down Saturday evening and returned Monday evening. Some people seem to entertain the idea that Gary is a dry town. Well, it isn’t by any means, and the people up there thinly they have found a way around the decision of the board of commissioners making it dry. They propose to incorporate it as a city and that 'will, in their opinion, allow them to start everything over again. There are many licenses that will run several months yet, long enough to try this experiment.

INVITES FRED TO COME OUT.

W. N. Pence of Midland, Tex., writes Fjed Phillips that he has just bought 4,000 Mexican cattle and that will commence next month. He invites Fred to come down and guarantees that he shall have all the driving he wants. These cattle are delivered on American soil free of duty, and then are driven to the different parts of the country where the owner is located. Mr. Pence was for years the foreman of the Nelson Morris Ranch in the north part of this county, going south after the McCoy bank failure, where he is now looking after a big ranch for the same people.

A GROUP OF OLD TIMERS.

A row of old “fellers” were lined up on the bench in front of Eger Bros, store Monday morning, and it was a mere accident, too, whose combined ages amount to 487 years. Here they are in the order they occupied the bench: Stewart Hammond 80, Whitsei Lewis 72, Lewis H. Myers 72, A. J. Abbott 69, Larkin Potts 70, Henry J. Grow 65 and John Poole 59. These were soon reinforced by the presence of Capt. G. W. Payne, 78. To the right, Wallace Murray, aged 80, occupied a seat a short distance away, and up the street a short distance Simon Phillips, aged 86, Was holding down a very comfortable sitting place. And by the way, The Democrat is of the opinion that Uncle Simon can out run, throw down or out jump any one bunch. Premiums on butter—Home Grocery. j. ■J • . " ’ ' '■ l 1 ■—''."‘"i ■' ■— When you want any furniture caH on Jay Williams.

RENSSELAER, JASPER COUNTY, INDIANA, WEDNESDAY, JULY 29, 1908. - - ■ . ' • --

THE COURT HOUSE

Items Picked Up About the County Capitol. There were 43 took the examination here Saturday for teachers* license, several of whom already have license but hoped to raise their grades and thus be entitled to more pay. Miss Nettle Price, deputy county surveyor, and brother Judge Clarke Price of Ashland, Kan., who came here Saturday, spent Sunday with their brother M. B. Price at the old home ip Carpenter tp. The latter is not getting along very well since his return from tire springs and he may go back for further treatment Marriage licenses issued July--25, William Gray of Lee; White county,-occupation laborer, to Amanda Richard of Rensselaer, aged 65, occupation housekeeper. Second marriage for male, first wife having died June 6, 1907; third marriage for female, two former husbands having died, the first in 1890. x

New suits filed: No. 7338. Ethel Poince vs. Enoch M. Poince; suit for divorce. The complaint alleges that the parties were married May 8, 1908, when plaintiff was but 16 years of age and defendant (so he claimed) was 39, but plaintiff has since learned that he is 49. Cruel and inhuman treatment, accusing plaintiff of being of unchaste character, slapping her and threatening to "saw her head off" with a handsaw which he had in his hand, are charged against defendant. The parties separated July 19 and have since lived apart. Both reside in Walker tp., and plaintiff’s maiden name was Ethel Canbe, which she desires to have restored to her .

No. 7339. Henry B. Tabor vs.' James Haniford et al; suit on note. Demand |BO. No. 7340. Joseph Nisius vs. Abner C. Pancoast et al; suit on note; Demand >IOO. No. 7341. Charles Miller vs. William B. Moorehead; suit to quiet title. 0

AN INVOLUNTARY IMMERSION

Daddy Stanley, who works on the drill gang on the river, does not need any one to immerse him. When he gets ready to have an application he just walks from the shore to the drill boat with a wheelbarrow of coal, falls off at the right time and he gets as good a job as any one could do. He gave himself an application Monday afternoon to the great amusement of those lucky enough to witness it.

THE STREET IMPROVEMENTS.

The street gangs are now at work on Weston and Division streets. Stone is being spread on Weston and the curbs are being built On Division. A little care on the part of the engineer and contractors would have improved the appearance of these streets very much. The lines could have been made straighter without any more labor, and the surfaces from one side of the block to the other, could have just as easily have been made straight as crooked.

RECALLING PIONEER DAYS.

R. M. Moore, of Trafalgar, Johnson county, came up Monday evening for a few days visit with the family of his sister, Mrs. Joseph Yeoman. When Mr. Moore’s father moved to Rensselaer from Johnson county, in 1849, Rensselaer, he says, was the most desolate looking place he ever saw. There were very few houses here at that time and the only sidewalks there were in town —and they were mighty few—were rude wood affairs mounted on stilts to keep them out of the mud and water. Mr. Moore and his father returned to Johnson county in 1854, where he has since reside. . Mr. Moore tells us that corn looks much better in his locality than here. Wheat was good, but oats are not grown there to any extent. Clover was fine but fruit and potatoes are a failure. The political outlook there is decidedly .democratic, and Indiana is sure to be in the democratic column both on state and national tickets, and Bryan and Kern will certainly be elected, Mr. Moore thinks.

TO HAVE A CARNIVAL—NO, A “HOME-COMING."

It is "announced that Rensselaer is to have a “home-coming” the first week in September, to last four days—that is the home-coming is to last that long, the effects perhaps longer. It is to have the sanction of the pulpit, as the pastor of the M. E. church is an active member of the amusement committee. Other members of the amusement committee are Jack Montgomery, A. J. Harmon, Mayor Ellis and B. F. Fendlg. Money is being raised to finance the affair and those who expect to profit most from the show have contributed liberally. It is reported that the amusement committee will go to Chicago soon to secure the pink tight and hootchle-cootchle attractions. In so far as the "home-coming" part is concerned The Democrat does not believe a dozen people, former residents, will be influenced to pay a visit "back home” during this time. People generally who want to visit the old home will choose a time of quietness rather than one of noise and revelry or when the streets are filled with leg shows and booths and "barkers” are on every corner. As a sport drawing affair it will scarcely be the success that many of those Interested anticipate, for the followers of such revelries don’t come to a "dry town” when there are others that are wet. Of course some booze will be brought in so the thirsty "home-comers” will not suffer if they are guests of the right families, and there will perhaps be some little boot-legging and blind-tigering, but to the all round sport, who wants to drink publicly and often, it is likely to be a rather dry show. However, let us hope for the best, and make up our minds to endure the four days with as much patience and fortitude as possible. We have all lived through three or four carnivals lasting a week, and this will probably be no worse than what we have heretofore passed through.

YOUNT-NORMAN.

Valley, (Idaho), July 14.—A pretty home wedding occurred at the home of Mr. and Mrs. S. H. Norman of Valley when their daughter, Lettie Adallne, and Clarence Yount were united in marriage. The beautiful ring service was the Rev. Wilcox of Sandpoint, at noon. To the strains of a wedding march played by Miss Anna Yount the bridal party formed under an arch of evergreen and roses where, in the presence of the immediate friends and relatives of the party the words were spoken that made them husband and wife.

The bride was charmingly gowned tn cream silk and carrying pink roses was attended by Miss Grace Nelson, gowned in white. The groom was attended by Will Adair, cousin of the bride. Little Miss Beth Adair and Mary Norman acted as flower girls. Following the ceremony hearty congratulations were offered by the assembled friends. Then all sat down to a bountiful wedding dinner served by the mother of the bride and Miss Opha Adair. The bride, Miss Lettie Adaline Norman, is the eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. S. H. Norman of Valley, and her winning ways and pleasant manner has made her a favorite among her large circle of friends. The groom, Clarence Yount, Is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Yount of Fairfield, Wash. He is a young man of excellent habits and has a host of friends who will learn with pleasure of his happy marriage. Mr. Yount owns a ranch near Valley where they will reside upon their return from a short wedding trip to Spokane and Fairfield. Mr. and Mrs. Yount and daughters, Adna and Alice, of Fairfield, attended the wedding. The happy couple received many valuable presents showing the esteem in which they were held.— Sandpoint (Idaho) News. The bride’s parents used to live near Parr, Jasper county, and have many relatives and friends here who are readers of The Democrat. The Home Grocery will make special efforts to supply the wants of harvesters and threshers with fine fresh groceries. Special pants sale at Rowles & Parker’s. We can fit you and save you money at our big discount clothing sale. Suits 50 cents on the dollar.

SAVAGERY IN A FIGHT

Two Unarmed Men Cut to Pieces by a Man Who Used a Knife. _ BATTLE ON A RUSHING TRAIN Participants Clinging tn the Tender with Sure Death Beneath Them—ltems. Sullivan, Ind., July 28.—Alexander Davis, of Terre Haute, and Ed McCoy, of Progress, are in jail here, and they may die because of a stabbing affray on a southbound Evansville and Terre Haute train at midnight The men boarded the tender to go to Evansville. Two miles from this city Albert Condell, of Evansville, also on the tender, asked the other men to drink alcohol jrlth him, which they refused to do. Condell drew a dirk knife and began slashing. While the train was running forty miles an hour Davis and McCoy held to a corner of the tender and tried to fight Condell off. Two Men Horribly Slashed. McCoy had his upper lip cut off. with five gashes in his neck, one of which missed the jugular vein by a hair’s breadth. Davis’s left cheek was cut so badly that his jaw dropped, and he also received seven gashes in th£ neck and shoulder. Just as the train reached this city Davis struck Condell in the mouth with a chunk of coal, stopping the assault. The men were arrested here, streaming with blood. Both Davis and McCoy are near death’s door from loss of blood, and neither is expected to recover. Both are boilermakers, formerly employed at Terre Haute. Condell Denies the Cutting. Condell says that a fourth man on the tender did the cutting, although he admits that he had the alcohol in his possession and offered his companions a drink. The train crew reports that two other men left the train at a crossing south of Sullivan. No trace of them has been found. Shot and Thrown Into the River. Morristown, Ind., July 28.—The badly decomposed body of a negro was found in Blue river, near here, investigation showing that he had been shot through the temple, »after which bis body was thrown into the water. There are no marks of identification save that his clothing was made in St Louis. Saturday night three weeks ago three negroe men and three women alighted at the park and prepared to spend the night. It is presumed the murdered man was one of that party.

THEY HAD A BAR’L OF FUN

Sunday School Picnic with a Fat ’Woman’s Race and Record Baseball Game. Columbus, Ind., July 28.—A1l sorts of stunts were on the programme at the annual picnic of the local Methodist Sunday school, which was held in a grove three miles north of this city. First on the programme came a race for fat women. It was scheduled for the afternoon, but the women declined to race after eating a hearty meal, and it took place in the morning. The race wns won by Mrs. L. E. Jayne, with Mrs. 8. E. Carter, wife of the county clerk, a close second. A ball game between teams captained by Floyd Knight and Fred Landis, Ae latter a cousin of the Delphi representative, resulted in a victory for the I-an-dis team by a score of 15 to 12 in three innings. Spectators Get a Real Thrill. Muncie, Ind., July 28. —lt wns thought that George Rollo, of St. Louis, advertised as “Rollo, the Limit” who has been performing at a local park, was kiljed when in “looping the loop” on roller skates he turned a somersault in the air. missed his second platform and fell to the ground on his head. He was unconscious for a long time, and was thought to be fatally injured, but he will recover. Severe' hundred persons gave a gasp of horror when they saw him dash to apparent death.

Raised It One Hundred Fold. Shelbyville, Ind., July 28.—Kent & Sons, dealers in mules, had a bank book returned Saturday. at which time they discovered that a check drawn for S 3, In favor of William Dale, formerly an employe, had been raised to S3OO and cashed. The matter was immediately reported to the bank officials, and investigation showed that the word “hundred” had been written after the “three,” and the writing was not similar. Preferred Death to Blindness. . Vincennes, Ind., July 28.—William Wyck, Sr., retired contractor, sixtyfive years old, grieving over blindness, seized a penknife, stabbed himself in the stomach, wounded himself in the breast and then cut his throat. He lived three hours. William Wyck, Jr., a banker, attempted to save his father’s Mfe by breaking down a barricaded bedroom door.

BRYAN’S JOURNEY HOMEWARD

He Speaks in low* and at Omaha En Route to Fairview. Omaha, July 28 —Following a brief reception at the station here Wm.~J.’ Bryan and members of his party were driven to the Omaha club, where they were assigned quarters for the afternoon and evening. The programme was arranged with a view to giving Bryan a purely non-partisan greeting, and was under the auspices of the Knights of Ak Sar Ben, an organization Identified with the commercial interests of Omaha and Nebraska. Luncheon wag served at the club at Ip. m. After luncheon Bryan was given an opportunity to meet hundreds of citizens, and politics being barred the reception developed Into a large social affair. At 2 p. m. Bryan was the speaker at a Democratic flag pole raising by the John A. Creighton Marching club. Count Creighton was the Omaha millionaire who gave largely to Bryan’s first campaign. Creighton was interested heavily in Montana silver mines at that time. While speaking at the flag pole ceremony Bryan posed before a moving picture machine. At night Bryan was initiated into the order of the Knights of Ak Sar Ben. En route here Bryan made political speeches at Stewart and Des Moines, la., the latter speech only being five minutes long. At both places there were large and enthusiastic crowds to hear him. Bryan and his party proceeded to Lincoln this morning. Funds for an Oklahoma Bank. Guthrie, Okla., July 28.—Governor Charles N. Haskell, treasurer of the Democratic national committee, has announced that he will deposit committee funds in an Oklahoma bank operating under the state guaranty law.

"MERRY WIDOW” IS DEADLY

Gasoline Launch Capsizes and Three Men Lose Their Lives in the Monongahela River. Pittsburg. July 28. A gasoline launch, “The Merry Widow,” Carrying from sixteen to twenty workmen from the Jones & Steel company’s plant across the Monongahela river to their homes in the south side section of the city, was capsized in twenty feat of water by waves from a steamboat. The following are known to be drowned: Henry Schaffer, half-owner of the launch; George Kimberly and Thomas Rhydderck. Whether others were drowned is not konwn at this time. The police are endeavoring toascertain the names of the men who were in the launch when the accident occurred. Considerable confusion prevails, and only a few of the men who had been in the launch had been located safe. It is believed, however, that the casualty list given above is the total.

Of Interest to Guardsmen.

Washington, July 28.—A circular has been issued at the war department forbidding the enlistment in the regular army of a man who has been a member of the national guard until he presents satisfactory evidence that he has been honorably discharged from the service. It is further ordered that in no case shall an applicant known to be a member of the national guard be accepted at recruiting station with a view to enlistment.

Antitrust Cases Compromised.

Little Rock, Ark., July 28.—The several suits pending against WatersPierce Oil company in the circuit court here, charging violation of theantitrnst laws of the state and illegal descrimlnation. have been terminated, the attorneys for the defendant company offering a compromise penalty of slo,000. The prosecuting attorney in accepting the compromise, gave as his reason the improbability of securing convictions.

NEWS FACTS IN OUTLINE

In her endeavor to catch a nursing bottle Ix*nn Molton, five months old. slipped off her bed, fell Into a bucket of water, and was drowned at St. Louis. A crowd of 200,000 persons gathered outside the palace at Constantinople and cheered the sultan. Hydrophobia, the result of a dog bite last October, caused the death at New York of James E. Phillips, formerly a lieutenant of police. President Roosevelt will probably give the victorious athletes who competed at the London Olympic a reception at Oyster Bay. John H. Stephens, a pioneer cattleman of the southwest, is dead at Kansas City of pneumonia, aged seventynine years! The wheat harvest has begun In South Alberta, British America. The yield is bountiful and the quality good. Good smokes "like Garfield Park, 1872, Don Cavalier, Owl, Maggie May, Certified Check, Perfection, Queen Louise, R. F. D., Eagle, Bolora, Elk, found at the Home Grocery.

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