Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 92, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 March 1910 — Page 1

Jasper County Democrat.

9 1450 Per Year.

WALKER TRUSTEE SHORT $781.89

According to Report Made By Field Examiners. * FIRST SHORTA6EIK THE STATE Examiners Find What They Term Some Peculiar Transactions in Said Office—Trustee Was Appointed to Succeed Albert Bouk, Democrat, Who Resigned and Moved to Dakota. >

Jasper county people were given another shock Friday evening when they read in the Indianapolis News that Field Examiners Davis and Salmon who have been working here for several on township trustees’ accounts, had reported to the State Accounting Board that Fred Karch, trustee of Walker tp., was short $781.89 in his accounts with his township, this being the first trustee reported short in the state. This, coming as it did right on the heels of the conviction of C. L. Bader of the Winamac Bridge Co., for stealing in weight seven tons of steel in the construction of. a 70 foot bridge over the Howe ditch in Milroy tp., was almost too much for the faithful to Stand up under, and that the two sensations have caused no end of comment goes without saying. The reports of the examiners, it seems, are filed with the state board, and as they have kept to themselves w r hat they have found, no one here had any intimation that anything serious had been discovered until they read the News Friday evening. Technical errors, of course, can be found in almost any public officer’s accounts,' and it is said to have been general all over the state for the examiners to find some ground for criticism, chiefly in the use of money in one fund for payment of obligations which should have been paid from some other fund, in the matter of the redemption of road tax receipts, and in the matter of purchase of school supplies. However, the sums involved were for small amounts, and the examiners attributed the small discrepancies to ignorance of the law rather than intention to violate it. Mr. Karch is known v by his friends to have been exceedingly careless and loose in his methods of conducting the township business, but that anything serious had been done they never for a moment thought. He is apparently a clever, whole-souled fellow and has been a popular trustee, it is said, during the three years he has held the office, and just how he got muddled up in this way is hard to conceive. Mr. Karch was appointed to succeed, Albert Bouk, democrat, who moved to Dakota some three years ago. He was a candidate for election to succeed himself in 1908 and was elected over his democratic opponent by only a few votes. Concerning the alleged shortage the Indianapolis Star of Saturday says: In their examination of reports filed by the field examiners working under their direction the members of the State Board of Accounts have found two cases in which township trustees are short in their accounts. In one case—that of Trustee William Sappington of Honey Creek Township, Vigo County, who is said to be $208.93 short—the recommendation isi made by Examiners I. D. Wiest and E. S. Booe that the trustee be displaced. The other alleged shortage was of $781.89, discovered in an investigation of Trustee Fred Karch of Walker Township, Jasper County. Methods of handling the township’s money, which Examiners M. W. Salmon and J. G. Davis term as “peculiar,” were found In making a com prison of Karch’s books with those of his bank. In the investigation of the books In the office of Fred Karch, trustee

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SEED SHOW POSTPONED.

Owing to the fact that the proposed seed show matter was taken up a little late to have it /generally known over the county and get up a good exhibition and have same in connection with the March hqrse sale, the show has been postponed indefinitely.

C. M. GREENLEE MARRIED

A Monticello paper of Saturday says: Chas. Greenlee of Parr, Jasper county, and Mrs. Mattie Anderson, were united in marriage in County Clerk Atkins’ legal and matrimonial parlors late yesterday afternoon, by ’Squire Marshall. Both had been married heretofore. They will make their home in Parr where the groom owns a store.

BRIDE FORMERLY RESID ED HERE.

Oxford Tribune: Frank Kenyon and Miss Myrtle Heath, both of this place, were married at the home of the bride’s cousin, Mrs. Cora Devault in Lafayette, Tuesday afternoon at 2 o’clock, Rev. Demetrius Tillotson, pastor of Trinnity M. E. church officiating. Mr. and Mrs. Kenyon left on the evening trai,n for Indianapolis. They returned 1 hursday and that evening were given a reception at the home of the bride’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Heath. The young couple will make their home on one of the Heath farms, east of here. The bride and groom are both estimable young people and their many friends wish them bon voyage.

MEN’S BANQUET.

Presbyterian Ladies Give Their Hubbies Good Things to Eat A men’s banquet was served in the Presbyterian .church Friday evening by the ladies of the church, to which some 53 men occupied seats at the table. The menu was as follows: Soup Roast Beef Cream Potatoes Rolls Cranberry Sauce Pickles Salad Pie a la Mode Cheese Coffee E. L. Hollingsworth was toastmaster and responses were made by J. H. Chapman, J. H. Holden, J. I. Gwin, C. C. Warner, C. E. Prior, D. E. Hollister, E. N, Loy, A. J. Bellows, C. H. Mills, W. R. Lee, G. E. Murray, J. C. Parrett and others. A very pleasant evening was enjoyed by all.

INVESTIGATE ’EM ALL.

Taxpayers Should Learn to What Extent Bridge Frauds Have Been Practiced. That The Democrat voiced the general sentiment of the taxpayers of Jasper county when it said in Saturday’s issue that an investigation of the other bridges that have been erected in Jasper county during the past half dozen years, by the taxpeyers themselves, should be made to see to what extent they have been swindled on other brides, is evidenced by the talk heard on all sides that this should be done. A competent engineer could be secured from Purdue or elsewhere, one who would have no interest in making anything but an honest report, and let him make measurements of th# bridges as constructed and compare them with the plans and specifications on file in the auditor’s office. This would not be very expensive, and it seems to us that it ought by all means be done. If the same ratio of fraud has been practiced in all the other bridges, the taxpayers of Jasper county have been swindled out of thousands of dollars in these bridge frauds,

Come on boys, young men, middle aged men, and old men, and get ready for Easter with a nice tailor-made suit, top coat or cravenette. As we will fit you out in the very latest at moderate prices, Thursday, Friday and Saturday of this week.

C. Earl Duvall.

THE TWICE-A-WEEK

RENSSELAER, JASPER COUNTY, INDIANA, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2, 1910.

THE COURT HOUSE

Items Picked Up About the County Capitol. Co. Supt. Lamson had a class of 32 for 'examination Saturday. The township assessors were in Saturday to get their supplies, and are now “doing business.” Fourteen marriage licenses were issued last month, against 9 for the month previous, and 12 for the corresponding month of 1909. The commissioners of Newton county have adopted plans for a new 40-room county asylum, to cost $15,000, to take the place of the one recently destroyed by fire. The petit jury was excused Friday afternoon until Monday, when the land commission case of W. P. Gaffield vs. James T. Morton, et al. was taken up and went to jury yesterday forenoon. John Misch of Wheatfield tp., was the guest of his uncle, Sheriff Shirer and family over Sunday. Mr. Misch is the assessor of Wheatfield tp., and came down Saturday to attend the assessors’ meeting and get his supplies. New suits filed: No. 7583. Ann Cain vs. Mark V. Murphy, et al; action to quiet title. No. 7584. Moses C. Myer vs. Ike Kerstein, et al; suit to foreclose mortgage. Demand S9OO. No. 7585. Irene Beach vs. Henry B. Murray, C. W. Murray, W. H. Miurray and John Martindale; suit on note. Demand $622.27. - Don’t forget to file your mortgage exemptions with the county auditor. Remember if you have a mortgage of $1,400 or more on real estate you are entitled to an exemption of S7OO from taxation on same. If less than sl,400, an exemption of one-half of such mortgage. Exemptions must be filed with the county auditor between March 1 and May 1. Blanks may be obtained from local notaries or from the rt)unty auditor. An examination of the books of the county treasurer’s office in Deleware county under the new accounting law, has disclosed a shortage of SIO,OOO in the accounts of former treasurer James M. Motsenboker, due to a clerical error in transferring a footing at the bottom of one page of $13,000. Only $3,000 was carried forward instead of the $13,000. The shortage will be paid at once, and it will no doubt be a- hard proposition to attempt to convince the taxpayers of that county that the new accounting law is a bad and vicious measure. “The value of the accounting law,” says a disptch from Muncie, “is clearly shown by this case; it is pointed out here. Other accountants had twice audited the books and did not discover the error.” Following is a report of the proceedings of court since our last report: Arthur Herriman, et al. vs. Isaac J. Parker; set for Third Wednesday. Cecil Clyde Randle ditch; Monon railroad company files remonstrance. Samuel Hartsei vs. Samuel H. Hartsell, et al; commissioner reports sale of part of real estate to John J. Lawler and part to Gao. W. and Lena R. Scott; sales confirmed and deeds presented. Cause continued for sale of balance of real estate. Frank Krempel, et al. vs. Horace Marble; Cause submitted and evidence heard. Court takes same under advisement. Thomas Russell, et al. vs. Geo. W. Gilman; defendant’s motion to require plaintiff to make complaint more specific, is sustained and defendant ruled to answer interrogatories; defendant files demurrer to complaint State vs. James Robertson; cause dtlsmlssied for want of prosecution, the wife of defendant, who wae the prosecuting witness, failing to appear.

Jasper S. & T. Co. vs. F. B. Ham, et al; cause dismissed, costs paid. Phoebe A. Yeoman, et al. vs. Alma J. Hammond, et al; sale of real estate reported to Washington Cook for SI,BOO cash; sale confirmed and deed approved, J. J. Hunt allowed $95; distribution ordered. u Bessire & Co. vs. Ray Collins and F. W. Bedford; judgment for $22.15 principal and interest. Petition of Chas. Odom to have Laura Bishir declared a person of unsound mind; evidence heard and court finds defendant is of unsound mind and incapable of managing her estate; Geo. A. Williams appointed guardian. Sarah Elizabeth Swisher vs. John P. Swisher; continued for term by agreement. First National Bank of Rensselaer vs. Frank G. Prevo, et al; judgment for $949 vs. Frank B. Ham, as principal; J. P. Hammond appointed receiver.

PARR CREAMERY A “GO.”

Stock of $5,800 Disposed of and Building Will Begin at Once.

The efforts to organize a stock company among the farmers and build a creamery at Parr have been successful, we are informed, and $5,800 in stock has been subscribed for, a building committee composed of Amos Alter, James K. Garriott and Edward Price appointed and building operations will commence as soon as possible. The main building is to be 26x48, with 14 foot studding, and will contain seven compartments. A receiving room or shed will be built along side of the main building the full length. The creamery will be located just across the street south from W. L. Wood’s office. The Democrat hopes the creamery will be the success its enthusiastic supporters anticipate.

ARGUMENT UP TO-DAY.

For New Trial In Case of State vs. Bader. C. L. Bader, general manager of the Winamac Bridge Co., who was convicted here last Friday of filing a false claim of S3OO in connection with the construction of a steel bridge in Milroy tp., was allowed to go home on a bond fixed up by his attorney, Geo. A. Williams, and will return to-day when argument for a new trial will be made, having been postponed from Saturday. To keep Mr. Bader from going to jail his attorney was appointed deputy sheriff and the prisoner placed in his custody, Mr. Williams giving a bond of $5,000 to Sheriff Shirer to make the latter safe. It is reported that Mr. Williams will have assistance in arguing the motion for a new trial, probably in the person of Attorney Mont Hathaway of Winamac, whom the public was informed would be here to assist the defense.

The general impression here seems to be that Mr. Bader was led to believe that this prosecution wouldn’t amount to much, and that he was very much surprised when he got into it and saw that the state meant business. While Mr. Williams no doubt made as good a defense as it was possible to make where the evidence was allagainst his client, yet additional counsel would no doubt have been provided had he any idea that a conviction might result. The prosecution had been scoffed at in the quarters where it was expected to do the most good, but it was the most one-ided case ever tried in this court, the defense being as near nothing at all as one could well imagine. It is the general opinion here also that the defendant will have to go to the penitentiary unless the case can be reversed on some little technicality in the supreme court. Mr. Bader not only has borne an excellent reputation in his home county hut is the superintendent of the Presbyterian Sunday School at Winamac.

We arefilling in again with new staple spring goods and will sell them at cost to help sell other goods.—Chicago Bargain Store.

GANDERBONES

FOR MARCH. Copyrighted 1910 by C. H. Reith. O, have you heard about the hog Since it is worth its weight in gold? They keep a heater in its pen And give it quinine for a cold. You wouldn’t know the lucky brute Since pork went up to thirty cents, They pet it so and keep it in Such unheard-of magnificence. The farmer always tastes the food . To see if it will make him ill, And rich and appetizing soups Are given it instead of swill. The best and most expensive foods Are set before it without stint, And indigestion is forestalled By capping them with creme de mint. You wouldn’t know it for a stye The hog is quartered in to-day. It has a ventilating fan, A roof, a skylight and a spray; And how it sleeps, eats, drinks and feels, And how to safeguard it from harm, • Is all they think and talk about These piping days upon the farm. The farmers lie awake o’ nights Devising prophylactic troughs, The doctors fly from farm to farm Exaining hiccups and coughs; And nowadays when farmers meet Each other out upon a jog Their first and most solicitous Inquiry is, “How is your hog?”

March was the favorite month of the old Romans and the beginning of their year. It was named for Mars, their god of war, and continued to rank the other months until 44 B. C., .when the peace party in the Senate allied with the insurgents and reduced it to third place on the calendar. Brutus and some of the others thought the empire ought to make less of war and more of business, so they made January, named for the TwoFaced Janus, the beginning of the year, and the month of Februus, who typified the dark and evil ways of business, to immediately follow. Caesar, who was speaker of the Senate, stood pat on the old calendar upon the ground that while war, as someone had said, is hell, business, when it reaches the trust stage, is a good deal heller. A few regulars of the war party supported him, but the allies were irresistible, and he was finally stabbed. / Revising the calendar was as great an issue in Roman politics as revising the tariff has become in our own, and more than one brave leader laid down his life for the division of time as he thought it ought to be or his party had pledged. The Romans discovered very early in their history that it is the nature oi man to revise something, and they finally agreed upon the calendar as the thing over which the politicians could fight with the least damage to the peace and prosperity of the people as a whole. The melancholy days will pass, and spring will come again to freshen up the faded grass and wake the hearts of men. The groundhog will awake agfairt, borne out upon the whole, and the geese will march across the sky to sfee about the pole. The thrill of spring will run along the backbone of the calf. He’ll buck and dance upon the mead and hoist his hinder half. He’ll dream of blooming clover fields and waving curly dock, and gambol with his rigid tail stuck up at six o’clock. The blithsome meadowlark will sing the glories of the dawn, and the robin will turn summersaults upon the greening lawn. The spring-intoxicated colt will do-si-do about, the festive frog will wake to lielp the Weather Bureau out, the poor consumer will rejoice and hope for better luck, and the trusts will sit ar-

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VoL XII. No. 92.

THE CITY COUNCIL.

Not Much Done at Monday Night’s Meeting Outside Regular Routine. At the regular meeting of the city council Monday evening all members were present, but little was done outside of allowing the regular batch of claims: The marshal was instructed to locate all catch-basins and ascertain their condition and repair all not in working order. The marshal was instructed to keep watch of speeding auto drivers and see that the law concerning speed is enforced. On motion the fire chief was instructed to dispose of old fire trucks, at $75 to Conrad Kellner, and contract for new trucks at cost of $lB5. The mayor directed the marshal and nightwatch to meet him in his office at 4 p. m., the following day to consult regarding violations of law. The following claims were allowed : \ ROAD FUND. Al Fletcher, wk with snow p 1.52.00 Jake Gilmore, same 2.00 Bert Campbell, wk city team. 25.00 Andrew Wheeler, haul coal. 17.00 WATER FUND. Ed Hopkins, salary 30.00 John Hordeman, rep leak.... 3,50 Clinton Oil Co, bill 17.50 LIGHT JfUND. Tull Malone, house, line wlr’g 5.88 Western Electric Co, bi 11.... 4’92 Shoal Creek Coal Co, coal.. 101.50 Mel Abbott, salary... 30.00 Dave Haste, same 30.00 C S Chamberlain, same 50.00 R D Thompson, ft on c0a1.>126.60 Same, express 1.70 CORPORATION FUND. J K Davis, marshal 30.00 E M Thomas, nightwatch. .. .25.00 SUSAN STREET FUND. R D Thompson, Interest paid. 2.50

OBITUARY OF JOSEPH YEOMAN.

Joseph Yeoman, the subject of this sketch, was born in Fayette county, Ohio, Sept. 2, 1826, and departed this life Feb. 24, 1910, aged 83 years, 5 months and 22 days. He removed from Ohio with his father, Stephen \ eoman, a native of New York state, and his mother, Hannah Smith Yeoman, a Virginian, to Jasper county, Indiana, in the fall of 1844, and located on a farm near Bluegrass, in Newton tp., where his father died in 1845. He was the oldest of a family of ten children; four brothers, James, John, Ira W. and Stephen, and five sisters, Sarah, Elvina, Mary, Minerva, and Elizabeth, of whom one brother, Stephen, and three sisters, Mary, Minerva and Elizabeth, survive him. On Pct. 28, 1852, he was united in marriage to Rachael A. Moore, and to this union nine children were born, Robert, Hannah, Martha, Minerva, Ruth, John, Mary, Theresa and Reuben, of whom Robert, Martha, Mary and Reuben are still living, the other five having died in childhood. He with his family resided on a farm in Newton tp., from about the time of his marriage until 1889, when he moved to Rensselaer and there lived until his death. The deceased was a member of the Free Will Baptist church for more than forty years, being faithful to the local organization until its disbandment. Besides his widow and above mentioned relatives, he leaves to mourn their loss thirteen grandchildren, two great-grand-child-ren, and other 'relative® and many friends.

SPECIAL NOTICE.

On Thursday, Friday and Saturday of this week, March 3,4, 5, I will hold my tailor-made suit, top coat and cravenette opening. Easter will soon be here, so be sure and come in and have your measure taken. Special attention on tailormades those three days.

C. Earl Duvall.

BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENTS.

Feb. 21, to Mr. and Mrs. Chas, Fay of Parr, a son. Feb. 25, to Mr. and Mrs. John Younglas of Surrey, a daughter.

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