Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 24, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 July 1910 — Page 1

Jasper County Democrat.

NLSO Per Year.

STRICKEN WITH PARALYSIS.

John Zimmerman suffered a stroke of paralysis Tuesday at about 1:30 p. m., and is iin quite a critical condition, the right side of his body being entirely paralized. Mr. Zimmerman is quite an aged man, and this may be very' hard for him to survive. Yesterday morning he was reported somewhat better and was sitting up. Mr. Zimmerman is ah old soldier and served three years and nine months in a Penssylvania calvary regiment.

BENTON COUNTY REPUBLICAN TICKET.

Fowler, Ind., June 29.—The Republicans of Benton county yesterday nominated the following ticket: Clerk, Benjamin Ladd; treasurer, William H. Cheadle; sheriff, Charles H. Staples; surveyor, Donald Heaton ; coroner, Dr. Arthur LeSage; commissioners, Zephir Perry' and Winfield Rowe. Will R. Wood, of Lafayette;• Finley P. Mount, of Crawfordsville, and Judge Tuthill, of Michigan City', were present. Resolutions were adopted indorsing President Taft and Senator Beveridge and favoring a tariff commission. The convention pledged its support to Congressman Crumpacker.

NOW MEMBER OF BOARD

Of Trustees of Indiana Library School, Is Mrs. Tillman. Mrs. E. S. Tillman has just received word that she has been elected a member of the Board of Trustees of the Indiana Library School, at Indianapolis. Mrs. Tillman’s careful study ofMibrary needs and her long experience in library matters has been recognized by her election as a member of this Board .of Trustees, which meets in Indianapolis quarterly. Mrs. Tillman is a graduate of the Rensselaer High School, class of ’O3, and we are glad to see her coming to the '■ front in her profession. As a member of this Board of Trustees she will have the opportuni- * ty of meeting and working with the head library workers throughout the state.

DIED IN CHICAGO.

Former Jasper County Resident Died Suddenly On Elevated .A ’ Train. \Henry Marsh, for a number of years a resident of Carpenter tp., a few miles east of Goodland, died, suudenly in Chicago last Saturday and was buried at Goodland Tuesday. Mr. Marsh left his farm a few years ago and moved to Goodland, where he has since resided, *y ■ > ’ In company with -his son Ed of Goodland he went to Chicago last week and the latter saw hirn get on an elevatefl train to go out to one of the suburbs to visit his other .son George, who resides in Chicago. He died soon after getting on the train. Mr. Marsh was aged about 75 years, and was amative of New York state. His farm was noted for being one of the neatest kept farms in Jasper county during 1 the years he occupied same.

WHY NOT CRUSH IT HERE?

At the meeting of the city council Monday evening the Street Committee was instructed to purchase a carload of crushed rock for street repairs; the intention being to ship it in. Now there are thousands ot carloads of rock lying along the .Iroquois ditch bank, closer to the central part of the city for hauling than from the railroad, and this rock is as good or better for road purposes than any that can be purchased elsewhere. There are several stone crushers now lying along this ditch, one of which could f>e leased cheaply for a time, and the rock utilized and thus make labor for our home working men. Rensselaer needs many carloads of rock to put her streets in the repair that they should be kept at all times, and the appearance of the property along the ditch where this rock is piled up would be greatly enhanced by its removal. Arrangements should be made to crush jip a big lot of this rock and-have it spread on our streets instead of shipping in a carload occasionally from a disr tance. ■ • ' . ■■ ■ V ■ '

EXAMINING CITY’S BOOKS.

Field Examiners Here Looking Into City and School Affairs. REMINGTON ANO WHEATFIELD I? J Will Be Examined By Messrs. Weist and Booe, Who Are Making the'lnvestigation Here —Nothing Sensational Is Expected To Be Found, However.

I. D. Weist of Indianapolis and E. S. Booe of Kingman, Field Examiners under the State Accounting Board, came Wednesday and are making a thorough examination of the city and school corporation’ books. They will also examine the books of the town and school corporations at Remington and- Wheatfield. The work here, because of the city' water and light plant, will take them perhaps ten days, but at Remington and Wheatfield only a few days will be necessary, it is thought, at each place. The city paid SBOO for an examination of its books two years ago, which no one was asking for, and everything then was found practically correct. The field examiners have the report of the experts who got this SBOO, but will, of course, use it merely as reference in conducting their examination. No charges of dishonesty have been made by any one in the conduct of our city affairs—only gross extravagance —arid it is not anticipated that the examination will disclose anything of a sensational nature. Messrs. Weist and Booe work on municipal* and school corporation affairs' only” and will not make any examination of the county’ offices. In fact the State Board has not yet begun to examine the county offices to any extent as yet, if at all, and a different set of examiners will look after that branch of the work.

GEORGE MICHAELS MARRIED.

yMr. George K. Michaels, aged 23, a popular young farmer and a son of Mrs. Laura Michaels of south of town, and Migs Flossie R. Sanderson, aged 21, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Sanderson of Buena Vista, Colo., were married in Chicago Wednesday, and came to Rensselaer on the night train Wednesday night and will take up their residence on the farm south of town, y ’ Mrs. Michaels’ father is a rancher of Buena Vista, and she is a. graduate of the Buena Vista high school and taught in Colorado last year. The young couple met when George was west and a courtship followed. Her parents were coming east on a visit to Ohio and she accompanied, them as far as Chicago, where George met them Wednesday\md the marriage followed. The Democrat joins the friends of the groom in extending congratulations and in welcoming the bride to Jasper county.

AN EXTRA ATTRACTION.

Troupe of Colored Jubilee Singers Engaged For the 4th. 1 • -a * D. M. Worland was in Indianapolis the first of the week and engaged a troupe of colored plantation singers and dancers for the 4th of July celebration here next Monday. There are seven in the bunch, including the manager, three women and four men, and they will do their singing and dancing stunts from a platform prepared for the purpose.! Everything points to a mammoth crowd here the 4th. Delphi, Monticello, Monon and other towns on the north will also will send hundreds of people here, while Lowell and smaller send hundreds by rail. Wolcoh, Remington, Goodland, Kentlan& Brook. Morocco and Mt. Ayr /will. also help by several hundred to swell the crowd. The program for the i* day abounds in various amusements

THE TWICE-A-WEEK

RENSSELAER, JASPER COUNTY. INDIANA SATURDAY, JULY 2, 1»1O.

that cannot help but satisfy the visitors, and we look for one of the largest crowds of people that Rensselaer ever saw here Mondav.

NO DEMOCRATS INVITED.

Fowler Leader: Dan Fraser and John Lyons, of Brook, were among the 750 attending the picnic at Hazelden. Col. Duffy* is very- much put out because he had no blue sock to wear. Jawn Lyons, who keeps a•’ bank at Brook, was in trouble until one night when he was dreaming, he remembered a pair of bllie yarn socks that his mother knit, were laid away in the hair trunk along with the deed for the “creek quarter/’ and he wore ’em. and stood straight with the best of them.

TO LIVE DOWN OLD NAME

Town of Griffith, Boomed to Death, May Become East Hammond. Ind., June 30. After trying for seventeen years to live down the ignominy of the famous stockyards boom of 1893, ’when the Zimri D wiggins fiasco killed the toyn of Griffith by booming ground values, citizens of that place have determined to change its name and take steps to call it East Gary. They will hang to the tail of the Gafy kite in order to help the town. Griffith at one time was widely advertised, but now has only- one hundred inhabitants. ,

CLEANS THE SLATE.

Trustee Pays Shortage, With Interest —White County Trustees Mentioned. Indianapolis, June 29—A report was received yesterday by W. A. Dehority, chief of the state board of accounts, that Edgar M. Myers, trustee of W ashington township. Allen countv, had received $1250-from Joseph C: Pfeiffer former trustee of the. township, who was found indebted to the special school fund of the township by the field examiners working under the direction of the board. The shortage in the fund, amounted to SI,OOO but the interest on the amount added's2so to the settlement sum. Mr. Myers issued a receipt for the amount, specifying the purpose for which it was paid, and so reported to the examiner.

At a meeting of the board with the Governor, Monday afternoon, a form was agreed on to be used by bidders on township supplies for the coming school year. The forms will be printed in sufficient numbXr to be sent to the township trustees in time for the midsummer bidding. According to an order issued by the board, every trustee will file with the state board a copy of the list on which bids are asked. arid these will be placed on file so that they may be examined by school and township supply dealers. On the adoption of this plan, the board abandoned the idea advanced a year ago of having all trustees receive bids on the same day.

According to a report certified out J>y the chief examiner, Otto C. Middlestatt. trustee of Monon township. White county, is held chargeable with 5563 for money spent on the construction of a cemetery fence which the trustee built without sanction of the advisory ' board. John H. Smith, trustee of Big Creek township of the same county, receives a clean bill, although the examiners found that $79.22 of the township funds are missing as a result of the failure of former Trustee Scott G. Ross, to make a proper settlement with his successor, D. A. B. Christy. Suit was brought against Ross, but, according to the report, he evaded payment and left the county. . Clean bills I are also giyen John Chamberlain. I West Point township, and Robert Little. Prairie township, both in White county.

HITCHING PRICES 10 CENTS

• (7n and after July sth the price of hitching in the hitch barns or Rensselaer will ( be 10 cents, for single or double rigs. i James J. Norgor, William E. Leek, Charles E. Hemphill.

THOS. DAUGHERTY DEAD.

■ 'T* tThomas Daugherty, who has been in a critical condition for some time from kidney and liver trouble, died at his home in Rensselaer, Wednesday evening at 7:30 o’clock. He was one of Jasper county’s Oldest and most respected citizens, and had been >in failing health for the past y*ear nearly*, gradually wasting away, and for several weeks past it had been realized that he could Jive but little longer. S. The funeral, conducted by the |pastor, Rev. J. C. e Parrett, was held at 2p. m., yesterday* from the [Presbyterian church, and interInent made in the Crockett cemetery. southeast of town. ! [*Thomas P. Daugherty was born Tippecanoe county, Ind., Nov. *l6. ,1836, and died June 29, 1910. aged 73 years. 3 months and 13 days. He was the fourth son in a family of eight sons and one daughter, born to Barney and Lucy Daugherty. He came to Jasper county with his parents at the age of eight years, and has spent the remainder of his life here except three years in the west. In August 1871, he was married to Elizabeth St. Clair. To this union were born three children, Mrs. E. J. Murray of Denver, Colo.; Mrs. W. C. Babcock of Rensselaer and John Daugherty of Spokane, Wash. He united with the Free Will Baptist church at the age of 16 and lived as an earnest Christian should all■ of the years of his life. He leaves to mourn his loss a wife, three children, four grand-children, three brothers and many other relatives and friends.]

LAYMEN’S PATRIOTIC VESPER SERVICE

On Sunday evening at 6:30 .on the court house lawn, |he churches will unite in a partioiic vesper sendee, at which layrrlen will speak. National airs will "be played by the band and sung by the audience. Addresses will be made by the following persons: “The Historical Fourth,” L. H. Hamilton. “Patriotism and Noise,” Prof. IN. Warren. * “Patriotism and Religion,” O. H. McKay '.. .. "Patriotism and Politics,” C. G. Spitler. , '' Since this is the beginning of the Vesper services, and laymen are to speak, the ministers are very anxious that everyone who can will come out and make it a great service. If the weather should prevent an outdoor service the meeting will be held in 1 the Christian church.

CHICKEN ON THE FOURTH

Members of the Christian church will sen e a chicken dinner and stfpper in the old postoffice building, next door to P. W. Clark’s jewelry store, on July Fourth. The following menu will be served: Dinner—ll a. m., to 2 p. m. Chicken Noodles and Gravy Dressing : Mashed Potatoes Pickles Slaw Jelly Bread and Butter Pie Iced Tea Coffee Supper—s to 8. Veal Loaf Creamed Potatoes Baked Beans Scalloped Corn Cbffee or Tea Fruit and Cake

PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.

The service next Sabbath morning will be the quarterly communion. Every member of the church is urged to be present. J. C. Parrett, Pastor.

AT CHURCH OF GOD.

Sunday morning, preaching by Joseph H. Willey, of Plymouth, for many years a highly esteemed citizen of Rensselaer, from childhood “earnest in spirit.” endeavoring to “prove all things, holding fast that which is good.” thereby storing his mind with the joy of the good things of promise to a degree constraining him to publicly proclaim the glad tidings, which he has been doing, much to the edification of his hearers for some years past. A hearty invitation to all. Come and hear.

Elk skin shoes will relieve those tired, aching feet, which are so common when a man is doing a hard days work. Try- a pair of these. —Fendig’s Excdu-' sive Shoe Store, Opera House Block.

THE COURT HOUSE

Items Picked Up About the County Capitol. I Monday is the regular time for the county commissioners to meet in monthly session, but it is not likely they will meet unjtil Tuesday* on account of the 14th. . I The county board of education I met in monthly session yesterday. Monday’ was the regular day for ! meeting, but on account of the 1 4th they decided last month to • hold the Julv meeting ©n Friday, Juiyi. pMarriage licenses issued : June 39, Henry Hermon Glissman of iKoutz, Ind., aged 23, occupation farming, to Barbara Marie Misch, daughter of John Misch of Wheatfield, aged 22, occupation housekeeper. First marriage for teach. - , ? —o- - | Sixteen marriage licenses were I issued last month, against five for the month previous and five for the same month 1908. This does not include the half license issued to 16-year-old Harry Frame, of Demotte, which application for the female has not been returned as yet, the girl being ill and unable to come to the hub.

The picnic of the Indiana Society of Chicago at George Ade’s country home near Brook last Saturday, seems to have been a sort of republican love feast. Fair banks, Watson, Beveridge, Shank, Durbin, Foulke, et al. were there, according to newspaper accounts, but if any democrat was invjted to the blowout will he please stand up. s —o—■ One of the closing chapters to the fake oil boom in Jasper county was read Monday when Master in Chancery Daniels of Indianapolis, disposed of the property of the American and Lubric Refining Co., and* the Crescent Oil and Asphalt Co., on judgments in the federal court aggregating $206,202.78. Charles Boudy of Brooklyn, N. Y., representing the creditors, bought the 690 acres of land owned by the two companies in Gillam and Walker townships for $15,000, and .J. C. Vannata, a Brookston banker, bought the personal property, machinery, etc., for 51,600. Thus ends the oil bubble in Jasper, which never had much of any real grease behind it and was boomed simply Ito relieve eastern suckers of their money. The Democrat never had any confidence in this “oil field” and its conscience is dear in the matter. It told the truth about it from the start, and none of he promotors’ money is j sticking to its fingers.

Following is a report of the work of the County Board of Review, which ended its annual session Saturday: Assessment of Simon Cohen on merchandise in town of Remington reduced from 13.000 to $1,200. Assessment of J. J.- Porter on barn in town of H&mington reduced from $l5O to SIOO. Assessment of H. W. Jackson on cattle tn Marion township, reduced from 7365 to $3lO. All banks in county assessed at 70 per cent of capitol stock, surplus ! and undivided profits, as follows: First Nat. Bank, Rens... $51,364.53 Trust & Sav. Bank, Rens. 21,762.71 State Bank, Rensselaer. . 30,197.95 State Bank, Remington. . 19,396.35 Bank of Wheatfield..... 9.100.00 V ■ I Assessment on cattle of CL D. Shook. Keener township, raised from $3,190 to $3,915. Matter of Tile Mill improvements of Samuel' Bowman, Remington; complaint dismissed for want of jur- • isdiction. A. L. Jensen of Wheatfield appears before board and shows that the Oakland auto assessed to H. W. Marble was not purchased until about March 15, and assessment was stricken off. ■' Assessment on White Steamer reduced from SSOO to S2OO, and Cadillac runabout from $75 to SSO. Additional improvements of J. J. Hunt in Gillam township reduced from s9<t to $759. 8. P. Thompson estate allowed a reduction in personal assessments in Rcnsaelarr of $571.97.

♦ ' Vol. XIII. No. 24.

«.All. mortgage exemptions allowed except Elizabeth ’Troxell,' Mary C. Mason. Joseph A. Harris, Anna Swartz, Nettie Hoover, Rebecca E. Postel. Jacob R. and Ellen Hazen and John F. Barnard.

FUNERAL AND OBITUARY OF MRS. W. J. REED.

From the Starke County Democrat we copy* the following obituary* and report of the funeral of Sirs. W. J. Reed of Knox, whose sad death from burning by a gasoline stove explosion was published in last Saturday’s Democrat. As stated then, the unfortunate woman was known to many of our readers, while her husband is a native of this county, hence the inteerest here : -

The funeral of Mrs. William J. Reed, whose tragic and horrible death by fire was mentioned in these columns last week, was conducted from the family residence in this city Friday afternoon and interment wn- made in the Oak Park cemeteiy. The funeral services were in charge of William A. Foster, who delivered the sermon, and Rev. J. Milton Williams of the M. E. church. Special music was rendered by a mixed quartette from the Christian church. The attendance was unusually large and included ‘ many friends of the family from neighboring towns and communities. The following young women acted as pall bearers: Mfcses Lavina Copley, Maude Brown, Lucy, Harriett and Ada Geddes and Mrs. Shirley Peters. Elia Longwell Reed, daughter of James Longwell and wife wife, was born in Kansas City, Mo., December 2, 1872. and died at the age of 37 years, 6 months and 20 days. In 1873 she with her parents, two sisters and one brother moved to Fowler, Ind., where the family resided until 1889 when they moved to Goodland. She united with the Fowler M. E. church when 14 years of age, under the pastorate of Rev. Nimrod Jenkins. Her early education was acquired in the Fowler and Goodland public schools, after which she attended Valparaiso and Indiana Universities. She was a teacher in the public schools of Indiana for ten years. Less than ten years ago, on November 29, 1900, she was united in marriage to William J. Reed, and to this happy union four children: Herbert, aged 8, Alice, aged 4, Paul, aged 2 and Ella, aged 9 months, were born. She was a resident of Knox for 7 years prior to her death.

Besides her husband and children she is survived by her aged father, James Long veil of Chicago; two brothers, John Longwell of Indianapolis and George Longwell of Lafayette; and five sistere, Mrs. I. A. Barkhurst of Lafayette, Mrs. Elmer Kemp of Reynolds, Mrs. Chester Park of Brookston, Mrs. M. M. Maxwell of Francesville, and Miss Disa Longwell of Monon. All of these relatives and their families, the Misses Nora, Mary and Ella Casey of Chicago, and John Reed of Virgie and Thomas Reed of Remington, attended the funeral. Mrs. Reed was a loving wife, devoted mother, affectionate sister and daughter and a kind neighbor. Her sad and untimely death is deeply, mourned by all of her friends and the sympathy of the entire community goes out to her grief-etricken i loved ones. The burns sustained by Mr. Reed and the little boy at the fire, while decidedly worse and more painful than was at first believed, are not thought to be serious and an early and complete recovery is now predicted by Dr. W. C. Sehwier, the. attending physician.

A REAL ONE, THIS TIME.

Youngstown, Ohio, June 29. A black snake, coiled on a rock back of where he was fishing, caused a negro porter to jump out into the middle of "Lake Giacer. in Millcreek Park. The man in his terror forgot that he could not swin. and had sunk for the third time when Roger Otwig plunged in and saved him.

Machine Extras —For McCormick machine extras, call on C. A. Roberts, “The Buggy Man.” We are not retiring from business- but we always have bargains in footwear for you.—Fendig’s Exclusive Shoe Store, Opera House Block. i' . i We want every woman to ask | those of* her friends who have I purchased Richardson Seamless shoes what they think of them. They cure those tired, aching feet. Sold and warranted at Fendig's Exclusive Shoe Store, Opera House Block. The Democrat and The Chicago Record-Herald vear, for $4.00.