Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 50, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 October 1910 — Page 3

Country Correspondence

BY QUR REGULAR CORPS OF NEWS-GATHERERS.

McCOYSBURGi j Omar Church was ia—Rensselaer Monday. Miss Myrtle Lewis visited home folks Sunday. t F. L. Peregrine was in Rensselaer on business Thursday. ■ ■■ -A 77 Miss Myrtle Lewis attended church at Milroy Sunday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Reed McCoy were in Rensselaer Sunday. Louis Messinger is working for Smith Hughes on the section. John Miller and wife visited their son Floyd and family Sunday. Five tickets were sold here Sunday for the Chicago excursion. Institute was held here Saturday, and all teachers were in evidence. Mr. Armatige of Lafayette was here Friday looking after his farm. R. L. Bussell and family visited with Mr. and Mrs® Gaylord Parker Sunday. . Mr. and Mrs. Ed Ranton and baby visited with W. C. Rose and family Sunday. Ed Peregrine and daughtess Mary and Myrtle visited with R. S. Drake and family Sunday. Our minister Rev. Quonen. took supper Sunday evening with Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Stultz. Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Saidla were in Rensselaer Thursday, "Uending the old soldier's reunion. Mr. and Mrs. Estel Osborne of north of Rensstelaer visited with her parents Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Lefler and family Sunday. Mr. Herr's gasoline engine arrived here Saturday evening. He will go to pressing hay as soon as the weather will permit. The last sermon was preached for this conference year here Sunday night. The meeting was well attended. It was decided to have Sunday school at 2 p. m., and preaching at 3 p. m., during the winter months.

’ A Terrible Execution. Millions of disease germs in the blood die when;' Electric Bitters —the King of all Malaria Remedies —is used. It soon kills the microbes of Malaria, Chills, Fever and Ague. W. A. Fret well, Lucama. X. C. writes: “Three bottles drove all malaria fr,om my system.” 50c at A. F. Long’s.

- 1 SOUTH NEWTON. At this writing it has missed a day and a half without raining. Henry Shipman is visiting with frends in this vicinity this week. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Hufty of Mt. Ayr spent Sunday the- quests of Press Roberts and family. Willard Pruett and wife and Jess Dunn apd family visited with Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Pruett Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Powell and family of near Monon spent Sunday night with Arthur Powell and wife. Miss Adele Grimes returned home last week after a six weeks visit with relatives and friends in Fountain county. Mrs. Phillip Paulus returned home Tuesday after a few days stay with her daughter, Mrs. James Reed, of near Surrey. Mrs. Roy Flanders of Pierceton c-ame Sunday night for a week’s visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Press Roberts. Mr. and Mrs-. Earl Leek spent Sunday with the latter’s brother and wife, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Beugston, of Foresmah. Born. Friday Sept. 23, to Mr. and Mrs. John Shelhart. at the home of the latter’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Levi Critser. a 12 pound boy. Sunday a number of relatives and friends gathered at the home of Mrs. Mary Powell and gave her a surprise. Last Wednesday was her birthday but the dinner was postponed till Sunday as some could not be there during the week. She received several nice presents.

Worse Than Bullets. Bullets have often caused less suffering to soldiers than the eczema L. W. Harriman, Burlington. Me., got in the army, and suffered with, forty years. ‘ But Bueklen’s Arnica Salve cured me when all else failed,” he writes. Greatest healer for Sojres- - Boils, Burns. Cuts, Wounds. Bruises and Piles. 1 25c at A. F. Long’s:' ; : -■ 7 -77' : :7 . K * ■. ,

CURTIS CREEK. Mrs. Caroline Goetz is still quite poorly. A. C. Pancoast is building a new kitchen. Mrs. John Rush was in Rensselaer Wednesday. Will J. Holmes visited Sunday with Yibert Gunyon. John Lawler is remodling the house of the old Seible farm. Miss Lae ‘Pancoast left Monday for DePauw to take a course in music. Benton Kelly, Gus Yeoman. Robert and Reuben Yeoman are building new silos. The Sunday school and church at Curtis Creek were closed Sunday until next Spring. The sun is shining once more and is a very welcome sight, after so much rainy weather. Carr Bros, are moving and remodling the old McMurray house. Listen for the wedding bells. Mr. and Mr?. Geo. Henson. Chas. Weiss and son Oscar spent Sunday afternoon with S, B. Holmes and family. 1

L Misses Zera and Else Smith of north of town and Miss Virginia Holmes were guests Sunday of Miss Sarah Holmes. Ed May and family of Sharon and Joseph Francis. Jr., and wife were guests Sunday of Erhardt Wuertliner and family. . "Vr-- 'L Stanley B_ Holmes spent Saturday night with his aunt, Mrs. Jacks, and family, and - Sunday with his cousin. Mrs. Homer Rodgers of Wolcott. The wedding bells are ringing today i Wednesday) for one of our most popular young farmers. Mr. Walter Kelly and Miss Jennie Mauck of Newton county. We wish them happness and prosperty.

CRUMPACKER EXPLAINING

Congressman is Trying to Square His Performances With His Professions. Merchant :—My friend, what is the latest news from the front? Farmer: —The latest news is that Judge Crumpacker is sending ont letters of explanation to the soldiers, telling them that he is their friend and asking for their support. Merchant: —He is? How do the old Soldiers take it? Farmer: —They are treating the'letters with the same cold indifference that the Judge treated them when he recommended politicians for postmasters and left the old soldiers out in the cold.

Merchant:—He did do some of that. sure. Farmer:- —Did it! He did it all over this 'district. Lafayette for notable example. The postmastership in Lafayette is an asset of the old Burt-Terry Company and the Lafayette Journal, and the old soldier never had a look in there. There are innumerable other' places in evert" neck of the woods. ; ‘ Merchant:- —The old soldiers seem to think that the Judge's mcdtioiy fails him in election ■time.. Farmer:—That’s, it exactly. Actions speak Inoder than mere emptv promises. Crumpacker has alwavs used his power in recommending appointments simply to build up a political machine, rather than with, the idea of recognizing patriotic service in the past: Xo hot air goes now! Merchant: —Do the soldiers accuse him of not supporting pension , legislation ? Farmer'That’s not it at all. He couldn’t help doing that if he had any sense of gratitude at all. but the soldiers do say that he has shown a spirit of indifference as to their rights. Merchant:—ln what respect? • Fanner: —Well, in the first place., a- to the matter of appointments that he had the handling of. and then they say for another thing that certain members of the Indiana delegation in congress appeared before the pensions committee and asked for a dol-lar-a-day pension law. The fudge did not go with them. Merchant:—lts a wonder the fudge himself didn't introduce a dollar-a-day pension bill if he had such a yearning in his heart for the old soldier. ' Farmer:—The Judge probably took the view of it that Chairman Sullowav of the pensions committee did. Merchant: —What was his view? Farmer:—He said' the nation could not afford it. Some danger of breaking us up you know.

Merchant: —Well. I think that if the old soldier could afford to leave home, friends and fireside to put down the rebellion, that we can afford to pay him at least a dollar-a-day pension, don’t you." . Farmer: —-Or coarse I do. hut you don't seem to understand mis thing at aIL , Merchant: —Why ? Farmer: —Why, it you pay all the old soldiers a dollar a day. this -whole system of pension distribution may come directly from W ashington. There is some talk of that now. In that case, the most of these pension boards, detectives, clerks, examining surgeons., pension attorneys-, and so forth have to go. Their little johs will be gone. Merchant: Well, suppose they do lose their jobs, who cares?

Farmer: —Tut. tut. my friepd! Whv the Judge and all the other politicians who have the giving out ,of political jobs and pulls, of course. Cut off ajl this machinery and where is the political dope? > For instance, they paid out la>t year, “out of the appropriations for pensions for old soldiers to lawyers in Washington, 5321,237J56; to examin-

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ing surgeons in the bureau of pensions at Washington. $380;000 ; to salaries for bureau clerks at Washington, $1,650,000; to detectives to sleuth over Our country to ascertain whether or not the Old soldiers who are drawing •40c % a day are getting too much, they Were paid S380.0Q0; to examining surgeons in the eighteen useless pension agencies throughout the country, $500,000 ;

to clerks’ salaries in these agen-j cies, $476.000; to rent for these agencies, $71,000.” * Merchant.:^—Shame! Shame forever! Instead of these rotten jobs to support idlers and political boosters, why not give this money directly to the old soldier who certainly deserves it? If the Judge has the old soldiers not try to eradicate some of this

! rot. Has he never raised a protest against this sort of thing? Farmer the Judge ever Raised J>is voice againsV a political job? Search his history and tell me that. Merchant:—>l believe you are friend,, one of the greatest curses we haye in America today is the creating of pettycle'rkships, agencies, bureaus, committees, detec-

tive agencies and jobs for pol - tical henchmen and hirelings. If the Judge now, could have point" ed out sorrte noble effort on his part to do away with some of these steals and pajr the thus uselessly expended to the old soldier to whom it belongs he might have written his lettel with more grace.

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