Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 11, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 May 1911 — Page 1

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WHERE IS CHAS. CLARK?

Wife Has Not Heard From Man Once Employed by Farmer Poole. Fowler, Ind., May 9.—A letter has been received by Marshal Bowman from Mrs. Charles Clark, of New York city, who says her husbannd has not been heard from for more than a year. Marshal Bowman arrested Clark in March, 1910, for drunkenness and recognized the photograph sent in the letter as being that of Clark, who at one time was employed ‘by John W. Poole, the farmer who is charged with murdering Joseph Kemper and burying the body in a cornfield.

FUNERAL OF MERLE HOPKINS.

The funeral of Merle Hopkins, the Monticello young man who was killed Monday morning while alighting from a Monon train at Massachusetts avenue, Indianapolis,' was not held Tuesday afternoon as first reported it would be. The remains were brought here Tuesday afternoon and taken to the home of his grandmother, Mrs. Mary Jane Hopkins, on River street, but the funeral was not held until Thursday at 11a. m., Rev. Harper of the M. E. church conducting the services at the home of Mrs. Mary Jane Hopkins. Burial in Weston cemetery. The unfortunate young man was a member of the Monticello militia .company and a number of members of the company were in attendance at the funeral. The floral tributes were profuse and very nice. The young man’s tragic death was a severe blow to his parents and other relatives and friends.

SUIT FOR $3,000 DAMAGES.

Cedar Lake Saloon Keeper Made Defendant for Injury to Minor. Mrs. Julia Day, of Jasper county, in behalf of her rriinor son Ray Day, filed syit in the circuit court on Monday, asking $3,000 damages against John Mitch, a Cedar Lake saloon keeper, and also brings in the bondsmen, Mark Webber and Perking Turner as parties to the suit. Mrs. Day alleges in her com-r plaint that during the early part of April this year that her son Ray, who is a minor and in company with Walter Wiseman, another boy, went into the saloon of Mitch and that the proprietor sold the boys whiskey until they both became intoxicated. She further alleges that her son was so intoxicated that he went to sleep in a chair, and while Mitch was attempting to lift him from the seat the boy, being so exhausted from the effects of the liquor, fell and broke his leg. The limb according to the plaintiff will always be an inch shorter during the balance of his life. Dunlap & Parkinson, attorneys at Rensselaer, are appearing for the plaintiff, Mrs. Day.—Crown Point Star.

A “PLATINUM” PRESS! OH, GEE!

The Republican printed in its daily issue that we couldn’t do the high school annual on either our “platinum” or newspaper press, but Jim McEwan hastened over to them and informed the bunch of editors and printers that there w r as no platinum presses made; that it was “platen” instead of platinum, and the word was changed to platen in the weekly issue. What an intelligent lot they are down there anyway. Another amusing thing in connection with the letting of the contract for this high school annual. Negotiations were pending with editor Foote of Attica to sell him the old style Meihle “half-tone” (?) press that was thrown out of the government printing office as worn out several years ago, and had not editor Foote died the deal would no doubt have gond through. If it had, we presume the Republican would have printed the annual on its “platinum” or newspaper press. Or, perhaps, it would have gone over to McEwan and had him print it on his “halftone” Campbell, brought over from England on the Santa Maria in 1492.

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THE TWICE-A-WEEK

THE COURT HOUSE

Items Picked Up About the County Capitol Attorney Geo. A. Williams was in Indianapolis Thursday on legal business. In the Jackson tp., stone road election at Mt. Ayr Saturday, 175 votes were cast for the improvement to 25 against. The F. Guy Barnard lands in northern Jasper are to be sold May 27 at administrator’s sale. See adv. elsewhere in The Democrat. Q -■» Janitor Charles Morlan is again suffering greatly from rheumatism and expects to leave tomorrow for the Hunter Springs, near Attica to take treatment.

Wm. Stewart, the Parr wrestler, came down Tuesday afternoon and entered a plea -of guilty to the charge of intoxication Saturday night, and Squire Irwin gave him the usual “dollar and,” $4.30 in all, which he settled. Stewart got his ankle quite badly sprained in his getaway from the officers Saturday night. Xo charge was filed against him for resisting an officer. IManriage licenses issued : May 12, Daniel Coleman of Rensselaer, aged 55 years, occupation ditcher, to Eliza Jenkins, near Mt. Ayr, Newton county, aged 49, occupation housekeeper. Second marriage for each, first marriage of male having been dissolved by divorce in 1896, and that of female having been dissolved by death in April, 1909. The Hallagans are about to get a settlement out &f their judgment against “Sim, the cattle dealer,”.bQw of Conway, lowa, which was secured- in the White circuit court several years ago when Sim (Dowell) was one of the republican commissioners of Jasper county. The judgment now amounts to about SI,BOO, and James Hallagan followed Sim back to Xonway last week in an effort to enforce payment thereof. An agreement was practically reached for a settlement on a basis of $1,500, and Mr. Hallagan will go back to Conway about the 25th of May to close up the matter. Sim is now worth some money there, we understand, and finds that he can no longer evade settling this judgment.

ALL DRY IN PULASKI.

Local option elections were held in four units of Pulaski county last Friday and all voted “dry.” The majority in Monroe township including Winamac was 37; White Post including Medaryville, 26; Salem, including Francesville, 86; and Van Buren, including Star City, 189.

SICKNESS CAUSES SUICIDE

Rev. J. D. Clark of Medaryville Shoots Top of Head from Body. w After spending many a restless night watching over Rev. J. D. Clark of Medaryville, who has bee(i sick all winter, his wife and her brother were awakened this morning shortly after two o’clock by a pistol shot and found the aged man lying prostrate with the top of his head blown from the bleeding form. Death came at once, the bullet entering just above the left eye. Many times during a harrowing sickness lasting all winter Rev. Clark had threatened to take his own life. His mind was thought to have been affected by the illness. For some time he had planned to go to the soldiers home at Marion and yesterday walked from his humble home a half mile west of Medaryville to the postoffice to see if word had come and had expressed himself as greatly discouraged by, not receiving such. About two o’clock in the night he asked to be assisted to a rocking chair saying he was too restless to sleep in bed. The gunshot followed soon after. The time for the funeral has not yet been arranged.—Winamaq Republican.». '

RENSSELAER, JASPER COUNTY, INDIANA. SATURDAY, MAY 13, 1911.

KILL THIS ORDINANCE.

An iron wall will-be placed about Rensselaer and all other doctors kept out, if the ordinance which comes up for passage at the next meeting of the city council passes. And it will pass, too, unless a remonstrance is filed against it. It provides that transient doctors visiting Rensselaer shall pay a license fee of $5 for the first day and $3 for each additional day, and a penalty for violation of not less than $1 nor more than $25. It simply means, if it passed by the council, that aay traveling doctor who visits Rensselaer in the future must add the license fees to his fee to his patrons.

The theory advanced—by those interested—is that the traveling doctor, like Dr. Finch—at whom it is principally aimed—doesn’t give full value for the fees charged. Now if this ordinance were amended to catch the Chicago specialists who come here and "do” the people right, it might not be so bad. The ordinance should be killed, but unless the 1 eople put up a protest against its passage it is sure to go through. Then, Jasper county people desiring to consult any of these traveling specialists will have to meet them at some town that is more broad-minded than Rensselaer.

It seems to us that regulations regarding the practice of medicine in Indiana are already strict enough to cover the ground pretty thoroughly, and that if a doctor from Indianapolis or Monticello, say, wants to come to Rensselaer to treat special cases, and the patients themselves want him, that the expense should not be made harder on the sick by adding on this license fee or compelling them to go to Monticello or elsewhere to see him. A similar ordinance was killed, by the old council, and this one; and all others like it, should meet a like fate. There is no general demand among the doctors* for the passage of this ordinance, we understand.

TWENTY-FIFTH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY.

On Tuesday, May 9, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. H. Daugherty celebrated the twenty-fifth anniversary of their wedding at their home in Barkley tp. It was an ideal day, just such a day as they. had twenty-five years ago in the Sunflower state where they were married at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ethen Dern. This state being their native state and also of five of their seven children, it seemed very appropriate to celebrate in old Hoosieirdom. Mr. Daugherty’s parents Mr. and Mrs. Geo. P. Daugherty, and all his brothers and sister and their families, except one, Mrs. Paris Daugherty of Wyoming, were present together with several old friends and neighbors. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Sylvester of Flora, Ind.; Mr. and Mrs. Charles Gregg of Rockfield, Ind.; and Mrs. Allen Tritle of Cutler, Ind., came Monday and remained until Wednesday. A dinner was served at noon. Mr. and Mrs. Daugherty took their position at the table opposite the minister and his wife, as they did twenty-five years ago, and the guests to the number of twenty stood around the tables while a short and touching prayer was given by Rev. Kuonen. pastor of the Barkley M. E. church. Forty were served, and a very pleasant time was reported by all. As they took their departure they left their hosts with many beautiful silver presents, which Mr. and Mrs. Daugherty will keep a life-time as loving gifts from their many relatives and friends. xx

CHRISTIAN CHURCH SERVICES.

<i Since next Sunday will be Mother’s Day, the Christian church is arranging to observe it by appropriate exercises both in the Bible School and in the church service that shall follow. Those wishing to observe the day may do so by wearing a white flower, a carnation .if possible, in honor of mother, and if she is living, visit her, or write ner a letter. -t

DEATH OF MRS. JAMES MCDONALD.

The remains of Mrs. James McDonald, nee Anna Keever, were brought here from Maxwell, lowa, for burial Tuesday. Funeral services were held from the home of J. J. Barber on Dewey street at 2:30 p. m., Rev. J. B. Rutter officiating. Interment was made in Riyerview cemetery. Among those present were the following relatives from out of town: James McDonald, son Frank and daughter Susan of Maxwell, Iowa; Norman Keever of Oklahoma City; Bert Keever of Gary; Alice Keever of Indianapolis; Mrs. Omar Morlan and Mrs. Lee Ott of Rensselaer; Miss Minnie McDonald of McCoysburg; Mr. and Mrs. Martin McDonald and Messrs. H. C._ Wm. and Jacob McDonald of Lacross; M. O. McDonald of Carroll county, and Mr. and Mrs. Charles I ightv and daughter, Miss Bessie Uglify, of Williamsport.

Anna Keever-McDonald was born in Monticello, Ind., Jan. 10, 1856, and departed this life May 3. 1911, in Maxwell, lowa, aged 55 years, 3 months and 23 days. She was the daughter of Robert and Susan Keever, and the eldest of six children, Clara V. (deceased), Norman J., Jennie N., Alice H. and Robert N. For several years she was a teacher in the White county public schools and actively interested in educational work, and it was during this time that she became a member of the Church of God. She was married to lames M. McDonald March 15, 1883, and to them were born three children (all grown), - Mabel Foster, who with her husband and four children, is now living at Maxwell, Iowa; Frank McDonald of Glide, Oregon, and Susie McDonald, who has been with her parents at home.

Most of her life was spent in White and Jasper counties until recent years when the family emoved and finally located in Maxwell, lowa. )For several years past she had been in failing health, but for a few weeks before her death was better than usual. Her final illness came very suddenly, Sunday evening, April 30th, when she was stricken with paralysis, from which she never regained consciousness.—White County Democrat. Job printing of the better class type, ink and typography in harmony—The Democrat office.

CIRCUS MONEY.

Bring poultry and eggs to the Fancy Produce Market and get ihe cash to take the children to the circus. We always pay top price for strictly fresh, clean eggs.—C. E. Prior, phone 39, opp. Hemphill’s hitch barn. Hemphill’s hitch barn. Open band concert nights and Saturday evenings. An armful of old papers for a nickel at the Democrat office.

ALL PENSIONERS TO PAY.

Must Give Excess of $lO and sl2 a Month to Soldiers’ Home. Lafayette, Ind., May 11.—Before the trustees at the State Soldiers’ home adjourned last night, they adopted a rule in regard to the taking of pension money from members of the home. The trustees heretofore had sought to modify the order contained in the statute passed by the last legislature requiring all members of the home to contribute pairt of their pension money toward the maintenance of the institution. The trustee's exempted widows from giving up their pension money. The attorney-general, however, notified the board that this was illegal. From now on every unmarried member wlil pay all in excess of $lO a month to the home; married persons in excess of sl2 a month, and widows in excess of $lO. The board of trustees “received word that Commander-in-Chief, James Gilman, of the national G. A. R., would be a guest of the home next Monday. Commander Gilman will be met by a committee of veterans and will spend the day at the home. He will make an address at the assembly ha|l at noon, and will be entertained at dinner by Commandant Haggard. „ ,

“BIG BUSINESS” METHODS USED

In Letting Contract for School Annual This Year? SYSTEMATIC INVESTIGATION Of The Democrat Plant Occurred In the Republican Editorial Rooms—Weird Manner Employed to Eliminate The Democrat From List of Bidders. A Tuesday morning, about 11 o’clock, we were handed a communication written by Mr. Bradshow*, principal of the high school, and signed with him by Cope Hortley, as business manager of the high school annual. This we printed entire but were unable to comment on this “explanation” on account of it being submitted for publication so late.

Occasions arise in the newspaper business when the management would prefer to state the facts and allow the public to form its conclusions without editorial comment, but we feel that, in this case, we owe it to the public at large and to ourselves, as well, to have the parts played by all concerned in this transaction more clearly defined. Mr. Bradshaw has taken it upon himself to act as spokesman, adviser, and, apparently, the one in control of the letting of this contract. The annual, as the public understands it, is presumed to be a student publication (not a faculty advertisement). This being true the student body as a whole were entitled to a vtfice, and the student managers should not have been hampered by prejudiced members of the faculty, whether it was Mr. Bradshaw or anyone else. Mr. Bradshaw stated to us Saturday in the presence of witnesses, that he had informed the Republican of our bid, but latdr changed this statement and said he told them that The Democrat’s bid was lower than theirs and they would have to cut—a most reprehensible act in itself. (He later changes this again in his “statement” and says he told tehm there were two lower bidders, but did not name them to the Republican.) After this, being “on the inside,” the Republican cut their bid to $235 —marked down from $260.

The*? (according to Mr. Bradshaw's oral statement and not until then) did the question of equipment arise. „ In his “explanation,” he says: After systematically investigating the respective equipments of the two local firms and after examining some half-tone prints by The Democrat, this company was dropped from consideration. The “investigation” of The Democrat’s plant was done in the editorial rooms of the Republican. Neither Mr. Bradshaw nor any member of the committee were in our plant to investigate in any manner our equipment. Mr. Bradshaw has never been in our composing and press room in his life to the best of our knowledge. These are facts beyond contradiction. Comment is unnecessary. As-to “examining some halftone -prints by The Democrat,” this must have also been done at the Republican office, if at *hll, as Mr. Bradshaw said nothing whatsoever about specimens of work we had done when in our office. Neither in his “statement” does he say anything about having seen any half-tone work done by the Republican, to judge whether the latter could do any better work than The Democrat. To quote Mr. Bradshaw again : Had we compared the equipment of the two local firms before calling for bids the invitation to The Democrat would not have been extended. - This statement, >on the face of it, appears plain enough, but in view of the fact that no “systematic investigation” was made outside of the one in the Republican editorial rooms, it is rather ambiguous, to say lhe least. Is the

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public to infer that had Mr.. Bradshaw talked over our equipment with the Republican editors he would not have wanted other bids? If this is the inference, what’s the answer? The Republican knows and every newspaper in this vicinity knows that neither the Republican nor The Democrat ie equipped to do as fine work as the big shops that have SIOO,OOO to $500,000 invested in equipment, and who charge accordingly, but that The Democrat is just, as well equipped for handling fine work as the Republican and does just as good work right along is readily proven. We pay our printer S2O per week, the highest wages by several dollars per week"ever paid a printer by any shop in Rensselaer; we pay it, too, because we think he is worth it. We have never found it necessary in our newspaper experience of nearly twenty-five years to disparage the ability of our competitors’ printers or the equipment of its shop in order to secure work, and we can’t complain but what we have always had our share of job printting, too. In fact right now we are rushed with work which has come to us entirely unsolicited. We have never used any underhand methods in bidding on work nor asked that any special favors be granted us or that a prospective customer do a dishonorable act to give us the job. The manner of letting this contract: Quoting bids, acting on “inside information,” and the manner of conducting the “systematic investigation,” was not slich as would be conducive to emulation by a student body of strong, virile typical young Americans such as the Rensselaer high school students are. As the teacher is, so will be the pupil. Else why the teacher? It is to be trusted the students will not be inoculated wtih the germs of such mean, little, insidious, despicable, petit larceny business methods in after life as were used in the letting of this contract on the eve of their graduation. The Republican admitted Wednesday night that it had reduced its original bid. The veriest tyro fa business will be forced to agree with us that curious, for want of a l>etter word, methods prevailed in the letting of this contract.

COLLEGEVILLE ITEMS.

During the. first three days of the week the regular bi-monthly exams were held. With the coming of the warmnights the Sunday evenings are again devoted to open air band concerts. The long heralded and much spoken of minstrel show will be paraded before the foot lights next Sunday evening. The yard Lack of the main building has lately received a coat of new sod, and the gentle green is intersected by cement walks and studded with shrubs and trees and a large flower bed that will soon be aromatic and brilliant with bloom. The following visitors have lately been with us: Rev. Michael Muehe, C. PP. S., Kalida, Ohio; J. Dwyer, J. S'. Hoord, Chicago; J. Whitcomb, Shelbyville; Wm. Scheidler, St. Paul, Minn. Last Sunday the C. L. S. held their final business meeting for the present term. Mr. E. P. Honan was present, and delivered his last lecture on Parliamentary Law.' He expressed his entire satisfaction with the work accomplished. Under Mr. Honan’s direction the members of the society have been ably directed in the acquisition of knowledge and understanding of the devious meshes . and methods of conducting public assemblies in truly parliamentary fashion. Mr. Honan was the guest of the Faculty at dinner after the completion of his work of instruction. The actors are again rehearsing “Lender the Flag” which drama, owing to its great success at the previous rendition, was selected for the commencement entertainment. Our prices on rugs and lace curtains are helping us build bur reputation for value-giving.— Rowles & Parker. A -