Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 29, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 July 1911 — Page 1

Jasper County Democrat.

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HERES THE LIST OF CONTESTANTS

To Datoforthe DBmoerat’ss3so Piano and Other Prizes TO BE GIVEN AWAY DEC. 23 Standing of Each at 10 O’Clock Yesterday Is Given, But This May Be Materially Changed at Any Moment, When the Lowest Candidate May Forge to the Front. The interest shown in The Democrat’s piano contest is the greatest of any contest we have ever run, at so early a stage, and it promises to be closely contested for by a live lot of candidates from all parts of the county. - The prize offered is certainly worth all the effort that can be put forth, and even though you should not be one to receive the piano—for it can go to but one —either of the other two prizes are worth striving hard for. The list of candidates registered up to yesterday morning appears herewith for the first time, and there will be more to follow, as it is seldom too

late to get started in a contest of this kind, providing one does not wait until it is over. A few new subscriptions at 3,000 votes for each year paid, or renewals at 1,500 votes for each year paid in advance, will put a new candidate at the head of the list, and the same may be said of those who have but few votes in this list. Following is the list of candidates and their standings: Mildred Bush, Rensselaer R-3.11,190 Ethel M Fisher, Rensselaer.. 10,715 Mari bell Kays, Rensselaer... 10,390 Arkana Ritchey, Remington R-3 7,375 Lizzie Wiseman, Virgie 5,930 Fairy Pollard, Rensselaer R-4 4,035 May Shook, Knlmaii. .. ... . . 2,860 Lucy Morgenegg, Rensselaer R-l 1,975 Bessie McElfresh, Rensselaer R-l 3,025 Ruth E Bull, Rensselaer.... 1,440 Bernice G Yeoman, Rensselaer, R-2 1,270 Anna Marion, Parr. ........ 1,165 Lucy Fulks, Remington R-4. 1,100 Mary Gaunt, Remington R-3. 1,075 Aria Lyons, Rensselaer. ..... 1,025 Ida Hurley, Parr. ~ • • • • 1»910 Edna Ward, Rensselaer, K-4. 1,005 Myrtle Leavel, Rensselaer. . . 1,005 Mary Potts, Rensselaer 1,005 Victoria -Marsh, Rensselaer R-3 . . . . 1,005 Cora Simons, Rensselaer. . . . 1,000 Hazel Shumaker, Rensselaer R-4 1,000 Remember that the merchants whose names appear herewith, and in the big ad elsewhere, give certificates good for votes with each cash purchase at their respective stores —a one dollar purchase, 100 votes, etc. —one vote for each cent of the purchase.

While candidates may enter the race for some time yet and still stand a good show of winning out, depending on the amount of hustling done, it is better to get in the race early and then let your friends know that you are after this fine piano, then they will assist you by subscriptions and in saving their cash purchase certificates and coupons for you. The merchants who have the certificates are: Cleve Eger, Hardware ©. Earl Duvall, Clothing and Gents Furnishings D. M. Worland, Furniture and Hugs B. F. Fefedig, Drug Store Sam Fendig, Dry Goods Mrs. Mary Meyer-Healy, Millinery Store » Scott Bros., Harness Home Gfrocery, Groceries Jessen, the Jeweler Depot Grocery, Groceries B. N. Fendig, Exclusive Shoe Dealer Spencer’s Jewelry Store, Remington. Peck’s Drug Store, Remington. Worden’s Harness Shop, Remington. W» L. Wood,* General Merchandise, Pan* Ait Store, General Merchandise, Alx i Surrey Store, General Merchandise, Surrey 1 These certificates given with

every dollars worth of cash purchase are good for that many votes, i. e:, $1 purchase entitles you to a certificate for 100 votes» larger or smaller purchases in like proportion; one vote for each cent. You are entitled to these certificates at the above stores. Ask for them and get your friends to save their certificates for you. Each new subscription to The Democrat is good for 3000 votes; each renewal, 1,500 votes. By just a few spare minutes among your neighbors and friends you can get an excellent start towards this beautiful mahogany piano. You have wanted such an instrument for a long time. Here is your opportunity to secure a $350 instrument for nothing—not one cent outlay. Now get busy and keep busy, for you may never have such another opportunity of securing a prize of this character without the outlay of any cash on your part. Pay no attention to the other candidates who may be ahead of you at this moment—a half dozen new subscriptions will put you in the lead of any of them.

HAD STRENUOUS TIME

But Came Out All Right In the End. John, Thomas, James and William Walter were taken to Peru Sunday by W. G. Babcock in his big Buick, where they spent the day with their uncle Patrick Glennon and family. They got off ths right road west of Logansport, on the return trip and had' a strenuous time in finding main traveled highway again after a few hours experience in following timber trails in that broken section of country. The rain made it much worse, but Billy’s auto performed stunts that were almost unbelieveable, and they came out all right. Crops in the vicinity of Peru are most excellent, the boys say.

A FARMERS’ ELEVATOR.

To be Built at Monticello by a ' Farmers’ Stock Co. Monticello Herald: A new grain elevator is soon to be erected here by a joint company of farmers. Among the promotors are M. B. Spencer, Harry Lowe, R. D. Roberts, Jas. C. Hutton and David Dilling. Four lots have been purchased from Chas. A. Holladay north of the Cement Tile Works on the Monon, where a switch is already built and only needs a slight extension to meet the needs of the new company. The enterprise will be capitalized at $12,000. The work of building will commence at once, and it is expected to have the elevator in operation by the time the present corn crop is ready to move. A committee went to Rockfield by automobile Monday to insptect the elevator there now in charge of Fred Roberts, with a view to adopting its plan of construction.

FORMER REMINGTONIANS

In Carroll County Divorce Courts—Wife Wants $2,000 Alimony. Ruey Shelly filed a complaint for a divorce this morning in the Clerk’s office. She avers that she and Thomas Shelly were married in July, 1909, and that they had lived together as husband and wife until a few days ago. She further averse that her husband failed to provide for her, that he had given her only one dollar with which to buy clothing, since they have been married, and that he would not provide things for the table. She further avers that Mr. Shelly cursed her and called her bad , names, and said she was too intimate with other men, that ’ she spent money in going to picture shows, etc. She claims that her liusband is worth over $12,000, and asks that a divorce be granted her and that she be given $2,000 alimony.— Delphi Herald.

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THE TWICE-A-WEEK

RENSSELAER, JASPER COUNTY, INDIANA. SATURDAY, JULY 29, 1911.

COURT HOUSE NEWS IN BRIEF

Interestine Paragraphs from tte Various Departments OF JASPER COUNTY CAPITOL The Legal News Epitomized— Together with Other Notes Gathered from the Several County Offices. Trustee Spitler has sold the Ransford stock of goods and the fixtures to D. A. Kloethe, of Piper City, 111., with the consent of Referee Barnett, for $4,000 cash, and the new owner is now in possesion of same. The inventory, showed value of $9,800, but the appraisement was but a trifle over $3,000, and it was thought best to accept' this bid and get the matter closed up as soon as possible. New suits filed: No. 7748. Charles E. Sage, et al. petitioners, vs. James H. Chapman, et al. remonstrators; appeal by latter from commissioners’ court. No. 7749. Reuben C. Yeoman, et al. petitioners, vs. Almira M. Stockton, et al. remonstrators; appeal from commissioners’ court. No. 7750. Everett Halstead, et al. petitioners, vs. Almira M. Stockton,, et al. remontsrators: appeal from commissioners court.

PURTELLE’S FINANCES

In Bad Shape and Effort Being Made In Rensselaer to Raise SSOO. -X Some more of loose financing of one Eugene Purtelle, the traction promotor, came to light in Hammond this morning when a gang of Greek laborers who have been working on a bridge near Thayer for Purtelle and his Northwestern Indiana Traction Co. came up to Hammond with a check for $345 payable at the Citizen’s German National bank. The check bore the legends*—Lasalle Construction Co., Northwestern Indiana Traction Company and Eugene Purtelle. The bank officials did not cash it, they couldn’t. They had no money of Purtelle’s to pay it with. The unfortunate laborers had their trip for nothing and probably did their work for nothing. The men went to James Bereolos for help and advice and the good-hearted restaurant man took them to a lawyer who will probably make things interesting for Eugene Purtelle.—Hammond Times, July 26

According to James Bereolos, who befriended a number of Greeks who came to Hammond to get their pay after they had been informd by Eugene Purtelle that their checks would be cashed at a local bank, Purtelle promised to have the money in the bank this morning. At noon Purtelle had not kept his promise. Upon their arrival in Hammond after working at Thayer for some time the Greeks went to the office of McMahon & Conroy for legal advice,. They promised to be back at one o’clock when members of the firm promised to take the matter up further. In the meantime they went to Jamps Bereolos’ restaurant and he referred them to Attorney W. Whinery. Whinery took the matter up with Purtelle and exacted the promise from film that he would have funds in the bank by this morning. He did not keep his promise and other steps will now have to be taken to get the money. Attorney J. K. Stinson said today that he had no knowledge of the operations of Eugene Purtelle. He said that he severed all relations with Purtelle when he learned that he i 9 not paying his bills. He said further that he has several hundred dollars coming from Purtelle which is not paid. That Purtelle is still trying to work out his dream of a railroad is shown by the fact that only recently he staked off a strip of land through Dr. Brown’s farm near Maynard. "

Dr. Brown told Stinson that he had done so without any authority from him but if there is a chance of building the road that he would be glad to donate the right of way. —Times, July 27. Purtelle was in Rensselaer agairf Thursday afternoon and yesterday in consultation with some of the fellows here whp seem to still have faith in him, and an effort was made at a meeting held in Halleck &

Leopold’s office Thursday night to raise SSOO among people heVe to take care of this Hammond check and a number of small checks he had given in Rensselaer for labor and other bills some time ago, and which were turned down by his frank at Hammond for want of funds. The object was, we are told, to get fifty men to subscribe $lO each to raise this ssod, and at ten' o’clock yesterday we were told that twenty names of the fifty wanted had been secured. One of our informants said if they were successful in raising this SSOO that it was to be in a Rensselaer bank and paid out only for work here knd' to take care of the outstanding checks here, of which there are perhaps ten or a dozen, and was not to be used for taking .up this Hammond check. It has been known here from the first that the Rensselaer banks declined to cash Purtelle checks for the holders, but have only accepted them for collection. A number of the checks he gave here were turned down by the Hammond bank, as above stated, and several have not been taken up by Purtelle to this date, we are told. People Here had thought that he had succeeded in getting some Chicago backing to secure and cinch a right-of-way and do what little work he has thus far done, but,, it would appear that the backing, if any, was very limited or he would not be in the financial straits that he now is so early in the plot. Of if he has had any outside backing the people who have backed him thus far will have to put up more money or lose what they have already put in, and in view of the present financial status of the matter it is evident the backing has either been exhausted or has declined to go any further.

Purtelle still continues to make a great blow about what is being done and is going to be done “tomorrow or next day.” About 75 men are now at work about Thayer and Roselawn, he states; he is going to have the road completed between Mt. Ayr and Thayer in 90 days; a petition for an election will be filed with the commissioners at their August meeting to vote a subsidy in Newtorl tp., and he’s going to put up a bond to cover the costs of a subsidy election in Carpenter tp., and Remington, but he seems to have the noted Baron Munchasen outclassed as a romancer, and his statements —like his checks—should be taken only for what they are worth.

SEED WHEAT.

If you have some good seed wheat for sale, advertise the fact in The Democrat’s want ad column. Scores of farmers in southern Jasper and Newton counties, also in the northern part of Benton county, are going to, sow some wheat this fall for the first time. They will want seed and you can reach them through The Democrat. Try a want ad and see.

CHURCH OF GOD.

There will be a meeting at the Church of God next Sunday for business and consultation in regard to work for the coming year. All members earnestly reto be present.

NOTICE. The Parr Creamery Co. has changed its dates of receiving cream. Instead of every day as heretofore, receiving days will be Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. The change will be in effect on and after Monday, July 31. The reason for the change being the desire to reduce operating expensed.— By Order of the Board of Directors. V CARD OF THANKS. „ We desire to thank our friends and neighbors, also Rev. E, M. Kuonen, for kindly assistance in the recent sickness and death of our beloved husband and father. -—Mrs. Sarah Grigg and Children. Job printing of the better class type, ink and typography in harmony—The Democrat office.

GENERAL AND STATE NEWS

Telegraphic Reports from Many Parts of the Country SHORT BITS OF THE UNUSUAL Happenings in Distant and Nearby Cities and Towns—Matters of Minor Mention from Many Places. ADDING NEW EQUIPMENT Lafayette Journal: There are persistent rumors that the Monon railroad will centralize the business of the system in this city, add new equipment and increase the force at the shops. There is now talk of bringing the claim office of the freight department to Lafayette and, in that event, that the passenger station at North street will be enlarged by the addition of a story. The company is having a handsome passenger train built at Dayton, 0., for the air line division and is .niaking specifications for twenty new freight locomtives of powerful type. These engines are to be used in hauling coal from the mines recently purchased by the company near Linton.

ANTI-SMOKE WARNING

For Owners of Automobiles — Chicago Ordinance Being Enforced. Notification has been sent to members of the Chicago Automobile Club that officials of the three park systems are enforcing strictly the recent ordinance against smoking motor cars. The edict was issued several weeks ago by John Barton Payne, the president of the South Park board and was followed by similar orders from officials_of the other parks. According to the club members the park police are instructed to arrest persistent offenders, and though no arrests have been made for the offense, precautionary measures are deemed advisable-. At the time the order was issued former Jude Payne said: “We have passed an ordinance against smoking engines and we propose to see that it is properly, enforced. I want automobile owners to have fair warning, so that when we start to clear the boulevards of the nuisance there will be no room for complaint that we have taken snap judgment.” “Any automobile that smokes will be shown out of the park by the first side street,” says Francis Simmons, president of the Lincoln park board.

“OUR EASTERN TRIP.”

Last Half of Journey Reported By Another Lay Member of Party. f The following interesting account of the last half of The Democrat party’s recent eastern trip is written by a young lady member of the party and covers the trip from New York to Norfolk, Washington, Cincinnati and thence home. An account of the first half of the trip, by another young lady, appeared in last Saturday’s. issue: Aiter a little bit of excitement in getting to the pier in New York in time to take the steamship “Jefferson,” on the Old Dominion line, the state rooms were assigned to the members of the party, and we were fairly on our way, when we learned Mr. Babcock had lost his ticket. ~ We all supposed the fault lay with the man who assigned us our state rooms, and the Steward used the wireless telegraph and sent word to the aforesaid gentleman to forward the ticket to Old Point Comfort. All but Mr. Babcock were much concerned about it. He felt sure it would turn up all right and was the coolest one •/ in the crowd. \ Our next trouble came when the ■porter took our baggage to the state rooms. Some of us were wrongly assigned rooms in the hurry at the boat landing. But after a little confusion we were all called to the Office, and matters were adjusted and we all felt at ease.

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Going out of New York harbor we soon sought the upper deck, where we could view for the last time the beautiful statue of. Liberty, Ellis Island and other points of Interest, beside passing the cities of New York and Brooklyn and going out past Sandy Hook Into the ocean. This being a new experience tor most of us>, we thoroughly enjoyed seeing the white-caps, which were visible for a great distance. The sea was quite calm for awhile and we enjoyed sitting on deck and chatting with other tourists, who had been visiting Boston and other points of Interest, some of which we had seen and some not, also hoping the sun would go down clear. But we were disappointed in this respect, but we did enjoy seeing the moon come out clear and its reflection in the water was beautiful. The chief engineer finally seemed to think we were beoomlng rather quite, so he Joined us and kept us laughing with his tales. He picked out two bachelor girls and presented them with brass buttons, then invited them to his quarters and showed them many relics he had gathered. One was cup cut out of wood from the battleship Constitution; another a beautifully carved head of an African with a cap of ruby neatric and a crown of twen-‘ty-slx diamonds. This was so small that a magnifying gflass was necessary to see the fine work. The head was mounted upon a stick pin. By this time the sea was becoming quite rough, and wq all enjoyed watching the big waves. About nine o'clock that evening we were in sight of the lights on the famous board walk at Atlantic City. We were about eight miles out from land, but we could scarcely believe we were more than a mile away. These lights were visible for quite a long time.

We found our first and only use for wraps about this time, and one of the ladies was very grateful to Mr. Ott for taking a second coat with him, and not only borrowed that, but also the cloak of one of ,the ladies who did not mind the cold. The sea has a preculiar dampness of its own. and we all noticed the difference between the salt and fresh water. Several of us were noticing the roughness of the sea by this time, and wished we might stay out of door all night. But it was thought beßt we retire, and as soon as some of us reached our state rooms we experienced the anticipated tpjeasure of sea-sickness, and were glad others of the party could wait on us. We all planned to arise early the next morning to see the sun rise. Some enjoyed the pleasure, others looked out of the windows for a glimpee of it, but were only too glad to lie down again. By the time breakfast was called. however, everyone was in their places and those who had been tick, forgot all about it, and became greatly Interested In the sights as we came within view of land.

The field-glasses were again In demand as we neared Fortress Menroe, which is the largest fortification In the U. S., covering eighty acres of land. Our boat landed at Old Point Comfort, first stop we had made since leaving New York City, at 9:30 Friday morning. This place looked so interesting we were anxious to visit it, but decided to go on to Norfolk first. The boat ride from Old Point to Norfolk was delightful as we entered Hampton Roads and viewed the James River on one side, the Chesapeake Bay on another and the ocean back of us. Fort ..Wool lay close by, and we began to realize we were on historical .ground. We landed at Norfolk amid the colored pebple of the south, and when Mr. Babcock called for our tickets to make reservations for state rooms on the Norfolk and Washington boat line, one of the ladies opened her purse and found two tickets there, and one was Mr. Babcock’s, which had been missing since leaving New York. Of course we were all delighted, so we decided we would find a place to eat our lunch before going to see the sights. We found a typicaJl Virginia restaurant, and oh! that watermelon, the kind that only grows in the south. And with that and other good things we were soon well satisfied.

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Ready for delivery off our floor, two of those staunch, reliable runabouts that have made the Maxwells “the great economy cars.” A car which can run off Jasper county roads at a total cost of 1 3-10 cents per mile. A nice carrying space on these cars, too. Step in and let us show you how to save money.— MaxweH.

A TESTIMONIAL on patent medicine always happens a. 4000 miles from home, but Bbwkers Fertilizer happens in Jasper county where you see results. Try it on your wheat.— J. J. Weast. Remember the piano vote certificates from merchants cost you not one penny extra and you should ask for them with each cash purchase from the stores using them