Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 76, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 January 1912 — Page 1

Jasper County Democrat.

$1.50 Per Year.

It’s None of Our Business, But—

Now, while admitting that its none of Our business, but being a Yankee and haring fully answered the Republican’s request as to what we paid for the piano The Democrat Recently gave away, will Mr. O’Healey please inform aa anxious public as to what the Republican paid for the piano it gave aiSvay a few years ago on precisely the same plan as The Democrat’s, and which in its advertisements of the contest it stated was, we believe, a S4OO piano?

Mrs. Ralph Marshall Dead.

Word comes from California of the death of Mrs. Ralph W. Marshall, which occurred at Seabright, a suburb of Santa Cruz, last Thursday, Her death* was caused from inflammation of the bowels after only a few days illness. Most of Mrs. Marshall’s life was spent in Rensselaer, and she owned the property at the west side of town, now occupied by Ed Reeve. Her son Joe was killed recently in an altercation at Willits, Cali., an account of which was published in The Democrat.

HURRY AND SIGN

If You Want a Share of Stock in the Co-operative Store. Many of the best and most influential citizens have taken stock in the new store plan, because besides the dividends assured at the end of the year, the monthly discount on the purchases njakes it one of the most, liberal business propositions ever offered. - It will be a safe, strong co-operation. 1 One share of stock costs $25 and entitles the holder to all the benefits, and you should see Mr. Lee at the Home Grocery at once and get in for one share at least. No money required at once.

IDA SHREEVES IN THE TOILS.

Arrested on Forgery Charge—She Is Only Fifteen Years Old. Marion, Ind., Dec. 30.—Ida Shreeves, barely 15 years old, a high-school girl in short dresses, {laughter of Rev. S. R. Shreeves, jvho was pastor of a church near Rensselaer a few years ago, when he retired because of his advanced age, was arrested this afternoon at her home in Gas City on a bharge of forgery. She is held in' the juvenile department of the county jail. ■ It is alleged she received sl6 when she presented a forged check at the State Bank at Gas City, but before she turned from the cashier’s Window A. Pavot, one of the men whose name, it' is said, she forged, chanced to enter the Then she gave him the money. She says that she intended to give the money to a girl companion to use in buying a new suit.

Ropp-Odle.

A pretty wedding took place in Union tp., Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Ropp, when at high noon their daughter, Miss Effie Ropp, became the bride of Mr. Vern Odle of near Fair Oaks. Rev. Brook of Aix, officiating. Only the immediate relatives and friends were present at the wedding. The attendants were the bride’s brother, Edward Ropp and Miss Gertrude Rademacker, both of Chicago. After the ceremony a fine wedding dinner whs served. , For the present the young couple will resfde with Mr. and Mrs. Ropp. The bans of marriage were published Sunday for the second time at St. Augustine’s Catholic church for Mr. John A. Nagel, sop of George Nagel of Plymouth, and 'Miss Eda S. Gangloff, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Gangloff of Rensselaer. The marriage will take place next Tuesday, Jan. 9, at 9 o’clock a. m., at St. Augustine’s CEuY’ch, and a wedidng reception will be hejd at the Gangloff home following the ceremony. Mr. and Mrs. Nagle will'" reside on a farm two 1 miles from Plymouth, where they Will be “at home” after January Usth. . v: ■ v

“Hardware Stores to Close.

Beginning January 8, 1912; we will dose our stores -at 6 p. m., excepting Saturday until further notice. WARMER BROS. 1 E. D. RHOADES, C. W. EGER.

Wanted—-Work on farm by married man, by the month or year.— PETER THEM, Tefft, Ind. R-l. j 7

POULTRY SNOW IS NOW OPEN

Fourth Annual Exhibit Opens In 1. 0.0. F. Building. BABY SHOW IN CONNECTION - ' - . / Will Be Held In Princess Theater Saturday Afternoon—Turn Out and Help Make Che Show a Grand Success. “The fourth annual exhibit of The Rensselaer Poultry Association opens today in the I. O. Q. F. building on the north side of the public square. The officers have labored hard to make the show a success, and it is up to the public to give it the patronage it deserves. These annual shows result in much good and everyone will be well repaid for attending even though they raise no poultry at all, and to those who do raise poultry a few pointers may be learned which will be worth many times over the small admission fee of 10 cents. The importance of poultry raising and egg producing in this qefuhtry has assumed proportions that our fathers never dreamed of, and it is still growing by leaps and bounds •uhtil it will soon surpass all other individual “crops” on the. farm. These shows cost money to give, and we all want to see them continue, growing better year by year as the interest increases. Therefore take the wife and children to the show and thus .help to boost a good thing along.

Surprise on Shelby Comer.

Arising in the early hours Sunday morning Shelby Comer, of north of town, going to his baseburner was greatly astonished, to say the least, to find that another man was lying behind it. Shelby shook the intruder, who mumbled something that was beyond Shelby, and he sent a telephone message to Dr. J. H. Hansson, the veterinary, thinking that the man wa3 either Swede or Dane—thus call-, ing to his assistance a man who could talk Une language. Dr. M. D. Gwin, who was _ making a call in the territory of the Comer place, stopped in to see the man and ascertained -that the poor fellow had his feet and - one . ear frozen. He was brought to town by the doctor and left in Dr. Hansson’s care.

Dr. Hansson learned' by talking to the man that he was a Norwegian who had been over -here but a short time. Also that the man suffered 'a sunstroke last summer from which he never entirely recovered, and appears to be in a dazed condition all the time. It seems the man, Who was Carl Oleson Schaw, worked for P. A. Paterson In Chicago, on a coal wagon, who Sent for him. stress on his brainwD'daofl|,2untSfl, ' He was turned out of a police station, in Chicago, being locked up because he had no “ place to sleep, and he wandered about, finally coming to Mr. Comer’s .place, which, had it not • been for the unlocked door, he would have perished from cold and hunger. He claims to be the son of a well-to-do shoe manufacturer in Christiana, Norway, and to be about 41 years of age. Dr. Hansson gave him plenty to eat and some good warm clothes, and Monday he was taken to Chicago. 1 His story is substantiated by the fact that he carries letters and credentials setting this forth.

Says Report Is Erroneous.

Rev. Morrow has terminated his relationship with the Baptist church here after , a pastorate of three years and says he will move to Rensselaer in a short time to preach for the church, at that place.—Morocco Courier.

- Rev. Morrow informs us that the Courier is }n error. While he expects to move here in a couple of months, he has no Intention of becoming pastor of the church here. He has property at Aix and also at Wolcott, and 'he can reach both places more conveniently from Rensselaer thah from Morocp. • ' • , •. '

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RENSSELAER, JASPER COUNTY, INDIANA. WEDNESDAY, JAN, 3, 1912.

STILL SNIVELING ABOUT IT.

Republican’s Case of Sour Grapes v Is Laughing Stock of the Community. The Rensselaer Republican, which has always manifested an undue interests in the business affairs oil l The Democrat, even to the extent of;.trying have it excluded froim the mails in every voting contest this paper has conducted, and never seems to profit by Its experience, for Uncle Sam has each time told the complainers to “go ’way back and sit down,” that our contests were perfectly legitimate and came within the very strict rules of the postoffice department; that even a few years-ago', when The Democrat installed a $3,500 linotype and sent the son of the editor away to take a course at a lintoype school, had the brass to ask through its columns where we got the money to do all this; that complained to the postoffice department about a supplement mailed out with The Democrat by a local business firm—because The Democrat got the job instead of the Republican—and which had been sent out by the wholesale firm furnishing it In scores of cities, like Logansport anil towps of like size, but had never run up against so small specimens of humanity as those conducting the „ Republican until they struck Rensselaer, is still deeply conCernejl about The Democrat’s recent piano contest. They have even went to the expense of telegraphing to lowa, to the firm from whicn we bought the piano, they say, asking for the lowest price on a piano of the samo name as the instrument given away by us, as follows: <- •

“Quote us by wire lowest price of Banner piano, mahogany finish, to be used in newspaper subscription contest,” and received this reply: “$145.00 cash and special mention three times during contest.” It therefore assumes that The Democrat’s piano was worth but $145, which is double the price the Republican first placed on the Inst i urn ent. But, the massive brain of the heavy editorial writer of the Republican seems to have slipped a cog in its later estimate. It asked for tne lowest price on a Banner piano, not specifying what No. of piano was wanted. The piano people, taking Jnto consideration the telegram and looking up the character and circulation of the paper asking for the information, of course assumed that It wanted one of their cheapest pianos, and quoted price accordingly on an instrument such as is generally used by the cheap-skate papers of limited circulation which can not stand the expense of giving away a real piano. w There is probably not a piano manufactured that is not made in different grades, and the Banner is no exception to this rule. We wanted the best, and so specified,! and we have no reason to believe' that we did not get it. We could have got a much cheaper instrument of the same make, but did not want to give away one that was not all fight in every way and fully guaranteed. '

The efforts of the Republican to belittle this piano and spoil 1 the sale of it, for Hurley, lays that paper open to an action for damages and will also, no d,p.ubt, be resented by her friends in' a business way. It is the most despicable thing that It has ever been oar experience to see in the quarter of a century we t have been engaged in the newspaper business.

HOWL OF A DEPRAVED MIND.

The Democrat sent copies of the Republican’s “yawp” about our piano contest, to the Interstate Mfg. Co., and yesterday ‘ received the following letter from that firm: 1 . lowa- City, la., Jan. 1, 1912. Mr. F. E. Babcock, Jaspei* County Democrat, Rensselaer, Indiana. Dear Sir: We are indebted to you for the courtesy shown in laying before us the matter of your letter „of the 30th, and the copies of the papers, " for which please accept thanks. ; January Ist, is not really a good day to have your mind brought face to face with the fact that the backbiters, deceivers and men of the unprincipled class still live, and yet, we suppose that Judas has been with us every moment since the days of Jesus, and with our New Year’s resolutions to be charitable to all! men, we are not disposed to draw too heavily Upon vitrolic vials, and we will therefore make some state-

ments and comparisons and let the people draw their own' conclusions. You know “a partial truth” is the most abominable falsehood that can possibly be uttered. I have the copy of the Republican before me as I write, ana want you to get your copy and read their version of the telegram sent us, as printed by them, and then rend the REAL TRUTH of the telqmua. here it is: “Rensselaer, Ind., DcHH Inter State Mfg. Co., Quote'us by wird lowest Banner piano mahogany finish *| be used in Newspaper subscription contest. Thß piano would receive several months advertising through our columns and we expect your very lowest Wire price at once don’t sed|Htaii. The RepublicanMfcmley ft Clark. ” i:4 5 P. M.” Our reply was: •IM* “$145.00 CASH and special mention three times during contest.”

In the face oT the fact that they promised us SEVERAL MONTHS advertising, that we demanded THREE SPECIAL MENTIONS, and $145,00, cash, would you Mr. Bkbcock under the same consideration feel that you were getting the piano for $145.00? If you would, then we would not consider your advertising space of very much value to us, abd judging from the matter In print in the Republican under dates of 29th and 3Qth, Messrs. Healey and Clark place absolutely no value whatever on their advertising space and their telegram quotdd gboye was a malicious attempt on their part to defraud this house, for which they could be brought 1 to account. Futhermore it is just the same as a personal statement made by these gentlemen to the merchants of your city that space for advertising in their columns is not Worth a CENT. Also, according to their issues of dates above mentioned, they deliberately lied to us when, they stated in the telegram that it was to be used in NEWSPAPER SUBSCRIPTION CONTEST, and the good old BOOK states that God hates a LIAR, so it cannot be wondered at if all that community should even loathe men sp low in the scale of ordinary decency that they will stoop to such contemptible methods. Again they state that k local dealer has saia that the piano given away by you could be bought for $87.50. We have no comment to make against the LOCAL DEALER, because we do not believe that he ever made any such statement. But if he has, I would advise that the people of your community demand the name of the said DEALER and then go and see some of the piano’s sold by him sot $300.00 to $500.00 to their neighbors* and compare them with- the, Banner given away by you—if they have any judgment that .ought to satisfy them as to the TRUTH OF THE STATEMENT above stated, and if the pianos sold as above are not much better than your’s, then they have a right to demand a refund for excess charges.

The statement made by Mr. Hammond of the First National Bank, is sufficiently corroborative of the fact that you paid us $278.40 for the piano. We want to say that these pianos are rnadp specially for us and that in the years that we have been placing them before the public we have yet to hear the first complaint against them, while at the same time we have right now In our possession scores of'letters from our satisfied patrons. And futhermore, every piano we put out <s fully guaranteed for TEN YEARS We would be very much pleased to have the people in your neighborhood take their musically inclined friends and go and inspect very carefully, both finish of case, volume and quality of tone, ease of action, Ivory keys, in fact everything. It would simply meah sales for us, that’s all.

We feel, Mr. Babcock, that this is due you, but were it not for you we would never think of answering the Republican’s vicious, discourteous, and absolutely uncalled for attack on fjoth you and ourselves, because w’e have always noticed that it is the cur and not the well-bred pup, who makes the most unnatural noiseS. * Yours very truly, J N.. GALLOWAY, Mgr. , P- S, —You are at liberty to publish this if you wish. J. N. G. Now Here’s a penny, littl6 boy. Go buy you an all-day sucker and then run out in the back yard with your little tin sword and play soldier until' you get in Ibetter^humor.

Miss Aral Glazebrook Married.

Miss .Ara Glazebrook, daughter of Mr. and Mirs. I. A. Glazebrook of Rensselaer; was Married last Wednesday at Greencastle, Ind., where she has made her home with her uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Sachett, for the last four years, the groom being Mr. Daniel Craig Besser,. junior member of the Besser Milling Co., of Greencastle. In speaking of the wedding a Greenqastl© paper says: “Mr, and Mrs. Besser will make their home in the Thad Peck property on Vine street, which Mr. Besser recently purchased. The bride is a popular &nd highly esteemed young woman, and Mr. Besser is one Of the progressive young business men of Greencastle.”

COURT HOUSE NEWS IN BRIEF

Interesting Paragraphs from thw l Various Departments OF JASPER COUNTY CAPITOL ■L- ', Tr k e *li|.;P* ?ws Epitomized—Together S Other Notes Gathered frfflSL the Several County Offices. W Sixteen marriage licenses were issued last month, against 4 for the month previous, and 12 for December, 1910. County Commissioner Hershman went to Indianapolis yesterday to look after some poultry he had sent down to the Indianapolis Poultry Show, and „will return here today to attend the Rensselaer Poultry Show, where he also has some birds On exhibition.

—SMjj Francesville Tribune: Last Friday Judge Steis at Wiriamac heard the arguments of the attorneys representing some 125 petitioners who were asking for a new hearing on their assessments In the Monon ditch matter. He overruled their motion to open the case and the attorneys then gave notice of appeal. The court fixed the appeal bond at S6OOO which must be filed in 30 days. The petitioners have 90 days in which to take the appeal. It is doubtful whether it will be taken. —~o —• Marriage licenses Issued: Dec. 29, Alberny Odle, aged 27, occupation farmer, of Newton county, to Bessie ATlce Ropo' of Union tp., aged 26, occupation housekeeper. First marriage for each. Dec. 30, Fred M. Smith of San Pierre, aged 25, occupation rural route carrier, to Stella May Nelson of Tefft, aged 22, occupation housekeeper. First marriage for each. Dec. 30, Arthur John Maiseneuve of Kankakee, 111., aged 31, occupation shoemaker, to Caroline Liedeker, also of Kankakee, 111., aged 20, occupation clerk. First marriage for each.

County Treasurer A. A. Fell of Carpenter tp., moved over last week and has since been getting straightened around in the [Mrs.' Alter property on South Vanl>ensseiaer street, which he will occupy here. He and J. P. Hammond each took office Monday, Mr, Hammond as auditor, succeeding James N. Leatherman, who held the office /or the past eight years, and cigars, apples and candy was as free as religion of the S6n ”of Gallilee at their offices during the day. Mr. Fell brought along with lUm a horse and buggy, a Jersey cow and a bunch of chickens, just to have something for his wife to do and to keep her from getting lonesome while he is out with the boys getting acclimated. The case of, Stockton vs. Lane, trustee of Newton tp., was heard S n demurrer before Ju,dge Wason at Monticello Friday, and the demurrer held good. The defendants will appeal the case to the higher court. The cash grows out of the alleged failure of the trustee to furnish transportation for plaintiff s children from an abandoned school district, and came up on demurrer in this court before special judge Darroch, i n vacation, who intimated that he would overrule the demurrer, but before a ruling was made? }n the next regular term of court, the—defendant took a i change of venue from the county and Judge Wason held the demurrer good. It is said that no decision has ever been rendered by the higher courts of Indiana bearing directly on the points in issue. The county commissioners met Monday In regular session. Wm. H. Hershman, democrat,_j>f Walker tp., presented his certificate of election as county commissioner to succeed John F. Pettet, republican, and. the board was organized by electing Charles F. Stackhouse president. The board is now democratic

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time in a great many fetors, at »4wist. The office of county attorney was <taci«red vacant arid the matter of hew apointment postponed * of Rensselaer wag appointed commissioner for a period of two. years from Jan. f, 1912. The contract for the Joseph Stewart, et al. stone road in Hanging Grove tp., was let to this Crow Point Construction Co., as beU the lowest and best b l ld'*~$5,269.58, and pointed supt. of construction, ne file bond as provided by law. * Several other minor actions were taken- which will be reported in Saturday’s Democrat. There was not very much to do this term by' reason of the busihess having been pretty well cleaned up at the special December term, rind the board finished up in one day.

POKER GAME LEADS TO MURDER

Oran . Day, Formerly of Near Lee, Shoots Harry Arriek at Mpnticello. Monticello was the scene of a shooting scrape Saturday night which is likely to result in the death of Harry Arrlck of that place. According to the Monticello. Journal the shooting was the result of a difficulty oT several weeks standing, over a poker game, between Arriek nad Oran Day, formerly of near Lee, who did the shooting. Saturday night Arrlck -was sitting in a game In a poker room fun by a man named Watkins, when Day appeared and renewed the quarrel, daring Arriek down stairs to resent his insults. Finally Arrlck picked up a buggy spoke that lay near by and followed Day down the stairß to an alley back of the “soft drink" emporium below, and sobn a shot rang # out and Arrlck staggered into the rear door of Anheier’s billard room and said he had been shot by Day. - • The Journal adds: Marshall Dobbins, who had just stepped Into the front door, .ran* past Arriek out into the back yard, expecting to find the assailant, buc he found no one in either the yard or alley leading out to Washington street. He hurried on out to the sidewalk, where he was told that the man had ran north. He and' others hurried on up the alle» and out across the Panhandle tracks to Day s home, the Warden property, just south of the cemetery. A search of the house and of the vicinity was made, but no trace could be had of the man. Examination soon showed that Arrlck had deceived a shot that pierced the upper left hand portion of the stomach not far from \ the cardiac orifice. The patient was first treated while lying in the drug store. He was later removed to Dr. Goodwin’s office, where he was placed under an anesthetic ajid an operation performed. The bullet could not be found. The abdominal cavity was carefully cleansed, the wound in the stomach was drawn together and all was done that could be. It now remains for Nature to do the rest. The chances for recovery are very few. At the present he is very weak but has fested> easy for the most of the day. It is stated that Arrlck says he caught hold 8f the Run when Day fired and jerked ft out of his hand The revolver, a 32-caliber, was found lying on the ground later with the partridges extracted with the exception of one empty shell, and the club was found near by as well as Day’s hat. Whether. Arrlck hit Day Is not definitely known, The officers were on the ground n a few minutes after it happened, but not one of ifiem had sight of the man. They searched all d&ft yesterday frorii here to Rensselaer with no trace of him any more than a relative admitted that he ran home, secured a hat, taking north through the ceihetery. I liis is not the first offense for Day It seems that he has seen' the inside of several jails and is now wanted at Watseka. He and his famfty came here about three months ago from near Lee Up there he was identified with the gang accused of stealing chickens and infringing on the game laws. Day has not been apprehended yet, so Tar as learned.

A Merry Christmas Dinner.

Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Smith entertained at a Xmas dinner in honor of their daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Russel Prince, who were recently married. Those present were Wm. Ulyat and family of Brook, Joe Wood and family of M!t. Ayr, Harry Hanimao and family of Indianapolis, Ed Nelson and family of Linden, Ind., George Ever and wife of Terre Haute. Mr. and Mrs. Prince received very nice and useful. presents. - xx