Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 78, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 January 1912 — Page 1

Jasper County Democrat.

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Will Sojourn In Florida a Few Weeks.

Mr. and A. J. Bellows leave tomorrow for Berwyn, 111., to remain about ten days, and on. the 23d will leave for Florida where they w r ill spend a, month o,r six weeks. They will go first to Jacksonville and then on down the- coast, not remaining long at any one place. Mrs, Bellows was born in Florida at king’s Ferry, and they expect to visit her birthplace while there.

Fire Destroys Big Elevator.

Frankfort, Ind., Jan. 6.—The largest elevator in Clinton county, i located at Cyclone, six miles south-! east of here, owned by C. W. Le« & Co., was 'destroyed by fire of an j unknown origin last night. The fire destroyed three thousand bush- ] els of wheat and a large quantity, of corn and oats. The loss is estimated at $40,000 fully covered by insurance.

Going to Make ’Em Twice Glad.

Mr. and Mrs. James Lefler of near Marinette, Wis., came Saturday and will visit with relatives here until spring to “make 'em twice glad,” Jim puts it. When they left home Friday evening it was 26-be-low zero and two feet of snow on the ground. The atmosphere is dryer than here, however, Mr. Lefler says, and one doesn’t mind the cold as much as here. Both Mr. and Mrs. Lefler are looking fine and are enjoying the .best of health.

Pastor Richeson Confesses.

Rev. C-. V. Richeson, former pastor of the fashionable Immanuai Baptist church of Brookline,' Mass., who was indicted for the poisoning of Miss Avis Linnell, to, whom he had been engaged, made a written confession of the crime to his attorneys Saturday which was, at HTs request, made public. Richeson wanted to rid himself of the girl that, he might wed Miss Violet Erimands, daughter of a Boston millioniare. In his confession he gave no details of the crime.

Dead-Beat Purtelle Again Heard From.

Eugene Purtelle, the notorious dead-beat railroad* promotor, was in Logansport Sunday, trying to interest the Commercial Club of that city in his pipe dreams. In the meantime people here who cashed several of Purtelle’s worthless checks and furnished him material pn the bluff he put up south o.f town, are still holding the sack. In at least one case . in tin's county he can be brought to time in a way he would not soon forget, and we believe the party owes it to the community at large to push the matter and thus save others from being swindled.

A Little Cool In South Dakota.

Samuel Parker writes from Mitchell, So. Dak., under date of Jan. 2, in renewing his subscription for The Democrat, and says: “All the Jasper county people are well and enjoying fine weather. A four inch snow came about the 22 of Dec., so we had a white Christmas and a beautiful day. We have had no rain since in October, and roads have been fine ever since. “We had eighteen perfect days the first of Dec.; had sunshine with no wind, and a warm temperature. “We are now having our first spell of cold weather. This morning early it 6 was 25 below zero, but it was so still that we didn’t notice it as much as we would zero weather back there. It has- warmed up now and the sun is shining.”

Thank You, We’re Having Some Winter of Our Own.

Jesse Nowels of Laurens, lowa, t under date of Jan. 5, says: “I will write you a' k few lines this 'evening, for when I wrote you before about our having such nice weather I thought maybe you might begin to think about moving out But I am going to, tell you the weather has changed, ahd maybe you will change your mind about coming. The "thermometer yesterday stood at 18 below zero and remained at 4 below all day. This morning it was 22 below and did not rise above 16. ThTs evening it is 18 below and in the morning I think it will be too cold to look. The snow is from one to ten feet deep, and if anyone in Jasper county is buffering from the heat send them out here an.d I’ll take them out jack rabbit hunting and I think they will . get cooled off kll right.’*

REMODELED M. E. CHURCH DEDICATED

Handsomest and Most Commodious House of Worship in This Section ot State EXPENSE IS ABOUT $10,500 All of Which Has Been Subscribed and Much of It Paid In.—Serv- , iices All this Week.

The. handsome and commodious remodeled and enlarged Trinity. M. E. church of .this city was dedicated Sunday, and notwithstanding the zero weather there was a goodly attendance out to the, dedicatory services. Dr. W. O. Shepard of Chicago preached at both the morning and evening services and assisted in raising the balance of the funds necessary to pay for the improvement. The committee had between $5;000 and $6,000 subscribed previous to Sunday, and as the total expense will be right around $10,500, it left about $5,000 more to be raised. Of this amount* all but $1,300 was raised at the morning meeting, and the balance at the evening meeting; Four prominent members gave SSOO each —J. M. Wasson, D. S. Makeever, Granville ‘ Moody and Henry Amsler.

Mrs. A. M. Stockton, Mrs. C. M. Williams, Mrs. Wm. Washburn and J. J. Hunt, S3OO each. R. A. Parkison, Geo. F. Meyers, James T. Randle, Sylvester Gray and Charles Battleday, S2OO each. 1 Jas. R. Parkison and Milt Roth $l5O each. O. K. Rainier, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Ketchum, Mrs, E. P. Honan, . Dr. Turfler, J. C. Gwin, Mr. and ! Mrs. E. T. Harris, C. H. Porter, W. O. Rowles, little Max" Robinson (by Wm Washburn), Wm. P. Bak- ! er, Dr. H. L. Brown, Wm. Hoover, W. E. Moore, Dr. E. C. English and Dr. M. D. Gwin, each SIOO. The above is the total given by each both Sunday and previous thereto.

We have not the space to give the ‘contributions of sums less than SIJJO. A few contributions were made outside the church, but no soliciting was done outside. The subscriptions are 'hot completed at this writing the comimttee desiring to raise about SSOO yet to be

sure and have enough to complete everything. There will be meetings every evj ening throughout the week. ! Rev. Kindig preached Monday night; C. W. Postil, last night; district superintendent A. M. Wood, preaches tonight; R. D. Utter toj morrow night; T. F. Drake, who was pastor, in 1889, when the old 1 church was dedicated, Friday night. No services Saturday night. The new church—for it is practically new and would scarcely be recognized as any part of the old structure—is indeed a beautiful, commodious and well appointed building, and one of the very best 'church edifices in this section of the state. It will meet the needs of the congregation for severay years to come, and is a building they may well feel proud of. To see what {has been done and what the committee have .gotten for the money

expended one cannot but realize that they have gotten their money’s worth in every instance. In fact by having the work done by the day instead of contracting it out they have saved in the neighborhood of $3,000 to $4,000, the bids on the work being considered too high to let the work in one general contract. , ~There is a basement under the entire building, with a commodious kitchen, china clospt, dining room—• for church suppers, , both a ladies’ and a gent’s toilet and sitting rooms, janitor’s rooms, boiler and coal rooms, storage room, etc., all are now cemented or to be cemented, in the large and commodious basement, with good high ceiling and all heated throughout by hot water. The basement rooms are well lighted, especially the kitchen, dinipg room, waiting and toilet rooms. The main floor > has three entrances, the main entrance on Cullen street, 'having an ante-room about 12 feet square. There is also

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an entrance to the, choir loft and 1 I pulpit on the south side of the church, and entrance to the Sunday schodl room on Angelica street. Each ante-room has a radiator and the outside doors open outward. In case of fire the church can be emptied in a very few moments. Theire are two entrances to the main auditorium from the large ante-room on the corner of Cullen and Angelica streets, each having double swinging doors. The pulpit and choir loft is situated in. the Southeast corner of the main auditorium, and the floor declines from all directions towarii the pulpit, thus affording an excellent View of the pulpit’ and choir loft from all points. The pews, which are all, new, are, of oak and circular form, and the *ntire floors throughout the building are all new and or hard maple. It is the intention, • per-

haps next spring, to put in a new pipe organ across the 'corner back of the pulpit. I At the left of the pulpit is the 1 choir loft while at the right iB the main Sunday school room, which can be shut off from the main auditorium by large sliding doors. The’ opening between the two rooms is 1 very large and this, room can be! used when the main auditorium is too small to accommodate the con- 1 gregations. There is, one large primary Sunday school room and six class rooms, separated by doors which slide upward between the walls. The main auditorium is finished in oak, and the Sunday school" ropms In hard pine. | The walls and ceilings throughout are handsomely frescoed, a Chicago decorator doing this ■ work. ( There is" considerable finishing to be done to, the basement, and workmen are busy evehy day finishing it up. I

The entire arrangement of the building seems to be about as near perfect as it is possible to make it, and with the ’excellent heating and ventilating facilities, the conditions for assimilating the Word of the Master are ideal. Both the finance and the building committee are to •be congratulated on their work.

HOME TELEPHONE CO.

Annual Meeting Will He Held Next Saturday Afternoon. The annual meeting of the Home Telephone Co. will be held in Rensselaer next Saturday. When this company was organized in 1 909, the rates' country patrons had been, advanced 50 per cent by* the old company and the same ratio o's advance was attempted’ to be put through in Rensselaer, hence the organization of this company. ’lmmediately after its organization, it will be remembered, the old rates were restored to country patrons and the efficiency of the service greatly improved. The refusal of the city council to grant a franchise on anything like reasonable terms has caused the new company to Jie quiescent since, ex-

cept to keep up its organization. The franchise of the old company expires in August of next eyar, and when the matter of a renewal of same comes up the new company will be in a position to again ask for a franchise in Rensselaer. In the meantime the organization of the company has savfed every country patron of the old company six dollars per year and has kept down further agitation of an increase in phone rates in the city, besides forcing a greatly improved service. ’ ‘

The actual expense of all this* good done has been less thaiF SIOO. SSO of which Was paid for a charter, and the assessment made uponj the stockholders has been but $2 on each share of stock of SSO. It has been worth many times what it has cost. If there are any of those who advanced $5 ealch at the time of organization to secure a charter,! who have not had $3 of this amount (refunded to them, they can get same by caling upon the secretary.' Also, any who subscribed for one or more shares of stock and have not paid jn_ their assessment of $2 per share and received their certificates, .are requested to pay same at once. The organization of this company has already accomplished much good and may do muck more good in the future, its officers have served unselfishly without one penny’s compensation, and their efforts to benefit the public should be fully appreciated.

ZERO WEATHER RECORDS

Are Broken For Many Years In Cold Wave Which k Sweeps Entire 1 Country. Cold weather records for many years have been broken in the past jev days in the cold wave which h,as had the entire country in its grasp since Wednesday., Many people have frozen to ,death in various parts of the country, thousands o! sheep and cattle have perished in the. northwest, and much suffering among the poor of the large cities, where the charity organizations have been taxed beyond their limit, lias resulted. In Rensselaer po real suffering has resulted so far as known, for the few por we have, like those of smaller cities, can easily be cared for once they make their condition known. But it has kept 1 the meis folks pretty busy feeding the stoves and furnaces and thawing out frozen water pipes. The government thermometer at St. Joseph’s College each night] since j Wednesday has registered as follows: Thursday .5 above Friday , . ... ........ 7 below Saturday 10 below Sunday 18 below Monday 6 below Tuesday 9 below The above is the lowest point reached at any time, during the 24 hours preceding 6 a. ’m. ( of the days given. - ' The boilers of the 'heating systems of the, Rensselaer Garage and the public library bursted and It will he several days before they can be repaired. Some damage was also done to the boiler at the poor farm, hut not sufficient to put it out of business and no difficulty has been experienced in keeping the building warm.

Miss Bruce’s primary room, which was being taught in the library, has been temporarily given quarters in Co. Supt. Lamson’s office until the repairs to the heating system can be made. The plumbers have been kept on the jump all the time thawing out frozen pipes and repairing bursted ones, and it is thought the damage wrought will reach perhaps $2,000 ■in the city. Sunday and Monday some snow fetp-and Monday the mercury got up to 12 above zero, but dropped to 9 below during the night. The snow now covering the ground here is about three inches deep, but in southern Indiana it is ten inches, breaking the record of years? The weather report for today is continued cold, variable temperature.

A WHITE COUNTY PIONEER.

Mrs. Lydia Carson Was First White | Woman Married In That County. Rev. C. L. Harper conducted the j funeral services at Monon on Monday of last week of one of White county’s oldest settlers,, Mrs. Lydia A. Carson, mother of J. H. Carson of Rensselaer, who enjoyed the dis- , tinction of having been the firs’ white woman married in White county. .At the time of her death ,me was almost 88 years of age. j She cf.me to White county with her parents, Mr. and Sirs. Gideon Brecount from Pennsylvania in 1839, and was married at the age of 16 to James Carson, who died in 1875. To this union nine children were born, of whom seven are still liv- ! mg, namely F. D. Carson of Monon; Mrsi.M. J. Bryaht of Tacoma, . Wash. ; W. B. Carson of St. Louis. I Mo.; Mrs. L. F Right of Oklahoma City, Okla.; James H. Carson of Rensselaer; Mrs, May Lawrie of Monticello. ' I \ \ | In her obituary the Monon News says, among other “After the marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Carson in 1840 they moved to I Franklin county and then to Wabash, returning to this county in ! 1844, when they located on land enj tered in West Point township. There were then four voters in that township and Monticello was the , only, voting precinct in the county. Michigan City was the trading point , and it required 30 days to make the trip with ox teams. Later the , canal reached Pittsburg, Carroll county, and it became their trading pohat. They toiled and prosperI cd midst the hardships and deprivations pf pioneer life and witnessed transformations by the onward march of civilization.”

All heavy underwear at the wholesale prices during our January sale. —Duvall’s Quality Shop.

COURT HOUSE NEWS IN BRIEF

Interesting Paragraphs from the Various Departments OF JASPER COUNTY CAPITOL The Legal News Epitomized—Together with Other Notes Gathered from the Several County Offices.

J'he Benton circuit court 1 convened Monday. ■ —-6 Jan.' S, John Anthony Nagel, son of George Nagel, of Plymouth, aged 25, occupation farmer, to Eda Saraphine Gangloff of Rensselaer, aged 2L occupation housekeeper. marriage for each. —■ New suits filed: No. 7814. John D. Thomson, executor of will of C, J. Thomson, vs. Frank L. Smith; action in review of judgment. No: 7815. Irving Shuman vs. Robert E. VanGundy, et ah; action in attachment. It is hoped that our county commissioners at their next meeting will take some action in the forfieted bqjids of check-swindler Purtelle, the electric railroad promotor. If these bonds are any good they should be collected and the money turned over to the people they were supposed to protect; if no good, let’s know it and have done with the matter.

Marriage licenses issued: Jan. 8, William Albert Bell of Chicago, Occupation porter, hr , barber j»hop, aged 34, to Minnie L. Smltlb also of Chicago, aged 31, occupation domestic. Second marriage for each, first wife of male having died in June, 1904, and first' husband of female died July 15, 1909. Married by Squire Irwin at his residence. Both these parties are colored, the male having been born in Washington, I). G\, and the female in Jonesboro, Georgia.

As an aftermath to a lawsuit before Squire Irwin • Friday afternoon in which John Wqlls of Union tp., had sued his neighbor. Joseph A. Lucas, for damages alleged to have resulted to a horse of plaintiff’s which defendant’s stallion is aL leged to have bitten and practiaclly ruined, a free-for-all iight took place in front of the court house after the parties came down from the trial, where Well 6 lost out-. Lucas, it seems, laid for Wells as he came out of the door, and struck him once or twice, when Mrs. Wells Mrs. Lucas and Mrs. Oscar Atwood, Mr. Atwood, Ed Myers and one or two others of the participants or witnesses in the case, who were also coming out close behind Wells, all got mixed up and ■for a few brief moments there was a lively time. A 1 Robinson, who had no interest in t»he scrap, also waded in and got after Myet-fr who took leg bail and hiked for home. Deputy Sheriff Gusp Grant, “Bill” Ervin and Lyman Zea, finally succeeded in restoring order and a few arrests resulted before Squire Bruner. Lucas was fined $5 and costs, $13.55 in all, for assaulting Myers, and was fined $5 and trimmings \or having pushed Mrs. Myers to one side. He paid the former but appealed the latter chargq. Myers was arrested Monday and was given a like dose. The whole affair was most disgraceful, and it is to be hoped ' there will never ,be another such mix-up in Rensselaer. <

„ Public Sales. The Democrat has printed bills fdr the following, public sales: Tuesday, Jan. 16, J. P. Hartsook.' 4 miles north of AixT bn.the old John „ Swartz farm. General sale of horses, cattle, hogs, farm tools, etc. Tuesday, Jan. 23. G. H. Hillis, John J, Tauten and A. B. To,l|n, ait the residence of G. H. Hillis, 6 miles northwest Of Mt. Ayr. Big stock and implement sale; 38 head of horses, 62 head of hogs, 125 head of cattle.

Vel. XIV. No. 78,

DAY STILL AT LIBERTY.

White County Sheriff Falls to Find Man Who Shot Harry Arrick. Sheriff Price and Marshal Dobbins arrived home .this morning from their man hunt in 'Lake county. rivey were. looking for Orin Day. if he had been~*here he had rtown before their arrival in that section. Yesterday forenoon the report . gained currency on the streets that these gentlemen would arrive on the noon train from Hammond, bringing Day with them. Quite a crowd gathered at the depot only to be disappointed.-—Fri-day’s Monticello Journal.

POULTRY SHOW AWARDS.

Fold Weather Chargeable for Light Attendance— Kxhihit Was Good. The Rensselaer Poultry Association has run Up bad, weather about every show it lias held, and as a result has barely paid expenses heretofore and this year will likely, face a deficit. The extreme cold kept many from the show, this year, and also from' the baby show Saturday afternoon, which heretotore has helped to tide over the small receipts from the’ poultry show proper. Outside exhibits to the show were very good, Ldwell sending 40 Monticello (>, and Remington, Brook and Fair Oaks each 15. Only, five babies were entered in the baby show, the judges of which were J. C. Daniels of Craig, Colo., who is visit ng her for a short' time since the death of his brother, Wm. Daniels, and Ralph Johnson of Jordan• tp. . The birds given away during the show went to the following persons; Wednesday night, pair Buff Orpingtons, Vein Hopkins. 1* Thursday night, pair ifuff Rocks, Abe Wartena. Friday night, pair Rhode Island Reds and pair of Buff Cochin Ban-

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CITY COUNCIL MEETING.

Nhort Session Held Monday Evening and Batch of Claims Allowed. A short session of the city council was held Monday evening at the regular meeting, with the mayor and Councilman Grow absent. Nothing was done except allow the folowing claims: CORPORATION FUND. G F Meyers, 6ul mayor.... $62.50 Geo W Hopkins, councilman 20.00 D E Grow, 5ame.......... 20.00 H W Krosier, same ! 2<LOO C J Dean* same. . . . 20.00 A G Catt, same. . . 20.00 Moses Leopold, city attorney 50.00 Chas Morlau, city clerk.... 25.00 R D Thompson, treasurer. . 76.00 M D Gwin, bd hea1th....... 23.93 C E Simpson, same 10.00 Eire Dept, 4th quarter. .. ... 7L75 Same, dues disability fund 275 G- E Murray Co, mdse Jg Geo Mustard, marshal. . . . 30.00 Erahk Crltser, nightwafch. . 25.00 B F Fendig, mdse fire dept 275 F H Hemphill, sal bd health 10.00 ROAD FUM’D. Chester Zea, teamster. ..... 30.00 LIGHT FUND. C S Chamberlain, salary...", 50.00 Mell Abbott, same 30.00 Dave Haste, same. ......... 30.00 Robt Wartena, wk on line. . 3(L45 Clarence Thompson, same. . Western^Co, sup. . , 106.85 ! Ulinoii Electric Co, same.... 65.51 General Electric Co, same.. 411.38 Electric Appliance Co, same.26i!B4 Jesee Gates, hauling c0a1... . 72.90 Vandalia Coal Co, c0a1..... 286.67 R D Thompson, frt paid... 262.55 B F F’endig, mdse 6.65 Ray Delmer, work on line. . WATER FUND. T E Malone, salary . , 30.00 C W Platt, wk on mains;... l.so Ves Richards, same. ; 1.25 Clinton Oil Co, packing. . ... 14 ig R D Thompson, bond & int. 759.62 PARK FUND. W J Wright, dirt for filling. . 17.16

Remington Poultry Show Postponed Owing to the extreme cold weather the Remington Poultry Association which was to hold its annual show this week, has (Mtstponed same until '--.t.. , January 23 to 27 inclusive ; Retnember the dates and make it a point to attend. " , v : . ,