Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 94, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 March 1912 — Page 3

The Home Grocery Under the New Management, is going to treat you right. Big Grocery Sale All This Week

6 bars Ivory Soap . 25c 3 cans Old Dutch Cleanser . . 25c 1 lb. best Tea, your choice . . . 50c 6 5c cans Rex or Libby Milk . . .25c 15c can Sweet Peas, two for . ... . 25c 20c pkg. Swift Wash Powder . . . 17c 25 can White Cherries 19c Best Michigan Hand-pick" ed Navy Beans, lb. 6%c

LOCAL AND PERSONAL. Brief Items of Interest to City and Country Readers, Today’s markets: Corn, 57c; Oats, 48c; Wheat, 92c. John Porter was over from Remington on business Monday. The Ladies’ Literary Society met Friday afternoon with Mrs. S. S'. Shedd. Men wanted at once to chop wood and make posts. See Rowles & Parker. mil Mr. and Mrs. S. A. Austin of Wheatfield tp., were business visitors in the city Monday. t Advertised letters: Mrs. Mary Folley, Mrs. Dora Greenlee, Laura A. Meyers, John Beasey, Ira Wyne, Postal Telegraph Operator. Mr. and Mrs. Thompson Ross of Chicago were here Sunday for a short visit with his mother, Mrs. F. A. Ross. E. J. Stofie, who is working for the Valparaiso Publishing Co., at Valparaiso, was here Sunday to spend the day with his wife. Butler windmills are guaranteed to pump more water than any windmill manufactured. For sale by GWIN & WATSON. m2O lHemphill Bros. have just launched one of the nicest motor boats we have ever seen on the river. They intend to use the boat this summer on the Kankakee. * According to the weather bureau at Indianapolis March 1 was the coldest day of like date, except twice, since 18-71, when the station was established there. Strauss Brothers, master taliors for men, at our store Thursday, Meh. 7. Five hundred samples, full 1 1-3 yard lengths to select from. ROWLES & PARKER. L. Strong put men at work Monday tearing away the ruins of the burned King blacksmith shop, which he owned, and wil have a large modern cement block shop erected, on the site of the old shop. Gepuine March weather was ushered in Saturday night when about three inches of snow fell. Monday and yesterday mornings the mercury was within a few degrees of zero. Don’t look much like sowing oats yet. •

Alva Potts has resigned his position as teamster with the Rensselaer Lumber Co., and goes to Bark--ley tp., to work for Earl Barkley on the latter’s far-m. Thomas Grant takes his place as teamster for the lumber company. Harvey Davisson has bought of Mrs. Minerva A. Hopkins the house and three lots on South Weston street owned by her and will improve the property by iremodeling the house and perhaps build one or two new houses thereon. The consideration was S7OO. Earl Barkley, who has been living in the Stewart Hammond property . on South Cullen street, has moved to the country onto his farm in Barkley tp., and W. A. I Davenport has moved into the prop-, erty he vacated. Claude Cruzan,; who is employed on The Democrat/ has moved here from Remington and occupies the property on Weston street, vacated by Mr. Daven- j port. r I

Two ioc packages Mincemeat . . 15c 15c can Gooseberries 9c Two ioc pkg. D-Zerta or Puddine, any flavor 15c 8 rolls good Toilet Paper w . . 25c . 25c Cotton Mops . 21c A fine Silver Polish . 8c 8 bars Swift’s Pride Soap ... 50 lbs. A. & K. Best Flour . . . $1.38 Merkle’s Special Favorite IJroom .' . 38c

Herman Tuteur has moved into his new quarters in The Democrat building. * Mrs. Lorinda McGlynn, who has been suffering from a severe attack of pneumonia, is now slowly recuperating. Mrs. Mary Price, 72 years old, mother of J. W. Price of Barkley tp., with whom she makes her home, is quite sick with pneumonia. Frank King has put up a temporary building on the east end of his old blacksmith shop and is ready to do all kinds of work in his line again. Dr. Kannal has carpenters at work tearing away the ruins of his recently .burned residence, but has not determined, he says, just what he will do as yet. Tom Brown and family, who have been living in one of J. C. Passons’ houses since their return froth North Dakota, have moved onto the Bislosky farm in Newton tp. Ed. Sunderland, Dr. Rainier and Charles Brand came over from Remington Saturday and the latter pur chased a thirty horse power Overland touring car of the local agent, Dr. J. Hansson, which he drove home that evening. Charles Mansfield, who owned 400 acres of land in Milroy tp., has bought through the C. J. Dean agency, another, eighty lying just south of his .400 and which was owned by Mirs. Anell of Ilwo. Thq price was $4,000. Walter Forbes moved to Remington Monday where he will clerk ip Merritt’rf grocery store. Frank Morrow moved Into the Thornton property vacated by Forbes, and Ed Randle moved back from the country into ;his own property, vacated by Morrow. Brook Reporter: Tom Lowe mov ed to Rensselaer this week and will be hereafter a resident of that town. Tom has lived on the farm east of Brook for so long that everybody supposed that he was rooted to the soil, but Rensselaer gets some mighty good citizen just the same.

ELECTRIC WIRING All kinds of electrical supplies, electric flat irons, electric r curling irons, and other heating devices. First class wiring at reasonable prices.

Ray Delmar Phone 151

I J.-J. Porter of Remington was a business visitor in the city Monday. The price of eggs has dropped to 18 cents per dozen in the local market s Vera Davisson, a son of Harvey Davisson, is now employed as a clerk in the Makeever House. The continued cold weather makes fine roads for the movers. Usually the roads are quite bad at this season of the year. On investigating his insurance, Frank King, the blacksmith, whose shop was destroyed by fire Friday morning, found that S4OO had expired in January, and he had but S2OO on his stock of tools, which ho estimates were damaged S6OO to S7OO. Miss Gladys Owens, a 15-year-old Fowler school girl, eloped last Wednesday with Arthur Shaw, a traveling salesman of Elgin, 111., the young couple were married at Kankakee the same day. They returned to Fowler Thursday and were forgiven by the girl’s mother, Mrs. L. D. Owens. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. King have completed the removal of their household effects from the greenhouse to the former Mrs. J. T. Randle property at the corner of Vine and Forest streets, which they recently purchased. Their daughter, Mrs. E. S. Tilflman of Lebanon, has been assisting them in moving. William Cooper, aged about 37 years, died Monday morning at his home in Gifford from consumption. Mrs. George Cooper, his mother, had been his housekeeper the past ■few weeks, his wife having died recently at the ihome of lher sister, Mrs. James Snedeker, in this city. Mr. Cooper leaves six children, from 4 to 14 years of age. John C. MoColly shipped his cay of goods to Hinsdale, Mont., Saturday and he and wife followed Sunday evening. Friday evening the Odd Fellows and Rebekah’s gave Mr. and Mrs. McColly a farewell reception and banquet at the lodge rooms, and they take with them to their new home the best wishes of a host of friends in Rensselaer and vicinity. Vernon Coker, a 9-year-old boy Who lived with Mr. and Mrs. Frank Bundy of Barkley tp., died at an early hour Friday morning after a day’s sickness. He had remained out of school Thursday on account of not feeling well, and that evening became very ill and became unconscious and also suffered from convulsions. The funeral was held Sunday afternoon and burial made in the Hurley cemetery in Barkley tp. Mrs. Carrie McCord, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Crockett of Rensselaer, who secured a divorce a few months ago in the -Newton circuit court from her husband, Wm. MtCord of .Chicago, was married last week at Wabash tp Mr. E. ,G. Perrigo, a Mt. Ayr merchant for whom she .clerked a part of the time when she resided in that pdace. The many Rensselaer friends of Mrs. Perrigo extend congratulations.

Frank Wood, assistant' manager of a large department store in Billings, Mont., and wife, came Saturday to be present at the 43d anniversary of the tnarriage of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Wood, on south Division street, which was celebrated by a big dinner at their home Monday. Mrs. Wood will visit her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Allen Catt, while her husband does some purchasing for his store in Chicago. ■ - —' The farce-comedy, “The Marriage of Mamma,” given by the stock company at the opera house Saturday night was well liked, by the good-sized audience that attended. The company will play guaranteed attractions in the eastern part of the state for. the next thrbe weeks, returning here on Saturday evening, March 23, and opening with “The Lion and The Mouse,” a stirring play of modern, finance by Klein Horn blow. Abraham Leopold, who was taken to Chicago last week, was operated on in a hospital there, his physician, Dr. M. D. Gwin, and his son Mose, being present at the operation, which proved to be more extensive than at first was supposed to be necessary. Owing to the patient’s advanced age, 78 years, the outcome of the operation, which required fully an hour, was for a time doubtful. But Mr ; Leopold i rallied and it is now thought he will recover and be greatly benefitted as a

Lee Richards returned Monday evening bom Seattle, Wash., where he has been working at the painter e trade for the past several months. . :i The Monon’s new French Lick train, “The Red Devil,” made its first trip from Chicago Sunday night. It passes through Rensselaer at 12:20 a. m., southbound; northbound at 4:20 a. m. These trains do not stop here in either direction. Dr. H. L. Brown has bought of George F. Meyers the west 85 acres of the Monnett farm north of town, on which the improvements are located, Mr. Meyers retaining the east eighty. The consideration has not been made public. Dr. Brown will move out on the farm, but will continue his dental business here. Notice. Alli persons holding sales slips dated Feb. 13, are requested to bring them in by March 10 and receive the amount of their purchase. 46 persons share in this date’s distribution, ranging from 5c to $4.75. Be sure and save your March slips. —E. VANARSDEL & CO.

HONEST ADVERTISING WINS IN LONG RUN

By WM. C. FREEMAN.

Rev. Dr. Reisner of Grace Methodist Episcopal church, New York, recently sent a letter to a number of business men asking them some questions, based on the alleged statement of Rev. R. J. Campbell of London, that a business man cannot be absolutely honest and succeed. A great many honorable men, so Dr. Reisner says, claim that an absolutely upright Standard of honesty ie Impossible for the man who is determined to succeed In business. The following are the questions that he asked Of the merchants: 1. Is It possible to,succeed In business and be absolutely honest? 2. Why do dishonest men fall to reach fullest success? 3. Why do so many salesmen resort to sharp practices to make sales? 4. Is it ever excusable to misrepresent or exaggerate goods either In quality or popularity of demand? Here are four very* good answers to those questions sent to Dr. Reisner by Mr. Murphy, presidept of the Mark Cross company: 1. Yes —and If done any other way the man does not get the full measure of success. 2. because the most difficult thing In the world is to He dishonestly for any length of time. 3. Sharp practice is their tragedy —that Is why there are so many bad salesmen. 4. There Is no .excuse tor such a blunder. Retribution follows hard on the heels of misrepresentation. Advertising may be fraudulent or It may be profitable, but it cannot be both. There is no fool so great as the fool who thinks he Is fooling everybody. First he labors hard to gain a diahonest reputation, and afterward he labors to updo Jt. Like Frankenstein, who released the genii from the bottle only to find he could not control him. Another paper was read at the Sunday night service, December 3, which made the point that the man who practices dishonestly tn bis business has .to be a great deal smarter man than the man who practices honesty —that he has greater difficulty in attaining partial success than the man who Is inherently honest has in attaining a great success. Is it not true that the businesses that prosper most in our communities are those whose owners are men of character who stand for something in the world ? • 1 - There is no doubt that honesty in business pays best in the long run, and the honest adertiser has a better chance to succeed than the dishonest advertiser.

“Say all you have to say In the fewest possible words, or your reader will be Sure to skip them; and in the plainest possible words, or he will certainly misunderstand them.”—Ruskin.

COLLEGES PLAN ADVERTISING

Kansas Institutions to Use Dally Newspapers In Higher Education. ( To standardize higher education In Kansas is the purpose of a movement at the meeting of college presidents, members of the Association of Kansas Colleges, held at Lawrence the other day. A closer union between the different Institutions was made. A higher standard of entrance requirements to the cellege and a general strengthening of the courses offered was one of the recommendations. A resolution was drawn up opposing the granting of honorary degrees. such as master of arts and doctor of philosophy, by schools which do not have strict requirements and library facilities. Competition between the colleges In the association will be eliminated as far as possible. A committee to han die all the advertising was composed of. President Culbertson of Emporia, President Sanders of Washburn and President Mossman of Southwestern. The association will advertise aa a

Michigan Wants Farmers! A Good Place To Locate MANY FARMERS from the north and central states are going to Michigan’s most progressive district, where new towns growlng up and a thriving community is being established. This district is in Mason. Manistee and Lake couna ? rgie of , land most fortunately located for commercial and agrciultural purposes. It is known as the Swigart u h °x are famll,ar w,th conditions in Michigan recognize that it has entered an era of development such as has never been seen before in the state

SOME SPECIAL ADVANTAGES that are drawing to the Swigart Tract more settlers ..than to any part of the Wolverine State are as folows: It lies in the center of Michigan’s Famous Fruit Belt, and is especially adapted for fruit growing, the lands being just near enough to derive the greatest benefit from Lake Michigan’s Influence; mild, even climate; a combination of the elements insuring successful crops; local markets, including Ludington and Manistee, with over 30,000 combined population, on the edge of the tract; surrounded ,by a well settled country; four lines of railroads; products delivered by lake steamers to Chicago and Milwaukee over night; schools and churches throughout the tract; home conditions ideal; many thousands of acres to select from; the place for the renter to come who is tired of farming where farm Hands are owned by the wealthy alone; the place for the man to come who is tired of working for someone Nowhere can one find lands for sale at $lO to $35 per acre that can be made to so quickly produce a living. DO YOU WANT a productive piece of farm land that will support you in plenty while you build it up into a property becoming constantly more valuable, then buy in the Swigart Tract. There’s where your money will go the farthest. For

<nvrrA > 'RT ite r» tUre and BiU t partlcular s apply to GEORGE W !r ’ 8t Natlonal Bank BId «- Chicago,

0. J. DEAH, Rensselaer, Indiana.

body in newspapers of wide circulation.

Advertising in Mark Twain's Tima. Mark Twain used to have soma funny things to say, says the Philadelphia Record, whenever he was in the mopd .and the talk was on the subject of old-time advertising. Ha worked on western papers, both as compositor and reporter, and knew all the ways of the country printing offlce. "We marked the ads,” said he, "but we seldom paid any attention to the marks afterward; so the ||fe of a ‘td* and a ‘tr ad Mas equally, eternal. 1 have seen a *td* notice of a sherUTs J sale still booming serenely along two’ years after the sale was over, the sheriff dead and the whole drcum-‘ stance become ancient history.** Advertising the Lubricant. Years ago when I first produced my baking powder, I started in and spent every available dollar In advertising,ln the newspapers.' Results were satisfactory. Month by jnortK rny -Wtppt Increased .and month Jy ponth , I tyengasfd - my. advertising expenditure. Evsry <Jp|lar I could spare from purchasing material jyid running .tse fagtoiy ,1 put into publicity, for quickly I perceived that Advertising was the "magic that made the wheels go round.”—Dr. V. C. Price.

RECORD NEST IS PRACTICAL

Device Works Automatically and Accurately, Identifying Each Egg as It la Laid by Hen. The wide-awake poultrymen who are trying to increase their profits by systematic breeding and selection will certainly welcome the hew reading nests which are now placed upon the market for the first time. These nests

Hen Going on Nest. work automatically, accurately identi-

fying each egg with the hen that laid, it. They were invented by two prac* tical poultrymen who realize the great value of individual records, but, like other busy poultrymen, have no time to watch trap nests.' .' . The nest designed by the Inventors, for one purpose—to make the keeping of individual records a simple and

Hen Leaving Nest.

easy task. This effort was a complete and unique success. They are in no sense a trap nest, and the hen is at liberty to leave at Will.

$lO to SSO down and $5 to $lO per month you can buy 40 acres. While you are buying the farm, if you should die, it will be deeded to your family free from any further payments. THAT HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS of people are becoming aware of the fact that probably never again will such good lands be offered at such low prices and on such low terms is evident because the large number going to the Swigart Tract makes It necessary to run SPECIAJ. PULLMAN CARS to take care of them—always one car and often two cars. twice each month, for ten months of the year. The people have learned that conditions Th this tract are right. The lands are tried and proven. First excursion of 1912 leaves Chicago Tuesday, March ,19, at 12 o’clock noon. THE SAME OPPORTUNITIES over again that our grandfathers had are here, but without their hardships of pioneering. GET THE LITERATURE published on the subject and a large map. They are free and will be mailed to you, if you drop a card for them. Every statement you will then be able to verify when you make the short trip to see the tract. Summer resort lots on beautiful Crystal Lake; residence and business lots In two new towns that are building up on the main line of the P. M. railroad.

• The Men Who Succeed as heads of large enterprises are men of great energy. * Success, today, demands health. To ail is to fail, it s utter folly for a man to endure a weak, run-down, half alive condition when Electric Bitters will put him right on his feet in short order "Four bottles did me more real good than any other -medicne I ever took,’’ writes Chas. H. Allen. Sylvania, Go. "After years of suffering with rheumatism, liver trouble, stomach disorders and deranged kidneys, I am again, thanks to Electric Bitters, sound and well.’’ Try them. Only 50 cents at A. ‘ F Long’s.

FARM BARGAINS. 60 acres—Near station and school, at heart of dredge ditch, all level, productive land, in cultivation ex>cept five acres in timber. Improvements are a good two-story fourroom bouse, good small barn and acres—All black land in cultivation, near school and chnrches, touches large ditch, a fine outlet for ( drainage and is all in cultivation. Improvements afe a good two-stpry slt-room house, good barn for te* houses, steel tower windmill, with good well and 26 bearing fruit trees. Only $45. Terms, 11,000 down: '* 21 acres—Four blocks from the court house. 165 acres—Highly improved, half mile of the corporation of this city. Will sell in small tracts from ten to 80 acres at right prices, i 599 acre ranch—Good improvements. Will trade or sell on easy payments. IGO acres in Kansas, 160 acres in Arkansas, a $5,000 mortgage and other property to trade ror land or property. Will put in cash oi assume. GEO. F. MEYERS.

CHAOS Will be published by the High School a- 1 gain this year. All * persons and Alumni wanting copies o f this year's book, $1 post paid, will please order as early as possible. Fill out blank and mail to circulation manager, Florence Ryan, Phone 263; John Hemphill, Phone 121. Circulation Manager Chaos: ' --i . • I will want numbers of the Annual. Name. 1 _ Address . . ' , - - To be delivered on about May 17