Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 11, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 May 1912 — Page 1

Jasper County Democrat.

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Salvationists Will Invade Milroy.

The Democrat is informed that the Salvation Army people who have been holding forth in Rensselaer for a few weeks, will go to Milroy tp., next Tuesday where they will hold a series of meetings in the Milroy church. Their meetings here have been quite well attended until - this week, when apparently they have had much smaller crowds, the novelty, no doubt, haying worn -off with the public.

Reaches 80th Milestone.

S. O. Duvall will pass his 80th milestone tomorrow, and he is in fairly good health for a person of that age and walks up town every day. Seventy years ago, coming October, his father and family located in Rensselaer, and the greater part of Mt. Duvall’s life has been spent here, although he lived for some years in Monon, then at Momence and later in Chicago. Seventy years ago Rensselaer was not much of a town, less than a halfdozen log houses comprising the hamlet.

Building a Summer Garden.

B. F. Barnes, the Model Restaurant man, has leased the corner lot just west and adjoining the Leek hitch barn and is having same enclosed for use as a summer garden. As we understand it is not to be an aerdome or moving picture show proper, but it w’ill be supplied with tables and chairs and ice cream and soft drinks will be served the visitors while the moving picture show and music is going on. The idea is a new one here and will no doubt prove very popular, as the location) is a good one.

School Superintendent Selected.

The school board has selected Wm. F. Clarke, who is now attending Chicago University, from the large list of applicants to succeed Supt. I. N. Warren as head of the Rensselaer schools. Mr. Clarke is a brother of Rev. G. H. Clarke, former pastor of the Christian church of this place, and was for eight years connected with the schools at Clinton, Ind., both as principal and later as superintendent, and two years as superintendent of a school in Montana. He has a/wife and three children, and will move here in plenty of time to get in touch with the school work before the opening of the next term.

Mrs. Maribel Kays.

Mire. Maribel Kays, aged 73 years, died at her home in the north part of the city Wednesday night at 11 o’clock, after suffering for several years 'from the effects of a stroke of paralysis suffered in 1898. Her husband, Jaimes A. Kays, preceeded her to the grave several years, as did also seven of the thirteen children born to them. The surviving children are: Mrs. James Fisher, Mrs. James Norris and Miss Florence Kays, of Rensselaer; Mrs. Thomas Parker of Thompson, No. Dak.; H. M. Kays, of Hammond, and E. J. Kays of Oklahoma City. The funeral will be held at the M. E. church this afternoon at 2:30, and interment made in Weston cemetery.

Several Gallstones Found In Operation on Mrs. W. I. Hoover.

Mrs. E. P. Honan, who accompanied Mrs. W. I. Hoover to a Chicago hospital Sunday, returned home Tuesday night, accompanied by Mrs. Hoover’s eldest son, Victor, who went to the city Tuesday morning. Mr. Hoover returned home on the milk train Tuesday evening. Mrs. Hoover passed through the operation nicely. Several gallstones were taken from'

her, two being very large. One of the latter was too large to remove through the gall duct and had to be crushed before it could be taken out. It is thought the patient’s recovery will be rapid and - that she wild be fully restored to her former health.

Carl Adams Dies In Arizona.

Carl Adami, son of Joseph I. Adams of soutn of town, who has vainly sought to evade death from that dread disease consumption in different parts of the west for three or four years, died at Tucson, Ari., Tuesday morning. His age was 27 years. The remains were shipped back here, and it was expected would reach Rensselaer yesterday or today. It is expected the funeral will be held in the Baptist church Sunday afternoon. Burial will be made in the Egypt cemetery in Jordan tp. The young man was unmarried and leaves a father, mother and one brother, Earl. A sister died from the same disease five years ago.

About Half the Voters Turned Out Thursday.

Up to yesterday noon only a few of the registration inspectors had filed their reports with the auditor of the registration Thursday, but those filed showed a little better than one-half the number of voters registered as compared with the number of votes cast for secretary of state two years ago. Following is the result in the precincts so far reported, also the vote for secretary of state two years ago, in the second column, for "comparison : Carpenter, East 82 152 Carpenter, West 47 120 Marion, No 1132 241 Marion, No. 2139 280 Marion, No. 4...148 209 Jordan 60 114 Newton .. . 57 121 Wheatfield 120 176

First Freight For a Week Came Thursday.

The freight handlers strike in Chicago has made itself felt all over the country contiguous to the Windy City. Practically no local freight has been received or would be accepted by the railroads for the past ten days, but Thursday p. m. a small lot of local freight from Chicago car of local freight from Chicago reached Rensselaer, the first received here for a week. The strike is helping out the express companies considerably, as many goods of lighter weight that otherwise would be shipped by freight are now sent by express.

The railroads say they have the strike well in hand with non-union freight handlers, but if they have they are evidently averse to taking any chances on riots and the destroying of property consigned to them for shipment by declining to accept anything for transportation. If the •trike keeps up Jong it will prove rery annoying to the public and soon cause considerable suffering.

Democratic Candidates Get Off Cheap

According to the sworn (statements filed with the county clerk under the new “corrupt practice act,”, the total expenditures of all the candidates before the recent democratic county convention was but $7.31, as against $101.51 spent by the republican candidates for the county offices. Of this amount 8. D. Clark, candidate for recorder, spent $5 for publishing his announcement, $1.50 each with The Democrat and Remington Press, and $2 with the Kankakee Valley Review. Mr. Clark’s unsuccessful opponent, Jk>hn Bowie, spent $1.31, $1 with the Remton Press for his announcement; 25c with the Halleck Telephone Co., and 6c for postage. He got 8 of the 123 votes in the convention, and therefore they cost him about 16% cents each.

W.« I. Hoover for sheriff; E. P. Lane for treasurer; DeVere Yeoman for surveyor, and Chas. F. Stackhouse and A. H. Dickinson for county commissioners, spent nothing whatever. Our roofing paints in red, green and black are stricffly pure asphalt paints. And not tar dope with which the market is flooded at a low price. The real stuff costs only slightly more and you get a paint that will preserve your roof instead of eating it up. See me or A. E. Kirk about that rusty roof. HIRAM DAY.

THE TWICE-A-WEEK

RENSSELAER, JASPER COUNTY, INDIANA. SATURDAY, MAY 11, 1912.

LETTER FROM SAM SPARLING.

Tells of the Beauties of the Blue Grass Region of Old Kentucky. Lexington, Ky., May 7. Editor Democrat— In fulfillment of a promise, I have jotted down a few items that may be of interest to the readers of The Democrat. I accepted an opportunity to stop over a day at Lexington, Ky., and was glad I did because I desired to see the leading city of the Blue Grass section. Lexington is full of historical and social interest, besides it is located in one of the most beautiful farming sections I ever saw. ,

A race meeting was in progress and offered an opportunity to observe a phase of activity that has made Lexington famous. But I am not strong on horse racing, so left early to visit two or three of the most noted, farms near the city. I made a short visit to Ashland, the home of Henry day. But I desire more particularly to record a few facts regarding one of the 'most noted dairy farms of any country. This farm is about five miles from the city, and it afforded a splendid opportunity to see this Blue Grass country at its best. One who has not seen this section can have little conception of its beauty. Here you find many country homes .more costly than any of the homes of Rensselaer.

Ehndorf is an estate of 11,000 acres upon which about 800 persons are employed. Its buildings cost several fortunes. The main building 'has stalls for 400 cows and these were occupied, with few exceptions, at the hour I visited it, while milking was in progress. The herd is composed in the main of Jerseys and Guernseys. Each milker is assigned 25 cows. AU persons connected with the dairy must take a shower bath each day and change his dbthing. The cow barn is literally more cleanly than 80 per cent of the homes of any city. Attendants with mops and brooms are constantly at work cleaning the stalls and gutters, while the cows are in the barn. Every bit of litter is carried away by running water.

This farm carries about 800 cows, besides many horses and sheep. The visitor is impressed with the substantial manner in which everything is built. The manager's home is a beautiful stone building, and .the owner’s home is a palace, situated on a hill, surrounded by hundreds of acres of blue grass. The people of Jasper county can have no idea of the meaning <of blue grass pasture unless they have seen this section. Very truly, S. E. SPARLING. See our standing seam Slate roofing in red and green for use on fine residences. Laid without cement. And the handsomest roof ever invented. HIRAM DAY;

THE SUBSTITUTE.

SALOON CASES APPEALED.

Goodland Men Will Raise Legal Points Rather Than Question Remonstrance. August Elbert, Philip Poutre and Chauncey Smith, who were denied License to operate saloons in Goodland at the April tern# of commissioners’ court, have perfected their appeal to the circuit court. Goodland voted wet one year ago under the Proctor Jaw, and Poutre and Elbert were given licenses. When their first year expired a remonstrance was filed bearing the signatures of a majority of the voters of Grant township, and an even dozen to spare. The applicants were denied a renewal of their license. We are informed that the sufficiency of the remonstrance will not be questioned, or at least will not be made the real grounds of attack, but that legal points will be raised on which it is hoped to secure a reversal of the commissionere’ decision. It is rumored that the applicants will set up a claim that a remonstrance ’to be effective against a renewal of a license must be filed longer than five days before the meeting of Che board.— Kentland Enterprise.

Cemetery Board Buys the Mrs. E. Beck Property.

The cemetery trustees have bought the Mrs. Beck property at the west side of town, consisting of the residence and outbuildings and 3.8 acres of ground., and will add it the present cemetery grounds. The price paid is $2,000, and possession wiH be given next spring. The ground across the Maxwell ditch at the west side of the old cemetery and south of the Robinson property, adjoining the Beck property, was already owned by the cemetery, but considerable of this is quite low. It is the intention to put a bridge across this open ditch some time later and connect the two tracts. The board has enough money on hand to pay all cash for. .the new purchase. Unfortunately the ridge of ground on which Weeton cemetery is located is very limited in extent, and it is surrounded on three sides by low ground. There has been some talk hentofore of buying the Mrs. Zard property across the road on the north, which is good high ground, but it would divide the cemetery by a public highway that could not be well abandoned. In The Democrat’s opinion, if the massoleum idea could 'be worked out satisfactoriliy, it would be the thing, as this and cremaition is the modern way of disposing of our dead. Were this done the question of room for burial purposes would be settled for many years to come.

May 8, to Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Hamilton, a son. May 4, to Mr. and Mrs. Earl Leek of Newton tp., a daughter.

Birth Announcements.

COURT HOUSE NEWS IN BRIEF

Interesting Paragraphifrom the Various Departments OF JASPER COUNTY CAPITOL The Legal News Epitomized—Together with Other Notes Gathered from the Several County Offices. The Newton circuit court convenes Monday, this being the last term before the summer vacation. • —O>— New suits filed: No. 78 72. Central Electric Co., vs. Ray Delmar; action in attachment. Demand $381.77. The Stiarke county commissioners granted sixteen liquor licenses at their session Monday. Starke lacks a whole Lot of being a “desert.” —o— Judge Hanley has appointed Chas. O. Spencer of Demotte and Henry Grow of Rensselaer as members of the counity board of review, which meets the first Monday in June and continues in session twenty day®.

—o— Simon Leopold and C. A. Tuteur with Stewart Moore as chauffeur, went to Kankakee, 111., Wednesday to see A. J. Maissoneuve, the absconding shoemaker, and claim to have gotten a settlement out of him for the S2O suit of clothes that he forgot to pay Simon for before getting out of town. John Finn of Kankakee tpl, and Dr. Solt of San Pierre were down on business Thursday. John is suffering from an injury received ■recently while alightling from a horse's back, but while the Injury is very painful he says it iriight have been a great, deal worse, although he don’t mind it is much now as he would have twenty years ago.

—o>—«• Charles Erb ditch; Alex Merica fllee petition to consolidate with the Albert Swing ditch, No.i 1 932, which is done. John W. Hitchings, et al. file petition to have proposed drain constructed of tile. Continued for objections. George Naninga and Charles E. Kersey gravel roads In Keener tp.; report showing election favorable to the roads. Sale ordered Monday, June 3. Charles Gilmore appointed superintendent of Keener gravel roads. Notice ordered for letting contract for furnishing poor farm supplies on first day June term. C. C. Warner, ex-clerk, reported fees collected for March and April of $203.80.

—o—• The case of Anson Cox vs. Mrs. Lyda Mon nett for the foreclosure of a mechanic’s lein, adjourned in the circuit court to Wednesday, with Abe Halleck special l judge, occupied all of Wednesday and Thursday and a part of yesterday. Cox contracted to build a house for Mrs. Mon nett for $1,250, and sought to collect $558 extras. The work was badly butchered up It is said, and after hearing the evidence the court allowed the amount of the contract and $162.25 extras. Many who claim to know the facts thought the defendant ought not to have been compelled to accept the house at any price.

Collegeville Items.

Practice for “Hemigild,” the Commencement play for this year, was begun Wednesday evening. It will be rendered on the evening of June 18 and the Commencement exercises will take place on June 19, We were pleased to entertain the following visitors during the past week:, Mr. and Mrs. Reldelbach, the Misses Evaleen, Irene and Kathleen Reidelbach, Mrs. J. N. Selle and Mies Mary Selle, of Winamac; Rev. E. K. Vurpillatt, Lafayette; Geo. J. Ohleyer, Indianapolis; Mrs. J. Hoffman, Chicago; Mr. and Mrs. J. Murae, New Kensington, Pa. At three o’clock last Sunday afternoon St. Joseph’s baseball team took the field against the Y. M. I. from Lafayette. The visitors stepped up to bat and from the way they at first stood up against Lili’s

ewirt curves the spectators argued for a close and hotly contested game. Their work in the field soon told a different story. Two bad throws brought a St. Joe man across tihe home plate the first inning. They scored again in the second owing to an error in center field. All were presented with a surprise basket in the third inning when Mlarcua, the center fielder for Lafayette, made a home run, and it looked ae if the visitors were about to rally. This, however, was the only hit they could get. Several timea they had men on bases with none down, yet owning to their entire lack of scientific baseball they were unable to score and the men at the bat struck out in ..one two, three order. St. Joe men were in excellent trim from the first to the last Inning and treated the crowd to some neat plays. Following is the score: st “ Joseph’s AB|R|II|PO]A|E McArdle, se 4 2 0 1 0~0 Butler, 2 b.. 31 20 10 Petzold, 3b. . 4 1 1 1 3 0 Beckman, c. . 4 0 0 0 20 Rachor, If.. . 4 0 1 0 0 0 Whitcomb, cf.'..... 4 0 0 0 0 0 Fitzgerald, r 5...... 4 1 2 0 0 0 Sfndelar, lb. 2 1 18 0 2 MH, p. 2 0 0 0 10 Daniels batted for. .1 0 0 0 0 0 McAardle 32 6 710 7 2 Lafayette Y. M. I. ABjR|H|PO|A|E Stay, c. . 4 0 0 2 3 2 Delta, ss 4 0 0 1 01 Sullivan, 2b 4 0 0 1 2 3 Marcus, cf. 3 1 10 0 0 Siler, 3b.. 3 0 0 2 3 0 Donavan, rs 4 0 1 1 0 0 Balft, 1b..... 2 0 0 8 0 3 Williams, If. ... 30 0 0 0 0 Kallmeyer, p. 3 0 0 0 0 0 Vaughn batted for. . IQ 0 0 0 0 Wlll'li ams 3112 15 8 9 Home run, Marcus; struck out by Llll, 19, by Kallmeyer, Lafayette, 9. Base on balls off Lil-1, 2, off Kallmeyer none. Hit by pitcher, Siler., Umpire McLain.

“Calico Carnival."

Consider yourselves cordially Invited to be present at the correctly constructed and considerably combined calico carnival to be held at Wood’s hall at Parr Friday -rjight, May 17, 1912. Conspicuous courses served in confused compactness: One glomerated compound circle, or one cup of Chinese oheer, or one cidercured cucumber, and a cup of cold comfort; Rules and Regulations.—All ladies to wear a calico gown, also requested to bring half a pound of carefully out carpet nags. All gentlemen to wear a calico tie and requested to bring a thimble. Fines will be imposed for the following: Any lady who falls to wear calico gown, 10 cents. Any lady who falls to bring half a pound of carefully cut carpet rags, 5 cents. Any gentleman who fails to wear a calico tie, 10 cents. Any gentleman who falls to bring a thlmMe, 5 cents. P. S.: There will be for sale cheap cunning calico conveniences that will be a constant comfort. N. B.: Any person who sits in the corner and fails to converse will be fined 5 cents. Each person will be inspected at the door as they enter, and fines paid accordingly. This is given for the benefit of the Christian Endeavor. Sincerely Yours, OCIE O. WOOD, Chairman of Social Committee.

Notice to Sheep Raisers.

The Rensselaer Producing Company will be In the market for your wools this season, and with the increased facilities we will be able to habdle it better than we have ever been before. Please call on us for prices before selling.—Rensselaer Producing Company. jl I have removed my bicycle and motorcycle repair shop on Front street to the room formerly occupied by P. W. Horton, 2 doors north of .Me Fart and's grocery store. I will keep tires and other supplies on hand. Also handle the Indian Motorcycle, and have machine on hand for demonstration. I respectfully solicit a share of your pat-ronage.—-JAMES C. CL ARK. ts I am now ready to take contracts for all new roofing on any kind of residence and business property. Also painting old iron, tin or felt roofings or will furnish first class material and you can do your own work. HIRAM DAY. J

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