Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 11, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 May 1912 — Page 8

_ T IT C £ fll he a» of Icteiest News Notes oi Nearby Towns > _> \f Adjacent io the Jasper As Famished by Our Regular Corresf occ’etts F -County Metro-o*:s

| EAST JORDAN. Theo. Roy west to Goodland Sunday evening. Tern Bice spent Sunday with Frank Britzinger. Chas. Hall is sick with rheumatisn; at this writing. Raymond Roy spent Tuesday evening with Leonard Bice. . Margarei Shide is- able to be out again after her long ii'mess. Mr. and Mrs. Sigman did 1 shopping in Rensselaer Saturday. Miss Price of Parr is visiting this week with Mrs. Jchn Shide. Fred Wagner and John Shide took dinner with Leonard Bice Sunday. Frank Britzinger and Ethel Swartz attended the dance Saturday night. - ' “ '" . Mr. and Mrs. RishHng visited with Mt. and Mrs. Joe Sigman Sunday.

Mrs. John Shide spent Saturday ami Sunday wi.h hdnje folks, nd.-t i of town. Mrs. M. E. Babe and son Hershel visited wi-h.' '.Mary Bice, Wednes-' day afternoon. I Mary Bice. Edith Wenrick and Hazel £ . . "_ak*-r called on Estella Bristow Sunday. Mr. and. Mrs. Tobin and daughter Katie visited with Mr. Bristow's Silt day afternoon, Tom Stine and Haz- . Siiiu.ak : spent Saturday nigh: and Sunday with Mary and Leonard Bice.

.Porto Rico’s New Wonder. From far away Porto Ried come reports of a wonderful new discovery that is believed will vastly benefit the people. Roman T. Ma •- chan of Barceloneta, writer: "Dr. King's New Discovery is doing splendid work here. It cured me about five times of terrible coughs and colds, al.-o my brother of a severe cold in his c-hest and more than 20 others, who used it on my advice. We hope this great medicine will yet be sold in every drug store ! in Porto Rico.” For throat and lung troubles it has no equal. A* ’trial will convince you of its merit. 50 c and SI.OO. Trial bottle free. Guaranteed by A. F. Long.

LEE. j Ray Hoieman and family visited Sunday . at Walter Jordan’s. O. A. Jacks and family took dinner Sunday at Alvin {.'lark's. Charles Jacks anti family and Elmer Hamemrbacker visited Sunday at L. M. Jacks’. O. A. Jacks and wife are planning to leave here Friday for Keokuk. lowa, to make a visit with O. C. Hughes and wife. Mrs. Mary Ann Smith went to Fair Oaks Monday to visit her sister. Miss Hannah Culp. The minister preached here Sunday morning as usual, and again in the' evening, to a large crowd. Mrs. Becky Noland, widow of the late James Noland of Fair Oaks, visited here with relatives the past week.

Little Cora Noland stepped on a nail Sunday and run it through her shoe sole arid into her foot. The found is getting along nicely now. While S. W. Noland was moving ills summer kitchen Saturday, some of the bricks fell from the flue' and cut and bruised his head quite badly, but he is getting along all i right at this writing. On Thursday of last week, during the hard rain.- lightning struck i the house of Fred Stiers at thisj place. None of the family were at home at the time. It did some damage to the house but the damage was covered by insurance.

Flagged Train With Shirt. Tearing his shirt from his back an Ohio man flagged a train and saved it from a wreck, but H. T. Alston, Raleigh, N. C., once prevented a wreck with Electric Bitters. “I was in a terrible plight when I began to use them,’* he writes, “my stomach, head, back and kidneys were all badly affected and my liver was in bad condition, but four bottles of Electric Bitters made me feel like a new man.” A trial will convince you of their matchless merit for any stomach, liver or kidney trouble. Price 50 cents at A. F. Long's.

| PARR. Mrs. Dean Merica of Rensselaer fepent Wednesday with Ocie Wood. Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Alva Potts Tuesday, May 7. a daughter. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Plaugjeck went to LoWell Tuesday to consult a doctor about the former's health. Addie Warne and family, who have been living near Surrey, have moved in the house with Mr. Warne's father for the coming year. Miss Ocie Wood spent Tuesday in Chicago where she is taking a course in music at the Moody Bible Institute. Misses Blanche Babcock, Clara Brusnahan and Ocie Wood attended band concert in Rensselaer Thursday evening. OtM> Schreeg and Frank McCuruux have rented the hall at Virghe and will give a dance on Saturday ulgfct, May 18. At* Myres returned home Wed-

inesuay. evening from Hpoj-eston. 1.'.. where he has been working on a dredge tor Clyde Gunyor. Perry Griffith, ore of the losers in the fire last Sunday morning, has opened, his barber shop in Wood's hall, and is ready for business again. Millie, the six-year-old daughter of Mr and Mrs. L L. McCurtain, r-ttirned home Thursday af?er a t- weeks visit with her grandma, Mrs. Isabelle Price, near Pleasant Grove.

Everybody please remember the announcements for next Sunday, May 12. at the church. Sunday school at 10 a. m.y preaching by Rev. Samsel of Lucerne. Ind., at 11; Christian Endeavor at 7 p. m.. and : reaching immediately following. Es;al Price and Goldie Gunyon le.t Monday a. in.. lor Lafayette where they were married. They returned Monday evening and went to the home of the groom near Pleasant Grove. Both parties are highly esteemed young people, and we a l join in congratulating them. Mr. and Mrs. Denni- Healy, two v 1 : ims of rhe cyclone.ywo weeks age. were in Parr Wednesday, This ~ Mrs, Healy's first trip to Parr -.n ■ the cyclone. She is improving'. very nic-ely. but it will be -Onu time Le;<<re she .s entirely v ell. IL’, Healy is feeling very well, ■ j Miss Ellzabe h Lonn.-tn h is helping' - in Wood s a " few' days, as Earl Bruner; wku ha- been working : r them the last two ... • ars, -- felt, -.f.dr Hamii* tfh. N. ■ I).. Sat it lay and they • yet se-‘ cured another clerk. Miss Edna Babcock, ope or the •K - graduating class of Rensselaer. Wednesday with home folks. ■ ' ■ • - i

There will be a ’’calico carnival”, a; Wood’s hall on Friday night. May 17, for the benefit of . the Chri-'ian Endeavor. La diets'are expeered to wear a calico dress, or' pay ten cents fine, also to bring' one-half pound of carefully cut carpet rags or pay 5 cents fine. Gen-' tiemen are to wear a calico tie Or pay 'en cents fine. al?o requested to bring a thimble or pay 5 cents fine. Articles made of calico will be for sale. Everybody come and have a good time. Parr was the scene of a very destructive fire about 4 a. m. last Sunday. The creamery, a coiifec- 1 tionery store and barber shop of Perry Griffith, and a pool room belonging to Ed Gilmore. were en-' tireiy destroyed. Some small articles were taken out of the confectionery store, but there being so manyloaded shells in the building and also a tank of gasoline just outside.- made it dangerous for people to go close to the fire. The cause of the fire is hot definitely known. The owners, we understand, had some insurance, but the loss will be about $7,000. The creamery will be re-built as soon as the insurance is settled. They are still aking cream; so all people desiring to sell cream, p.ease bring it to Wood's store.

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STATE HAPPENINGS RECORDED IN BRIEF

NEWS ITEMS FROM ALL OVER INDIANA. STATE TEMPLARS IN SESSION * . 9 Reports of Officers of Grand Commandery Shew Order to Be in Flourishing Condition, With 6,970 Members. Indianapolis, May 9.—ln lys report at the fifty-eighth annual conclave of the grand commandery, Knights Tern plar of Indiana, at the Masonic temple, John L. Rupe of Richmond, grand commander, showed that the total membership at the close of the calendar year 1911 was 6,970, and that the number knighted during the year was 404, a net increase of 131. In the last year 113 members of the order died, including one eminent commander, A. S. Tilford of Martinsville. The grand commander showed that a dispensation had tbeen granted for forming Gary commandery, and that a commandery had been instituted at Seymour. j-.. ’

He recommended that the sir knights of the ordev should observe Christmas and Easte.- Id the same manner that Ascension day is observed by the commanderies. Charles L. Hutchinson of Indianapolis, grand treasurer, reported that the grand commandery had $6,933.97 in the treasury, and that the total assets of the commandery were $20,123.47. Calvin W Prather of Indianapolis, grand recorder, made a report Showing the various transactions of the Knights Templars during the year. About four hundred Knights Templar were in attendance. They and their women relatives, enjoyed a banquet, with Grand Commander Rupe as toaemaster

Fires Shots at Doctor.

Muncie, May 9; —Apparently crazed by the recent death of tis wife, mother and brother, Lowell Reid, a machinist, attempted to kill Dr. Hamilton P. Franks, whom Reid asserts killed his wife. Reid’ called at Dr. Franks’ office and demanded that the physician go with him to the outskirts of the city, where he said they could settle the trouble between themselves. The two left the office and as Dr. Franks started for his home Reid pulled a revolver from his pocket and opened fire. Reid fired three times in rapid succession, but all the shots went wild. Before he could fire a fourth time he was grabbed by Chief of Police Otto Williamson, who happened to be within a few feet of the men.

Piano Dealers in Indianapolis.

Indianapolis, May 9.—Piano dealers from over the state were in the city to attend the second annual convention of the Plano Merchants’ association of Indiana at the Denison hotel. The following addressee were on the program: "We Should Encourage Local, State and National Associations— Their Advantages," M. J. Martene. Ft. Wayne; “What System of Handling Retail Salesmen Brings Best Results?" Byron E. Hughes, Crawfordsville; “Advertising in General and Deceptive Advertising in Particular,” Frederick Pierce, Indianapolis; “Cleaner Competition—Will Not the Knocking Eventually Knock Out the Knocker?" C. O. Hammon, Newcastle.

Man Killed; Daughter Hurt.

Terre Haute, May 9.—Mack Adams, a cattle buyer living near Rosedale, was killed and his fourteen-year-old daughter seriously Injured when the vehicle in which they were riding was struck by a Vandalia train five miles north of this city. The horse was also killed. Rachel, another dauglMer, is missing, and it is not known whether she was killed or remained in Terre Haute. She came to this city with her father, and her suit case and a package were found at the scene of the accident, but there Is nothing else to Indicate that she met death with her father. The police are searching for the girl.

Seto Next Whitecap Trial.

Bloomington, May 9.—Just before the adjournment of the April term of circuit court, Judge James B. Wilson set another one of the Monroe county whitecap cases for trial at the June term. The case next to be tried will be that of William Snoddy. He is a brother of Tobe Snoddy, who was convicted at the January term and sentenced to the Michigan City prison. The trial Is set for June 24.

Draw Woman for Jury.

Brazil, May 9.—When the persons selected for jury duty had been assembled by Sheriff Nance for the May term of the Clay circuit court it was found that among the number was one woman, Mrs. E. E. , McCallister of Jackson township, and three mutes and one blind man. It was necessary to select other persons to take their places. The names were drawn by the jury commissioners.

Four Men Fatally Hurt.

Hammond, May 9.—Four Hammond man were fatally injured here when a concrete roof which was being put on the substation of the Northern Indiana Gas and Electric company’s plant fell and carried the men to the ground. The accident was due to a knotted beam, which was not heavy enough to boar the strain.

SIGN WAS TRIFLE AMBIGUOUS

Placard Bearing Inscription “Families Supplied” Taken at It* Literal Meaning by Customer? “The merchant can't be too careful In having his announcements perfectly plain,” remarked Sir James Butler to some friends the other day. “For Instance, a man went into a butcher shop recently and said to the man behind the counter: “‘I want two boys and a girl please.' “ ‘Beg pardon, sir,’ replied the man “ T want two boy* and a girl.' " ‘Beg pardon, air.' “The manager of the shop, seeing * little misunderstanding between the ■ two. went to the gentleman and said: | “ Please excuse my assistant, but , he is a new hand and perhaps does not understand you. What is your wish ?’ ‘“Two boys and a girl, if you please.’ “‘I beg your pardon, sir, but !’■ afraid I don’t quite understand you myself,’ replied the manager "‘I want—two—boys—and—a— girl. Is that plain enough?” answered the gentleman. “The manager then said, ‘l’m sorry, but I don’t keep them.’ “The gentleman then replied: “ ‘But you have a sign outside, “FamIlles Supplied.”’”—Exchange.

SURE CURE.

First Tramp—The doctor at the hospital said I had insomnia. Second Tramp—Why don’t you sleep it off? -

A Difference of Opinion.

A friend once asked “Uncle Joe” Cannon for information as to the prospects of a politician who was at that time generally thought to be “on the ragged edge.” “He seems to think he's getting on all right,” said Uncle Joe. “but others entertain a decidedly different opinion. His situation brings to mind the story of the old lady up in Maine. When she Was asked as to the whereabouts of her husband, the dame replied: “If the ice is as thick as Henry thinks it is, he is skating: and if it is as thin as I think it is, he is swimming.”—Lippincott’s.

Avoiding a Wrong Impression.

“My dear,” said her mother, “I wouldn’t quarrel so much with Fred, If I ■were you.” “Why not?" “Well, in the first place, it doesn’t sound well and in the? second place it may give a wrong impression." “I don’t understand.” “If they hear you quarreling all the time they’ll start gossiping about you, and the first thing you know it will be noised aboub among the fashionable people that you married for love.*

Carrying Jealousy Too Far.

"I claim that my wife is the most jealous person on earth," “Oh, you merely imagine it* “No, it’s a fact. First she was jealous because I continued, after we were married, to have an affection for my father and mother. Then when our little boy came it made her jealous to see me showing that I cared for him, and now, by George, she’s jealous because I have developed a liking for a nap on a Sunday afternoon."

Not Worrying About It.

“Did you ever think,” asked the seventeenth floor tenant “what would happen to you if that rope stay of yours should give way while you were washing one of those big panes of glass F’ “Yes, sir,* said the man on the window sill outside; "I reckon rd fall on some poor devil that’s shovelin* snow off the sidewalk."

Not at All Singular.

“Gladys, didn’t young Mr. Gallington have his arm around you when I looked in last night?* “No, mother, he didn’t” “Don’t tell me a fib. I’m sure he did.” mother, you’re mistaken He has two arms.’”

In the Case of Freedom.

-*1 told the lawyer I wanted an absosolute divorce,” said Mrs. Flimgilt "And what did he sayF’ “He told me he was an old friend of my husband, and as a favor to him he would take the case.”

Worse Yet.

He —Speaking of diamonds, Fve noticed that the girl who wears the headlight usually wears a light head. She—But think of the man who gave It to her!—California Peltcan.

Recrimination.

He—Madam, you promised to obey me. Do you do it? She—Sir, you promised me your worldly goods. Do I get ’em?

LOOTERS ADD TO HORROR OF FLOODS

Break Into Deserted Homes and Steal Valuables. FIVE NEW GAPS IN LEVEES Another Great Torrent Sweeps Over Inundated Parishes and Great Loss of Life Feared—Sugar Crop Ruined. New Orleans, May 10. —With the Mississippi river and its tributaries still rising and not yet at flood crest, and five new gaps in the levees since Wednesday night, the flood situation Is growing worse hourly. At Torras 1,400 feet of levee went out, widening the crevasse to 3,000 feet and sending a great flood of water through the already inundated parishes of fointe Coupee and St. Landry and reaching as far as New Roads. Heavy Loss of Life Feared. New Roads has been abandoned by nearly all its inhabitants, only a few persons remaining in the town. The population is dense in this vicinity and it is feared that the loss of life on the river side of the town has been heavy. Two breaks occurred at Moreauville and one near Longbridge in the Bayou Des Glaizes levees. Half of Moreauville is under water. Fifty per cenL of the sugar crop in this section has already been ruined. Calls for help continue to come in. Motor boats and skiffs are being rushed to the marooned families as fast as they can be obtained and government agents are confiscating boats whenever any are found. Looters Add to Horror.

Refugees report that hundreds of persons are marooned in the tops of their houses and in trees. Few of them have any food. To add to the horror of the situation looters are rowing about in the more populous districts breaking into partly submerged houses and carrying off the valuables. Millville authorities took drastic action to prevent the speculators trading upon the misfortune of residents across the river by ordering that live stock shall not be ferried if in charge of a trader. Refugees Ar* Hysterical. Hundreds of refugees stopped here to be fed and then passed on to Baton Rouge on special trains. All told harrowing tales of suffering and many talked hysterically for fear that their families had been drowned. Most of the fleeing families are large, few having less than four or five children. One white woman climbed down the steps of a rescue train with 16 children in her care. She said they all belonged to her. Families with eight, nine and ten children are numerous. The majority of the negro refugees seem to be little by the scenes of distress and their own thrilling experiences.

SEVEN DROWN IN FOX LAKE

One Woman and Six Men Are Caught by Storm While Rowing In Launch. Fox Lake, 111., May 10. —The body of Mrs. Mabel Hansen, twenty-five years old, of Chicago, who, with a party of six persons, were drowned in a storm which swept Fox Lake, was recovered and searching parties today were dragging the lake for the bodies of the other victims. The other persons believed to have been drowned are* Herman Kuhn, nineteen years old, restaurant keeper, Ingleside, Ill.; George Russell, thirtyfive years old, liveryman. Ingleside, BL; Jacob Hoefer, twenty-five years old, Desplaines, BL; Michael Klunder, twenty-four years old, Chicago; Louis Truschke, twenty-six years old, saloon keeper, Chicago; unidentified man. twenty years old. The party left the Lippincott hotel on Fox lake to go to another hotel in a sixteen-foot steel gasoline launch owned by Kuhn. Five minutes after leaving the hotel wharf persons on the shore heard cries for help and a boat was sent to the rescue. No trace of the boat or the victims was found.

FIND BODY OF SLAIN WOMAN

Throat Is Cut, Riba Broken, Clothing Partly Burned Off—Robbery and Murder Evident. Los Angeles, Cal., May 10.—With her throat cut, her ribs broken and her clothing partly burned off, the body of an unknown woman of dark complexion and apparently thirty years old, was found in a vacant house in Arlington street by a carpenter who had been sent to put the house in repair. The woman had apparently been lured to the vacant house, robßed and murdered after a fierce struggle, and her clothing set afire in order to destroy evidence. The only article found on the body that may lead to its identification was a Catholic scapula bearing the imprint "Children of St Mary, Twelfth and Blue street, ChL eago.”

Rabbi Goes to Louisville.

Sioux City, la., May 10.—Rabbi Joseph Rauch of Mt Sinai Temple has been called to the pastorate of the Temple Adath Israel, Louisville, Ky., one of the strongest Jewish qhurches la America.

POULTRY

INTEREST BOYS IN POULTRY No Part of Farming That Is More Fascinating to Average Youth Than Care of Chickens. (By KATHERINE A. GRIMES.) There is no part of fanning more fascinating to the average boy than the care of poultry. At the same time there is no branch that offers him a better chance of success. The equipment ned not cost much, and, in fact, most of the needed coops and fixtures can be built by almost

Silver Wyandotte Hen.

any ambitious boy with very little expenditure outside of his own work. Then a small outlay for eggs or a trifle larger one for stock, and he is ready for business. The most important consideration is the breed to be kept It all depends upon the market which will pay the best The layers are seldom as good for raising, frying and broiling as some of the larger breeds, as they usually weigh less at the same age, though maturing even more quickly in the matter of egg-producing. So, if you wish to keep Wyandottes, Leghorns, or Orpingtons or Rhode Island Reds, you will be perfectly safe in doing so, no matter what some one else may say in favor of other breeds.

PACK CHICKENS FOR MARKET

Fowls Should Not Carry Too Much Fat but Just Enough to Mak* Flesh Tender When Cooked. An over-fat fowl is almost as objectionable as a lean one. To fatten chickens properly they should be so fed as to have just enough fat to make them fleshy and to cook well. The fat should be well intermixed with, lean meat Most buyers of chickens prefer crate-fed birds, as they believe them to be superior to those fed in loose

Chicken Weighted by Shaping Board, pens. It does not make much difference how chickens are fed, so long as the fat is laid on in proper quantities and with right distribution. The bird should be killed by a knife blade piercing the brain, as this promotes free bleeding. It should be hung up by the feet, head down, and plucked before it becomes cold. Poultry buyers prefer chickens that have about two inches of feathers adjoining the head. ( After being plucked, the bird should be placed on a shaping board, the weight on top, to give it a compact appearance. Never allow chickens to remain hanging by the legs after being plucked, as it gives them a thin and leggy appearance.

POULTRY NOTES

Success with poultry is a matter of details. A clean hen house Is necessary both summer and winter. Fertile eggs cannot be shipped safely unless they have strong shells Slacked lime is a good disinfectant to scatter around the poultry yards. Mate about five ducks to one drake, and thirty can easily be housed In each pen. FOr quick fattening try a mash oi corn meal and skimmilk. Feed it warm three times a day. Success in commercial poultry farm. Ing depends upon success in the hatching and rearing of the chicks. No one need hesitate to buy incubators or brooders because they have not before used them or saw them used. The person who raises good stock need have no fear about prices. First class fowls always bring good prices, no matter how great the surplus of ordinary stock is. It is a noticeable fact that few improvements have been made in recent years on the old standard breeds. Conservative raisers and dealers still prefer the old standbys.