Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 June 1912 — Page 3 Advertisements Column 5 [ADVERTISEMENT]

DON’T BLAME THE PUBLISHER The Democrat has tried to impress on its subscribers that the notice regarding the payment of subscriptions was no joke nor a scheme of the publisher's to those in arrears to pay up at once, yet. some subscribers who were in arrears seem to so regard it and do not feel good about our having had • to stop sending them the paper. We have had to drop several subscribers from our list who have taken The Democrat for years and are among its wealthiest readers. WE ABSOLUTELY HAVE NO OTHER ALTERNATE E. The postoffice department has recently required sworn statem. nts from the newspaper pnbli'hers regarding the matter and THE ORDER MIST BE COMPLIED WITH. I here is no jokd about it whate’>er. It is either for us to compl.v er get in a mix-up with Unde «< which every pub-Ji-her in the country—for they all received these blanks to be litbal out ami sworn to—knows ami will tell you. Don't blame ■he publisher for stopping your p.t.H-i-—he can do nothing else if you are in arrears more than the limit allowed by the postal au'horitie-. The fact that he l.i.orts you are “good” and that it is Only neglect on yotir part <loesn’t cut any figure whatever in this case. i

Joe Reynolds, who is traveling •or the Butler Paper Co. of Chicago, was here Sunday to spend the day with his mother, Mrs. ,S. ft. Nichols, and brother, Earl Reynolds. Mr. and Mrs. Woodbury Day of Indianapolis were guests of lier aunt, Mrs. A. Simi>son. from Saturday evening until Monday, when they took the train for Chicago. Oran Parker and wife went to Chicago Monday 'for a short visit and will probably return home with Dr. and Mrs. W. L. Meyer who went to the city Tuesday to get their new E. M. F. 30 touring car. Misses Virginia and Ethel Kessler and Dr. Triplet and Mrs. Wm. Kessler motored over from Morocco Monday where the latter took the train for Louisville, where she will spend a few days visiting relatives. The Misses Kessler spent the day here as guests of Mrs. Rice Porter.

Mrs. W. R. Brown, accompanied by her- grand-daughter, Miss Ruth McKenzie, went to Terre Haute Saturday where they will spend Ta few days visiting with Mrs. Charles Harmon, after which Mrs. Brown will go to Tuscola, 111., and Ruth will leave for a visit; with her grandmother McKenzie at Indianapolis. :

A small blaze in the attic of Simon Hochstetler’s residence Saturday morning caused a fire alarm to be sent in and a run made by the fire department, but the blaze was put out by the application of a few buckets of water without much damage being done. Sparrows had carried litter in the attic and it caught fire from the stovepipe.

The Taft steam-roller at Chicago is ’flattening out the Roosevelt adherents unmercifully, and In the 84 contested delegates thus far acted upon, including those from Indiana, all have been decided against the rough rider candidate. With all the machinery in the hands of the Taftites there can be but one result, and that is the nomination of Taft.

E. S. Tillman, a former instructor in the Rensselaer schools, who has been, teaching in the Lebanon schools for the past two years, will have, charge of the biology department of the Hammond high school next year al a salary of $1,400 per year. Rensselaer 'friends of Mr. and Mrs. Tillman will be pleased to learn of his advancement to sr. lucreative a position.

Mrs. Wm. Pollock, nee Viola Reed, died from pernicious anemia at her home in Morocco at 9:30 o’clock Sunday night, following an illnesa of several year’s duration. About four weeks ago her condition became so bad that no hope was entertained for her recovery. She leaves to mourn iher loss a husband, a week-old babe, four sisters, Mrs. Ancil Potts, Mrs. John Marlatt, Mrs. James Snedeker and Mrs. L. E. Penhell, and two brothers, all of whom reside in Jasper county.' The funeral services were conducted by Rev. J. L. Brady at Barkley M. E. church and burial was made in the cemetery near the church.