Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 29, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 July 1912 — Page 1

Jasper County Democrat.

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Will Meet at Valparaiso.

The Tenth District Medical Society will hold its next meeting at Valparaiso, Aug. 1. One of the interesting numbers on the program will be a dinner by Prof. O. P. Kinsey at one of the University dining halls. He wjll give a demonstration of the advantage of buying and preparing foods for large numbers. The dinner will be one- which would cost twenty-five cents if prepared for one thousand persons.

Give Pleasing Lawn Party.

Mrs Sears, Mrs., Matheson and Mrs. John I. Gwin entertained almost 200 friends at a lawn party on the beautiful lawn at the Sears home, Thursday afternoon, on Cullen street. - Flowers, rugs, bunting, etc., were placed on the sward, adding to the attractive appearance of home, and -insuring the mogt of comfort and conveniencve of the guests. Vocal and .instrumental music by Miss Harrod of Indianapolis, a neice of Clarence Fate, and Miss Martha Long were interseting features of the occasion. Mrs. Sears of Chicago, a neice of Mr. Sears’, was here to attend the function.

Young Edward Honan Leaves On Trip To Texas.

Edward Honan, Jr., left Tuesday. night for an extended trip to Texas and perhaps other parts 01 the south. Ed wanted to join the local militia company and go to Indianapolis to camp' with the company next week. His parents did not want him to do this, however, and he then said, he would take a trip south if he ..couldn’t join the militia. Of the two evils they chose the least, and told him to take the trip, he promising to return here in time for school in the fail. Edward has wanted to go'to Texas for some time, and he will likely see considerable of that great state in the next six weeks, it he doesn’t find it too hot to enjoy his sojourn there. A card received from him Thursday mailed at Louisville stated that he would leave that night for St. Louis.

Still Suffering From Disappointment.

The editors of the Republican have been in a distressing state of mind since the 4th. It will be remembered that they were at first opposed to celebrating because they thought it better to wait until later and have a carnival—they do just dote on carnivals—and to placate them those having the celebration in charge got busy and contracted with a carnival tympany to come. They couldn’t get here because of the heartlessness of railroad officials who wanted to see the color of their money for freight charges in advance, it is reported, hence no carnival.

This was a severe blow to the Republican editors, and to add insult to injury the mayor and city marshal closed the one carnival show that did reach here. It is no wonder they are suffering from indigestion, is it?

Boy Bitten by Rattlesnake.

Howard Speaks of Rensselaer, aged about 14 yhars, was bitten on the middle finger of his left hand while weeding onions at Ed Oliver’s at Newland yesterday morning, and at this writing is in a very bad condition. The boy was hurried to town in an automobile after having been given about a pint of whiskey, and taken to Dr. Gwin’s office where the wounds were opened and antidotes applied. The hand was swollen badly, however, and the blood was black and congealed. The doctor later cut open the hand con-; siderably in the hope of saving the boy’ls life and getting the blood to circulating. Yesterday afternoon the boy was reported to be holding his own and Dr. Gwin thought be would recover In spite of the whiskey administered. The old superstltution that whiskey would kill a snakebite has been exploded by modern doctors and it is now said to be very harmful rather than beneficial. This will be a hard blow to those men living in dry counties who had convinced their wives that it was necessary to have a little of the “antidote” in the house in case of snakebites.

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SAD ACCIDENT NEAR KERSEY

Winnie Stroup KilledbyAccldental Discarge of Rifle. ACCIDENT OCCUREDTHURSDAY And Victim Lived an Hour and a Half After Being Shot—Rifle Was In Hands of Young Man Named Crawford. Winnie Stroup, a daughter of Wm. Stroup of near Kersey or Demotte, was killed Thursday evening by the accidental discharge of a rifle in the hands of a young man named Crawford. The bullet penetrated her forehead just about one of the eyes, and she died within an hour and a half thereafter. The inability to hear anything distinctly over the telephone lines yesterday morning from the north end makes it impossible for us to give the particularly, but undertaker Keene at Wheatfield, by repeating of the message by “central,” notified Zern Wright here of the ( accident, which he stated was purely accidental, and said he had gone ahead and embalmed the body. Coroner W. J. Wright was himself out of the city, but was expected home some time yesterday When he returns no doubt some little investigation may be made, although everyone in the vicinity seems satisfied that the shooting was purely accidental. The girl was a young lady, we understand, but as to just how the accident occurred we were unable to learn at time of going to press.

Big Crop of “Ramrod” Hay.

It is said that J. W. Ott and' Dr. Salisbury will cut 2,400 acres’ of hay land leased of the Indiana’ Land Company, in Jasper county, 1 besides having several hundrel acres of their own in that vicinity? At least 3,000 acres all told, if the' cold weather hangs off long enough,l for. there is no danger of the stay-’ ing qualities of Wes and Dock. Had' they started that deal last summer there would have been no $25 hay! this spring. They are what we' call public benefactors. Crown 1 Point Star.

After Passing Question No. 22 In

After Reaching Quetsion No. 22 In a Delicate Case. On complaint of Leia Mildred Peek, who with her mother resides west of town on the Wesley Williams farm, Earl Wiseman of. Virgie was arrested yesterday morning by Constable Parks and arraigned before Squire Irwin, charged with being responsible for the girl’s condition. The girl alleges that the accident occurred one evening last fall when young Wiseman accompanied her home from a pie social. Wiseman, who is perhaps 21 or 22 years of age and a fine young denies the charge in toto. The girl is only 16 years of age now t and says she was but 15 at the time fehe attended the pie social. During the progress of the hearing, when the court had got down to question No. 22, the witness became very uneasy and the court, suspicioning that it would be well to postpone the hearing to some future time, hurriedly excused her and she was bundled into Dr. Kreslef's auto and whirled out home, where she gave birth to a child. Young Wiseman is held in SSOO bondb with his father, James Wiseman, as surety, until the hearing can be resumed. , The family originally lived in Illinois, going from there to Dakota, and from there moving to near Virgie last year. Last spring they moved upon the farm where they now reside. The girl’s mother is a widow, and there are several girls and boys in the ramily.

Notice to Gleaners.

There will be a Gleaner meeting Saturday night, July 13, at Gleaner hall, and every Gleaner is urgently requested to be present. Important. business to come up.—OMAR KENTON, Sec.

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THE TWICE-A-WEEK

RENSSELAER, JASPER COUNTY, INDIANA. SATURDAY/- JULY 13, 1912.

Progressives May Start An Organ In Rensselaer.

It is rumored that the Roosevelt followers in Rensselaer are thinking seriously of establishing a newspaper in Rensselaer. Angered at the treatment cacorded them by the old republican organ and the instills and gibes they have become the tarket for at the hands of its editors, there has been serious talk of starting a progressive organ here to get their views before the public, and even the man to have charge of the paper has been discussed to considerable extent. Considerable dissatisfaction with the old organ was expressed by republicans during the last campaign for the position it took in the bridge graft cases here, and in fact for its position on most questions of local interest that come up, and it is blamed greatly for the 'big slump in. the republican vote in Jasper county, Now, with the strong anti-Taft sentiment over the county many of the Roosevelt followers think, is an opportune time to establish an organ that will be more in accord with public sentiment and give their faction of the party a “square deal.” ♦ Whether the whole thing will end in talk remains to be seen, but there are plenty of Roosevelt men here who could easily put up the “sppndu” if they desire to, and the financing of the new paper would no doubt be a very easy matter In White county, it is undetstood, the Journal, the daily paper published at Monticello, will be the organ of the Progre-sives, and there is said to be over one nundred progressives in Monticello alone, and they are among the most solid and substantial citizens of that city. '

BRADY ELEVATOR SOLD.

Harrington Bros, of Lafayette Are the Purchasers. T. J. Harrington of Lafayette, who was formerly in the grain business in Benton county and at Remington, was here Tuesday and closed up a deal for the purchase of the J. L. Brady elevator near the new depot in this city. His brother also of Lafayette is associa-' ted with him in the deal. They! take possession Monday. It is reported that they will not come here in person to manage the business, but will place a practical man in eht rge. 1 Mr. Brady, who has been in the business here for sixteen years, has no definite plans in view, but will' probably move tj £outh Bend, where his former partner, C. W. Coen, and J. C. Paxton, ah old friend are now located in the banking business. The many friends of Mr. and Mrs. Brady jjzi.ll be sorry to have’ them leave Rensselaer.

ELECTRIC LIGHT PLANT SOLD

At Goodland to Northern Indiana L tilities Co., Which Is Rapidly Invading This Territory. J. A. Wickersham of Goodland was a business visitor in Rensselaer Thursday. He informed us that the Goodland electric light plant, owned by the town, had been sold to the No. Ind. Utilities Co., who have bought the Kentland, Sheldon, Fowler and other plants in this section of the state and will generate the electricity at Monticello, where they own the water power plant on the Tippecanoe river. The object of this company is to furnish "juice” to all the towns in northwetsern Indiana and eastern Illinois, also to farmers along thejr lines, for light and power purposes, and no doubt for Purtelle's railroad—if not Purtelle’s, then some one else’s road, 1 for we are sure to have an electric road ere Long -and to this end all the p’ants in the towns in this section are being bougnt up as fast as they can buy them. No doubt a better and cheaper service will be furnished by the new company, which will invada Jasper county, at Remington, in all probability, and may perhaps try to , buy up the Rensselaer plant, which is under municipal ownership. A special meeting of the county commissioners was held in this county the latter part of June and the company given a permit to erect poles and wires through Carpenter township.

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A "Strong” Crop Being Grown in Jasper County.

Newland will soon become the most noted onion and potato grow inc section in Indiana, if the present developement along these lines continues. Ed Oliver, the present I ‘Mayor of Newland,” has out 85 acres of onions and 65 acres of potatoes all of which is looking fine and gives promise of an abundant I yield. He also has out about 4 ! acres of cabbage. That section of the county is peculiarly adapted to the growing of all kinds of vegetables and, no doubt, in a few years . will be noted all over the country and an enormous influx of truck farmers will result. The new cold storage warehouse to be erected there this season will ( soon be commenced. The building i will be 56x160 feet in dimensions I with cement floor and foundations, and 14 foot pokts. It will hold 50,000 bushels of onions and potatoes, and will enable growers to hold the crops until mid-winter or early in the spring when prices are usually much better than in the fall. With the proximity of Chicago and the markets of the great manufacturing industries in the Calumet region only a short distance north, there is no reason why the garden lands in northern Jasper should not be developed and made to blossom a- the: rose as the busy gardeners till the the soil and furnish a large portion of the vegetables consumed in the Windy City and its environs. '

Senatorial and Representative Conventions at Monon Aug. 14.

District' Chairman Charles Murphy of Brookston and County Chairman Brucker and a couple of other gentlemen from Monticello Renseslaer a short time Wednesday in consultation with Chairman Littlefield and other democrats here regarding dates for holding the congressional, senatorial and representative conventions. Mr. Murphy said it had been dewelded to hold the congressional convention at Lafayette early next ' month, but the precise date hgd not yet been fixed and would not be until he had conferred with the ’ various chairmen. Lafayette .is aoout the most convenient point to reach for the delegates from all over the district and, as the convention was held at Hammond two years ago it was thought only proper this time to give it to Lafayette. Besides, the Jackson Club of Lafayette want to provide a little entertainment for the visiting democrats at that time. The senatorial and represent at’ve conventions, it was practically decided, to hold at Monon on Wednesday, August 14, and the calls will be made soon. We are hooked up the same as in the last campaigns on these two offices, the senatorial district being composed of Jasper, Newton, Starke and White counties, and the representative district of Jasper and White. White county, we understand, has a candidate for senator, and as she furnished the candidate for representative laist time, Jasper will be expected to ante up this time. No doubt with this little tip, our slim-necked friend from the bullrushes of the Kankakee, Mr. Bowie, will hasten to throw his hat in the ring. But we want someone of a little heavier mental' calibre than Bowie, and someone we stand some I little show at least of electing.

Hot Weather Hints.

Don’t be thinking of some place some folks you know ought to go before they die or afterward. Don’t listen to anybody, no*.- even yourself, arguing about candidates. Don’t believe ’em when they tell how they slept undejr blankets last year. , Don’t believe any one who says it’s hot. It’s a lie. -f. . Don’t run yourself or any one else, not even a good thing. Keep in your mouth some of Doc Cook’s north pole gumdrops. Keep calm, above all things wear iinen next to nature, and never mind. Keep cool! Do these, and you’ll' feel like a sßce of cucumber floating a-top a bow’l cf ice water. Maybe, anyhow, it won’t make you any hotter.— New York Press. :

Union Vesper Services.

Vesper services Sunday evening on court house lawn/ - Sermon by Rev. W. G. Winn. In case of rain, services at M. E. church.

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. • : ■ '■ *■ Wm. Jasperson and Joe Fenzil were down from Walker tp., on ditch business Thursday. —O—• Smith Newell was the successful bidder , for the new school building in Milroy tp., Hie contract for which was recently let by trustee Parks. — o — Hanley went, to South Bend Wednesday to attend tne meetifig of the State Bar Association. He drove up in his auto, Mrs. Hanley and the boys accompanying him. 8 —ChNew suits filed: No? 7887. Hiram Day vs. Eliza Jane Platt; action to foreclose mechanic’s lein. Demand $24. No. 7888. Charles A. Roberts vs. Thomas Becker, Jr., and Thomas Becker, Sr.;. action to replevin a horse and buggy on which plaintiff holds chattel mortgage. —o —■ The first marriage license issued this month was issued Thursday to Henry Dale Milner, son of H. W. Milner of Remington, aged 21, occupation foreman cement tile factory, to Hester Halleck, daughter of Abe Halleck of Rensselaer, aged 20, occupation musician. First marriage for pack. Married by Rev. Harper at the home of the bride’s parents at 8 p. m., Thursday.

Sheriff Lee and Deputy Sheriff Lancaster and Chief of Police .Jackson of Kankakee, 111., were here Wednesday afternoon on the lookout for an automobile stolen from that city and which they had traced to Rensselaer. Here they learned that the auto hikd been seen in Francesville, and they went to that place. The auto was a new 5-pas-senger car valued at about 31,500. —o —■ Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Culp of Gillam tp., were business visitors in the city Monday, closing up the deal for the purchase of the 120 acre farm in section 22, Gillam tp., on which they resided for several years Jis tenants. Mr. Culp bargained for the farm last fall, but only got the matter finally fixed up Monday. The consideration given in the feed is sls 00C, and Mr. Culp, who purchased the farm of Wm. Schleman, has since been offered an advance of $lO per acre more than he paid. —6— ' 1 The democrats of the' CarrollWhite circuit renominated James P Wason of Delphi for judge of the 39th judicial circuit Wednesday, and Howard T. Brockway of Brookston for prosecuting attorney. Judge Wason has sat on the bench six years now and has made a very popular and conscientious judge. He has sat in a number of cases in the Jasper circuit court during this time and has made an excellent impression among attorneys, court officials and litigants. That he will be re-elected by a good round majority is an alinost assured fact.

Another Large Field of Alfalfa.

C. F. Mansfield came Wednesday from Monticello; Ill;, accompanied by Professor M. L. Fisher of Purdue; who was here early in the, spring and who recommended that Mr, Mansfield plant alfalfa on hte farm near this city, claiming that the soil was peculiarly adapted to the growing of this variety of grass. Accordingly Mr. Mansfield put out several acres. The heavy stand the plant now has shows that the Professor knew what he was talking about and is very gratifying to him as well as to Mr. Mansfield, who will let this year’s crop remain on the ground so as to secure a vigorous growth for next year, when it is estimated that three cuttings can be made.

Vol. XV. No. 29.

Buy Land In The “Swigart Tract.”

C. J. Dean and party, composed of John 'Moosmiller and sons, Mat and Louis, who made a prospecting trip into the Swigart Tract in Michigan this week, returned home yesterday. Mr. Moosmiller purchased 120 acres near Iron. Mich., about nine miles, from Wellqston. The ground is now covered w;ith brush, but where it has been farmed is giving very satisfactory results.

Chicago Bars Shippers of Impure Milk.

The Chicago board of health, in it§ crusade for pure milk, has shut out scores of dairymen in Illinois, Indiana and Wisconsin from shipping milk to that city. Most of the parties whose names are published on the “black list" are refused admission of their product because of failure to come up to the, standard required, while eight are shut out for refusing inspection, of the latter three are from Indiana D. S. Makerver, Rensselaer; J. Radtke, North Judson; and S. S. Sptek, Akron.

Obituary of William E. Moore.

William Ellis Moore, son of William and Jincy Minter Moore, was born in Randolph county, Indiana; on the 'Sth day of January, 1827, and died at his home in Rensselaer. Ind., July 7, 1912, at. the age of 85 years and ti months. ills parents came from Virginia to Indiana when it was practically a wilderness. After his .(marriage, William came to Jasper county under similar conditions, ’ settling where the county wa undeveloped, thus spending a great part of bis life as a pioneer. Laboring under these conditions, he developed a strong, self-reliant, rugged character. '

In early life he had a groat desire to acquire an education, and by great Industry and economy of time, using the meager and limitopportunities presented, he was able to accomplish much and fitted himself for a competent and successful business life. On March 18, 184 7, he was married to Odanah Evans of Wayne county, Indiana, who shared with him the joys and sorrows of life for 57 years. She preceded him to the better world eight years ago. This was the first break in the family circle, but his home has remained intact • for over 64 years. To this union seven children were born, all of whom are living except the eldest Child, Franklin, who died five years ago. The living children are Melissa Morgan and Mary Ellen Yeoman of Kingman, Kan.; Wm. J. Moore of Sedalia, la ; Martha Paxton of South Bend; Melvina Parkinson and Austin Moore of Jasper county. Mr. Moore united with the Methodist church over sxity years ago and hasremained faithful until death. He has filled about all the offices in the church: superintendent of Sunday school, teaching, class leader, trustee and steward. During the construction of the church in 1888 and 1889 he was on the building committee. Mr. Moore was conversant on many subjects, had an excellent memory and was entertaining in conversation. Besides the children named he leaves 23 grandchildren and 15 great-grajadchildren, one sister and two bothers and many other relatives to mourn his departure. Among the relatives and friends from out of town who attended the funeral of Mr. Moore were Mr. and Mrs. O. A. Yeoman, Kingman, Kan.; Mr. and Mrs. Will Moore and daughter Coral, 1 Laurens, la,; Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Paxton and daughter Virginia, South Bend, ir.d.; Mrs. Rebecca McProud and daughter, Mrs. Wolfe, of Farmland, Ind.; Walter Stevens, Farmland, Ind.; Mrs. Jriice Pierce, Caldwell, Kan.; Mrs. Nellie Hanscome, Lawrence, Kan.; Mrs. Elizabeth Hamilton, Mrs. Ivy Mueller, Frank Moore, Jr., and Harry Needham, Indianapolis; Mrs. Clare Berry“ Berry, Muncie, Ind.; Silas Kennedy, Logansport; Mr. Abbey, Colburn, Ind. xx

Birth Announcements.

July 9, to Mr. and Mrs. Dick Hartman, a son. July 9, to Mr. and Mrs. Frank Peregrine, a daughter. July 11, to Mr. and Mrs. Chase Day, a son. July 4, to Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Hasty of near Peoria, 111., a son. Mrs. Hasty will be remembered here as Miss Mary Gant.