Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 August 1912 — Page 1

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POLITICAL SPEAKING.

Hon. Horace G. Stillwell will address the people on the political issues of the day at the Progressive congressional convention to be held at the Princess Theatre in Rensselaer, Ind., at 10:30 a. m., Wednesday, August 14, 1912. You are cordially invited to attend. PROGRESSIVE COM. * * * * 4. » u. .

M. P. Church Struck By Lightning.

During the severe electrical storm in Rensselaer Friday night, lightning struck the belfry of the Methodist Protestant church, but did not do any great amount of damage. This is the second time in the past few years that this church has been struck, and the Baptist andV Catholic the latter this year—have been struck by lightning during the past half-dozen years.

Royal Center Preacher Goes Wrong.

Rev. G. W. Alley, Methodist minister stationed at Royal Center, was arrested in Kokomo Tuesday night in company with Mrs. Lennie Wendling of Walton. Both were forced to spend the night in jail, and were arraigned before the city court judge at Kokomo Wednesday morning and fined. Rev. Alley paid his fine of ?25.00 and costs and also Mrs. Wendling’s fine of SI.OO and costs. —Delphi Herald.

Special Train to Lafayette Fair.

The Monon will run a special train to Lafayette, Thursday, August 22, on account of the Tippecanoe county fair. The train will start from Rensselaer at 7:45 a. m., and will stop at all stations along the route. The round trip fare from Rensselaer is $1.90; Pleasant Ridge $1.70; McCoysburg $1.60; Lee Sl.~ 50; and Monon $1.30. Returning special train will leave Lafayette at 9 p. m.

Representative John Brown a Bull Mooser.

John G. Brown of Monon, who is serving his second term as joint-representative of Jasper and White counties, and whom it was expected to re-nominate at Monticello today, has thrown a bqmb into the stand-pat republican camp by notifying the White county chairman that he would not permit his name to go before the convention because he was a Bull Mooser. It is possible the Progressives will nominate Brown on their ticket. Oscar White, j precinct committeeman of Monon tp., has also left the g. o. p. and joined the Progressives.

Continued Rains Damage Oats In Shock.

This season reminds one of that of about eighteen years ago, when so much rain came after oats cutting that threshing was badly interfered with and the price received for the badly colored grain was the lowest ever known, some selling as low as nine or ten cents per bushel. Then as now, we had a big oats crop, perhaps the largest of any season up to this year. Then Grover Cleveland was president, and the democrats were charged with the bad weather that ruined the oats and made the price so low. Some republican editors are still harping about the low prices of oats of that season as being wholly due to the \yicked democrats being in pow^r.

Celebrate 50th Anniversary.

T. A. Crockett entertained last Sunday several of his surviving comrades of Co. A. 87th Indiana, at his home in the east part of town, the occasion being the 50th birthday anniversary of their departure for the front. There were present the following: Whitsel Lewis, aged 76; T. A. Crockett, 70; W. M. Hoover, 70; D. H. Yeoman, 70; Shelby Grant, 69; J. Q. Alter, 68; Marsh Rhoades, 66; George Morgan, 64. Mrs. Lewis, Mrs. Alter, Mrs. Morgan. “Grandmother" Morgan, aged BS, Mrs. Israel, Mrs. Crockett, and Mrs. George Crockett, husband and son were also present, and a •-•-• r enjoyable time Was had. Company A, one hundred strong, left Rensselaer August 11, 1862, and joined the regiment at South Bend, going from there to Indianapolis and thence to Louisville, Ky., and on south. But few of the comrades remain,, and hereafter August 11 will be observed in ahnual reunion by the survivors.

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. Prosecutor Fred Longwell was over from Brook Friday to attend the stand-pat republican senatorial convention. He wiil be a candidate for re- nomination for prosecutor ne stated while here. Kentland Democrat: We understand that deputy sheriff Howard Myers, of Brook, while here Monday, whispered to some of his friend that he would like the democratic nomination for the office of sheriff. No known reasons why Howard would not make a good and dutiful officer in that capacity. The Indiana First Mortgage Lean Co. of Rensselaer, C. G. Spitler, John A. Dunlap and M. E. Graves, incorporators, filed articles of incorporation with the secretary of state a few d4ys ago. Mr. Graves is the Bull Moose county chairman in Newcounty. The object of the new conlpany, which is capitalized- at STO',OOO, is to loan money on first mortgage security. George Kauffman of near Goodland, was arrested Saturday afternoon after engaging in a fight with G. E. Becker, propriteor of the depot butcher shop, in a quarrel over a pool game, "and was arraigned and fined $lO and costs, $14.40 in all, for assault and battery, and $1 and costs, $6.80 in all, for being drunk by Squire Bruner. Becker and his brcrther were both (done up by Kauffman, who, after breaking up a billiard cue ove- them, used nature’s weapons. New Suits filed: No. 7892. S. Herbert Moore vs. the Willys-Over-land Co. et al.; complaint alleges that a certain auto purchased from said company’s local agent in Sept. 1911, for $845, w’hich was represented to be new, was in fact an old or second-hand auto, that the engine was worn ,and defective, and that plaintiff has spent $l5O in repairing defective parts, wherein plaintiff demands $750 damages. No. 7893. Henry D. Vance vs. Jeremiah Dugan and H. L. Cohen; complaint for specific performance of contract Only one marriage license has been issued since July 20, but the clerk had another application Saturday which he had to turn down because the girl had not yet reached the age of 16 years and would not be of the age of consent until the 19th of November next. The wouldbe groom was Henry Drake of Wheatfield, aged 27, but the girl’s name was not learned. She was accompanied by her mother to give consent to the issuance of the license. The man took the matter very philosophically and got a hunter’s license instead. Ex-Treasurer Jesse D. Allman, has completed the loading of his household goods and .they were shipped Saturday to his hew home, in Ashland, Ore., near which place he has purchased a fruit farm. Mrs. Allman and the children ahd. be will leave here in a week or ten days for Oregon. Kenneth, who was a student at the Bowlder, Colo., college last year, has decided not to enter school this year. Mr. Allman’s enviable record as treasurer of the county and his honesty" in his dealings with his fellow men, secure for himself and family the wishes of unlimited success in his new home.

Aged Man Suffers Broken Hip.

Uncle James Shindler, who lives with his son, James, at Brook, is suffering from a broken hip, received a few nights ago when he got up out of bed and started to walk across the floor, and. nis paraiized limb caused him to fall to the floor with sufficient force to break hia right

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hip badly. Mr. Shindler is a little more than 80 years of age and is well known to many Rensselaer people. 1

Return From Western Trip.

Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Mauek returned home Monday from a five weeks visit with relatives in the west at Emporia, Topeka, Wichita, and other points in Kansas. Crops are very good there, especially wheat, which is extra good, but it is a little too dry for corn. Most of the time they spent with Mrs. Mauck’s father and brother and sisterß, near Emporia. About Emporia considerable Kaffir corn is raised, and it is looking fine. Altai: a is also grown quite extensively. One day at Emporia, while they were there, the mercury got up to 104 and a hot wind blew all day. Mr. and Mrs. Mauck had a very pleasant visit and enjoyed the trip very much.

MATCH CO. STILL QUIBBLING.

City Council Refuses to Accept Bond of Company for Indemnity. Contract with the U. S. Match Co., for indemnity for the laying of water mains to the “match factory,” together with a “bond” with the said U. S. Match Co., as prin-i cipai and surety in the sum of $750 and the personal letter from secretary O’Shaunessy, stating that it was impossible for them to secure a bond from any of the bonding companies doing business in Chicago, was presented at the meeting of the City Council Monday night, when all members were present except Mayor Meyers and councilman Hopkins. O’Shaunessy said in his letter that he hoped the council would find everything satisfactory and execute a contract so that work could be started at' once. The “bond,” however, is precisely the same sort of a bond as Purtelle put up in the Newton tp., railroad subsidy election, and which by the way, was forfeited bnt never paid, and the council very properly rejected it and notified the clerk to so inform the U. S. M. Co., and say that the council would accept a surety bond or the cash. Petition of Charles Grow for a sidewalk on east side of College avenue; city attorney instructed to prepare resolution for same. Resolution opening new street south of the Kannal and old Me-1 Coy property on the west side was passed to second reading. Conrad Kellner was the only bidder on the College avenue and* Washington street 8 inch sewer,; running from south of the Monnett Home to the Mrs. Thompson corner.! corner of Washington and River j streets, and was awarded contract! at $750. The following claims were allow-j ed: - LIGHT FUND. C. S. Chamberlain, salary. . . .$50.00 Mel same *5.00 Dave Haste, same. 45.00 Jesse Gates, hauling c0a1.... 44.41 Terance Thompson wk line. 10.50 Gen. Elec. Co., sup 47.90 Monon Coal Co., c0a1...... 92.78 Abel Grant, hauling. ....... 6.25 Alex Frye, sewer it plant. ... 7.56 J. C. Gwin, lumber same. . . 1 14.49 Warner Bros., Muse iI.OO R. D. Thompson, freight. . $7.26 F. V Rhoades* Son. mdse.. 15.17 WATER FUND. T. E. Malone, salary. 45.00 John Hordeman, wk mains. . 5.00 R. D. Thompson, int bonds. ..840.00 CEDAR ST. FUND. R. D. Thompson, bond & int. .102.50 SUSAN ST. FUND. R. D. Thompson, bond & int. 146.14 CORPORATION FUND. Geo. Mustard, sal marshal... 30.00 Frank Critzer, nightwatch.. . 30.00 W. F. Osborne, engineer. ... 25.50 Chas. Morlan, clerk 5a1...!. 25.00 Warner Bros., mdse fire dept. 3.38 F. E. Babpock, printing. .. . 2.75 J. C. Gwin, roofing c ha 11... 26.36 J. L. Brady coal city ha 11... 15.21 E. D. Rhoades & Son, mdse. 16.75 ROAD FUND. Ches Zea, city teamster.,.. 45.00 John Hordeman wk sewer.. 4.50 Ed Bandle, hauling stone. .. 50.75 Phil Heusen, same 23.42 O. S. Baker, mow weeds. .. . 3.50 C. W. Platt, same 1.75 Ellis Mathena, unload stone. . 2.00 John Mohler, same... ~ ... 1.00 J. C. Gwin Co., sewer...... 7.40 Hamilton & Kellner, mow rp 59.40 Warner Bros., mdse ....... 24.2-» F. M. Parker, hay... .. . . . 11J.2 R. D. Thompson, ft stone. .. . 49.30 PARK FUND. Tom Cox, mow parks 6.40 J. Clark, sharpen lawn mow.. 1.25

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SPEGIAL EFFORTS ARE BEING MADE

To Register All Voters By Explaining taw’s Benefit. CIRCULAR FOR DEMOCRATS Explains Why Law Was A Enacted and Also Settles Mooted Question In Opposition to the Measure. Every possible effort will be made by all the political parties to get every voter in the state registered so they may all have the right to vote this fall. It is estimated that about 50 per cent of the total vote of the state was registered at the May registration, leaving about a half of the voters yet to register at the September and October Sessions of the registration boards. The next registration time will be Friday, September 6, and the last chance the voters will have to register will be the October session, on Monday, October 7. From many parts of the state there have come reports of indifference on the part of some of the voters toward registration, some of the voters apparently regarding the requirement of registration as an affront to their dignity as citizens. The state and county political organizations hax-e tried and still are trying to make it plain to the voters that the registration iaw is not intended to place a burden on them, but is for their protection against the dishonest voter.

Along this line Bernard Korbley, democratic state chairman, has pre- ! pared a circular which is being sent to all Democratic precinct com- ; mitteemen in the state, a part of which reads as follows: “If there are any democrats residing in your precinct who object to registering we would suggest that you explain to them that prior to the year 1881 the legislature of Indiana did not have the authority to pass a registration law; that the people who then lived in the state realizing the necessity of a registration law, voted to amend the Constitution to read, ‘That the General Assembly * * * shall also provide for thd registration of all persons entitled to vote.’ This amendment was submitted to the voters of Indiana in 1881 and was carried by a majority vote of over 8 7,000. (See Section 2, Article 11, Section 14, Article 11, of the constitution of Indiana; also the cases of Morris et al vs. Powell, 125 Ind., page 285 and Brewer vs. McClelland, 144 Ind, page 423.) “In compliance with the command of the Constitution as amended, the legislature ,in Indiana, in 1889, passed a registration law that required all persons who had been absent from the state of Indiana six months or more to register in order to vote. In the case of Morris vs. Powell, 125 ( Ind., page 281, the supreme court of Indiana held the registration law to be unconstitutional because it did not apply alike tp all voters throughout Indiana. In its decision the supreme court says:

‘That the general assembly has the power to enact a law providing for a uniform system of registration of all voters, we think, can not be controverted, and that it is made the duty of the general assembly by the Constitution to enact a law providing a reasonable, uniform and impartial system of registration of all voters must beaconceded * • “Again in the case ot Brewer vs. McClelland, 144 Indiana, Page 423, the supreme court of Indiana held that the legislature had no power to require one class of qualified voters shall register, before being entitled to vote, when similar restrictions are not imposed upon other classes of voters. In other words, that the registration law, to be valid, must apply alike to all in every part of the state of Indiana. “In order, to comply with that provision of our constitution that says the general assembly • * * shall also provide for the registration of ail persons entitled to vote* the legislature of Indiana of 1911 passed our present registration law, the

provisions of which are reasonable, | uniform and impartial. . “If any democratic voter of your precinct, after the above facts are fully explained to him. is still dissatisfied with the registration law, then explain to hint that the registration law was not passed to place an unnecessary burden upon the honest voter, but it was passed for the purpose of preventing dishonest and illegal voting. The registration law is a protection to the nonest and legal voter. Tt is a well known fact that in cer-iin centers of population a great many illegal votes are cast at each election. “At the election of 1908 a number of democratic candidates on the state ticket were defeated by pluralities of than one hundred votes. We are satisfied that every democrat on the state ticket in the election of 1908 would have been elected put foi the illegal votes that were cast ard countei against Our ticket. If we had had a registration law in the election of 190&, such as we :..»w have, the entire democratic ticker in 19 uS would have been elected. "An illegal vote in Marion county will offset a legal vote in your precinct, and if there are a thousand illegal votes throughout Indiana, those one thousand illegal votes will Offset as many legal votes in your county. If the registration law will prevent these illegal votes being cast throughout Indiana it is a protection to the legal voter of your precinct. “The registration law may not be necessary in your precinct, but there are precincts in Indiana where it is necessary. In passing the registration law, the legislature had to make it apply to every precinct in the state of Indiana—Jo all voters alike—otherwise the law would be unconstitutional. “We feel that no voter in your precinct will refuse to register when he understands fully the duty imposed by the constitution on our legislature to enact a registration law, the purpose of our present Jaw, and the evil which its enforcement intends to remedy.”

FOUNTAIN PARK ASSEMBLY.

Despite Rains the Attendance Saturday and Sunday Was Good. Fountain Paik, Aug. 12—There was a good attendance on Sunday School day, Saturdey, and a splendid program was given by the different schools present. Especially so was the drill given by the several companies of boys and girls’ military companies of the Baptist, M. E. and Christian Sunday schools combined. Also an excellent girls’ drill by the Goodland Presbyterian school. Of especial excellence was the singing rendered by a ladies' quartet of the M. E. Sunday school of Goodland. The Lotus Glee Club did not arrive in time for the afternoon program .on account of missing a train, however, their entertainment at the evening session was splendid. Of course the many shoWers of Saturday hindered greatly a full attendance and also the enjoyment of those on the grounds. Sunday’s attendance was up to the expectations, considering the heaving rains and the bad condition of the roads. At the morning session Sunday ; school was well attended, and all most heartily enjoyed the message of Dr. J. G. McMurty. The afternoon attendance attendance was fully up to the average of first Sunday’s crowds. Dr. Swadner gave a most earnest and well received address on the question of the hour, “The Saloon and Its Overthrow.” The Lotus Glee Ciub gave a concert from 7:30 to 8 c clock. Taken in all the o itiook for a splendid session is most encouraging. There are more families now in attendance than for several years, all the cottages > and the ten rooms in the Pioneer hotel being occupied. About a dozen tents are in commission, with more regular roomers at the hotel than usual. Especial attention is being given to secure a large attendance on Governor Glenn day, Thursday, August 15. Every day promises to be better than the last. '

Ice Cream Social at Virgie.

The Ladies’ Aid and Endeavor Society of Virgie will give an ice cream social in the school yard, Saturday evening, August 17. Everybody come and help to make it a success. Proceeds go for the church and Sunday school. zz

Vol. XV.

GENERAL AND STATE NEWS

Telegraphic Reports from Many Parts ot the Country SHORT BITS OF THE UNUSUAL Happenings in Distant and Nearby Cities and Towns—Matters of Minor Mention from Many Places. ACQUITTED MURDER CHARGE. Day and Hubbard, Accused of Killing Melvin Rradrick, Not Guilty. Watseka, 111., Aug. 11—Roy Day and Joseph Hubbard were found not guilty today of the murder of Melvin Rradrick jin the woods near Crescent City last September. The defendants were round guilty in a former trial at the March term of court, but were given a new trial The acquittal on the second trial was due to the efforts of Sheriff James P. Ireland, who became convinced after the first trial that he had arrested the wrong men for the crime.

“LOOK OUT!” CRIES SLEEPER

As He Plunge? To Death Through Car Window of Speeding Excursion Train. Bedford, Ind., August 12. —Carl Pritchett, 21, son of Rachio Pritchett. ot Peerless, near this city, was killed last night when he jumped through the window of a Chicago excursion train on the return trip here with a brother, sister and Pritchett, who was sitting next to the window asleep, was a hooker at one of the quarries. Without warning he shouted, “Look! out, hoys,” and plunged (through the open window of the car. Efforts to catch him proved futile. The train was Anally stopped thred miles from the tragedy and backed up, but the body could not be tuund until •hi ;• morning, when section men discovered it. The body wos brought here this evening. A father, mother, six sisters and one brother survive. Pritchett came near being killed three days ago by a falling stone while at work, and the incident is thought to have made him dream of it on the train.

Brook Light Plant Sold.

Gragg Brothers sold the Brook electric light plant to the Northern Indiana Utilities Company, Friday and will give posession in a short time. The Utilities Company have gobbled up about all the small piant3 in this section, within the past few months. They have the Monticello, Fpwler Boswell, Oxford, Earl Park, Sheldon, Kentland. Goodland, Wolcott, Morocco and Brook plants, and possibly others. The Utilities company is an offspring of the Chicago Edison company and have immense resources. The entire system will be lighted from the power plant at Monticello, and an extensive wiring system is now being run over the country. A reserve power plant will be installed at Fowler, and in case of emergancy this will be used to supply power. The main plant, at Monticello is run by water power, an immense dam ing been constructed across the Tippecanoe river at that point, and this will also supply the above named towns with juice, with the exception bf emergency calls. All of the machinery in the plants in these towns will be taken out aB fast as wires are strung and connected up. The Brook line will be brought over from Ade, where it taps the Kentland-Morocco lines. The main line will carry 33.000 voltage to Kentland; 23,000 to Ade, and 11,000 into the towns. It will be a twenty-four hour service, the same as we have heretofore enjoyed, but the amount of service in sleety and stormy weather remains to be seen, ,and no doubt there will be times during storms that the people will wish the main plant was a little nearer than Monticello.— Brook Reporter. ’Phone 315 if in need of anything in the job printing line and a representative of The Democrat will call upon you promptly.

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