Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 39, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 August 1912 — Page 1

Jasper County Democrat.

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C. C. Warner Named for Representative.

The desertion of the g. o. p. ranks by Representative Brown placed the delegates to the republican convention at Monticeilo Wednesday in a dilemma, and after canvassing the situation it was finally decided that ex-clerk C. C. Warner of Jasper county should be the goat. 'ilr. Warner is the republican county chairman here, and while he didn’t relish being led to the slaughter a little bit, he yielded gracefully, and will do his best to win votes On a platform which he doesn't think but very little of.

Fair At Crown Point Next Week:

The fair at Crown Point begins next week, and reports from there say it is destined to be a great efcow. Owing to the fact that the Gary & Southern Traction Co., have completed their line into Crown Point this summer from Gary and northern Lake county cities, insures thousands of people, and the society has arranged to greet them with a fair twice the size of former .ones, including eight free acts, among them being the SI,OOO show of Marantette's Society horses and Trotting ostrich, which has a record to a speed buggy of 1:14 for a half mile. Eight races are on the program for the week. The fair runs both day and night and is a SIO,OOO proposition for the society to pull off. John Duvall of Rensselaer has his trotter entered in the 2:24 trot stake for Friday.

Windstorm Tuesday Afternoon Did Considerable Damage.

A heavy wind from the west did much damage to orchards, shade 'trees, windmills jand outbuildings Tuesday afternoon, starting in Illinois and sweeping through the vicinity of Kentland. Goodland. Remington, Wolcott and Monticeilo. The wind did not strike as far north as Rensselaer, op do any damage, but we had a heavy rain here. It came within a few miles of town on the south, however, and at Henry Luers’ some trees were blown down, oats shocks scattered and corn blown down. • Out at William Washburn’s place in Jordan tp„ his big barn, 52x96. 28 feet high, was blown all to pieces. Mr. Washburn carried no cyclone insurance, and the loss is compete save for rebuilding. Windmills except for what lumber he can and some other outbuildings in that vicinity were alco damaged. At Remington every street, it is said, was blocked by trees and debris blown down by the wind. Some of the trees uprooted were a foot and a half through. The roof of the old tile mill at Remington was blown off. The rain was almost a elondburst, and oat shocks scattered about by the wind were thoroughly soaked by the heavy downpour which followed. Shade trees and orchards were uprooted all along the path of the storm, and small outbuildings and scores of windmills were either blown down or bent and twisted by the hurricane. No one was injured at any place in the storm so far as reported, but the damage to' oats, corn and farm improvements will reach many thousands of dollars. There was a great .deal of lightning with the storm, but no damage in particular is reported from this cause. Silos were blown down over near Goodland, and the roof of the Sheets livery barn at Fowler was blown ©lf. At Fowler a flash dispatch was received over the wires from Kankakee that a big storm was coming, and just 18 minutes later, it is reported, the storm reached there. The distance between the two places is 45 miles, which shows the velocity of the wind. While thousands of acres of corn was laid flat by the wind, most of this has righted, except where the stalks were broken, and the damage to corn is not so great as first supposed it would be.

Notice to Gleaners. There will bo a meeting of Gleaners at Gleaner Hall, on Wednesday nighty Angnst 21. All members are urged to be present. O. J. KENTON, Sec. 100 printed envelopes for SO cents nt this office. Leave or telephon your order here.

BALLOT 21 TIMES FOR SENATOR

Ed. G. H. McCormick of North JBdson Nominatad at Monon. JASPER WAS LOYAL TO LAW But Other Counties Having Candidates Precluded His Nomination—Captain Hayes for Representative. “ I The democratic senatorial and representative conventions held in Monon Thursday drew out a big crowd and the senatorial nomination was not made until 21 ballots were taken. There were three avowed candidates in the field, A. J. Law, of Morocco, Rev. Groendycke, of North Judson, and Tony Anheier of Monticeilo. Newton county voted her 6 votes solidly for Law up to the 21st ballot, and a part of this time had Jasper county’s 8 votes and at no time less than six votes until his friends gave the word to break to Chester A. McCormick, editor of the North Judson News, when Jasper gave Mcfcormick 6 votes and Anheier 2. Before this for several ballots Anheier had gotten 1 vote from Jasper and McCormick had received 1 and 2 on a few ballots. McCormick's name was sprung on the 15th ballot by Starke, when it was seen that their man Groen dycke got no outside support. White county voted most of the time for Anheier and 1 and 2 votes for Law. A part of the time White voted 11 for Anheier and 1 not voting, one of the delegates absolutely refusing to support Anheier. After the 20th ballotit was seen thaCTt mlist ettlSer b- Anheier or McCormick, the' Law delegates held a brief eauchs and decided to throw the nomination to McCormick. On the final ballot Jasper gave McCormick 6 votes and Anheier 2;. Newton, McCormick 0; Starke, McCormick 6, Groendycke 1; White, Anheier 11, McCormick I. '

The representative convention convened immediately after the senatorial convention and the White delegation was filled up with the machine democrats who had tried tto put Anheier over against the real desire of the democrats of that county, and they got a little re- : venge on Jasper county whose delej gates in the senatorial convention had refused to be bought by disI trict chairman Murphy and the othler machine advocates. and they trotted out a candidate for representative in the person of Patrick Hayes, an old soldier perhaps 75 ; years old. at present one of the commissioners of White county. , Jasper county nominated O. K. Rainier and J. A. McFarland, and gave each four votes, but White’s 12 votes went 11 for Hayes and 1 for Rainier. From a “playing politics” standpoint it would of course been better for Jasper to have deserted Law, who was entitled to the nominai tion. and gone to Anheier, the machine candidate. But ' the Jasper delegates preferred being right and sending the White county machine to the scrap pile rather than naming their representative. Mr. McCormick is a bright young man, clean in every way, and is said to ' k be entirely " free from machine domination.

JOHN O. BOWERS NOMINATED

By Progressives for Congress—J. G. Brown, Senator, Rev. Martin, Representative. The. Progressive conventions held in Rensselaer Wednesday were well attended and for both enthusiasm and attendance compared well with any previous conventions of any party ever held in this district. The trains from both south and north brought in large numbers *of delegates and fans, and all the conventions were well attended and enthusiastic. , The senatorial and representative conventions were held in the Theater shortly before noon, and as it had become apparent that the theater was of in-

THE TWICE-A-WEEK

RENSSELAER, JASPER COUNTY, INDIANA. SATURDAY, AUG. 17, 1912.

suffiieient capacity to hold the crowd )for the congressional convention in the afternoon, it was announced that the latter would be held in the opera house, * ■ At the senatorial and representative convention John Brown, o? Monon, the present republican representative, was nominated, and Rev. A. L. Martin, of Monticeilo, a Christian preacher, was nominated for representative. Mr. Brown, it had been expected by the stand-patters, " would be their nominee for representative again but he informed them a few days ago that he had gone over to the Bull Moosers and would not permit his name to go before the eQand-pat representative convention.- . ' Both nominations were by acclimation. Dr. H. J. Kannal was chairman and J. H Chapman secretary of the conventions. The congressional convention w T hich met after dinner in the opera house was largely attended and enthusiasm ran riot. Horace G. Stilwell of Anderson, vice-state chairman of the Bull Moosers, and an able man, made a fine speech from the B. M. standpoint and his remarks were frequently interrupted by vigorous applause. Mr. Stilwell urged the nomination of a county ticket in every county in the district and gave very logical reasons why such tickets should be put up. He made a number of mighty good 'hits against the old party organization, among which was this: The republican party for a number of years, he said, had been composed of robbers and rpbbees. Most of the robbees bad now left it and organized the Progressive party. And, he said, when the robbers find tii&L', the victims have all left their party they, too,-will leave and come over to the new party, and it was incumbent on the latter to see to it that everything was securel> clamped down w T hen they came so that there would be nothing lying around loose fQ» them to steal. That is, that the new party entrench itself by right principles and rules of action so firmly that the pirates, as he called them, would not be able to overthrow their principles and plunder the people of the new party as they had plundered the old. Stilwell is a good talker and he made a rattling good speech, from the Progressive standpoint, of course. „

While the committees were getting ready to report Hon. Jesse E. Wilson, of Hammond, was called on and made a little talk, and asked the indulgence of the audience while he read his “confession of faith,” \as he called it, a copy of which he had mailed to the county chairmen of Lake and Jasper. Mr. Wilson had evidently given thfe considerable thought and the “confession” was a very able document in which he set® out his views and gave his reasons for leaving the old party organization. Some little friendly strife resulted over" the adoption of the report of the committee on permanent organization and business, wherein it was recommended that the full voting strength of a county be cast | regardless of the number of delegates present. Mr. Hapgocd of Tipuecarioe urged that the party start out right by permitting only the voting strength present to vote. After considerable discussion, however, the proposition to limit the vote to the actual delegates present was voted down. The committee recommended that the temporary officers be the officers of the convention, M. B. Beard, of Wolcott, chairman, and C. E. Newton, of Monticeilo, secretary.

On call for nomination, Lake county, by Hon. Jesse E. Wilson, presented the name of John O. Bowers of Gary, former referee in bankruptcy for this district, which was seconded by White county, and Ithere being no other nomination Bowers was nominated by acclimation. It had been generally understood that Mr. Wilson himself would be the nominee, but the big Bull Moosers, who were on the .ground Tuesday night, had evidently canvassed the situation and it was apparent; that an agreement! had been reached ai! around whereby Bowers was to be the nominee. „ After the nomination Mr. Bowers was called on and went on the stage and thanked the conven-

tion for the nomination and said he should make an active campaign for election.

Surprise on “Grandpa” Tillett.

John F. Tillett of Gillam tp., who is about S 7 years of age, was given a very pleasant surprise Sunday, by his daughter, Mrs. Parker, with whom he lives. He will soon move to Francesville, therefore Mrs. Parker invited 'friends and relatives from far and near’ to surprise him. About noon over seventy people gathered at the home and enjoyed a gorgeous dinner spread on the lawn, and it was said that two democrats ate the most, namely John Ryan and William Bennett. A very enjoyable time was had by all present. xx

Let The Cat Out of The Bag.

Miss Beatrice Yates entertained the Sew Club, of which she is a member, Thursday afternoon at the home of Miss Mary Yates. Quite pretty favors were given those present consisting of a small bag and cat’s head, which was filled with rice, and on which were two hearts upon these were written “Beatrice to Elmer, 9-4-12.” The announcement came as a surprise to her many friends, who suspected and yet could hardly realize that so soon another one of their number was to enter the bonds of matrimony. Both Miss Yates and Mr. j Wilcox are popular young people lof this city and the Democrat joins j their many friends in extending congratulations.

Old Resident Dead in Barkley.

Fred Saltwadel, Sr., died at his | home in Barkley tp., Saturday ! morning after an illness lasting but a few hours. Some time ago he suffered from a stroke of paralysis, but had been able to be about most of the time. Saturday morning he appeared to be in his usual health but later complained of being sick.' A physician was called who administered restoratives, but he_ soon passed away, the result of heart failure. Mr. Saltwadel was born in Germany 74 years agb and came to the United States in 1872. He was a time honored resident in the community in which he lived, and he possessed many friends. His wife died some sixteen years ago and seven children survive the parents. The funeral was conducted from the home Tuesday morning and burial made in the Brown cemetery at Pleasant Grove. —Francesville Tribune.

Noted Temperance Lecturer Coming

The state president of the W. C. T. U. society, Mrs. Culla J. Vayhinger of Upland, has engaged the noted temperance lecturer and evangelist, Mrs. S., B. Shaw of Grand Rapids, Mich., for a two months’ campaign. She will visit the leading towns in northwestern Indiana and hold in all of the leading \Mrs. Shaw is creating much interesNand—is—organizing new unions in many places. SLhe is highly indorsed by many of the state presidents and by many of the local unions of the W. G. T. U. She is an authority on the White Slave Traffic, a forceful and convincing speaker on the liquor problem. Mrs. Shaw is the state evangelist for the Michigan W. C. T. U. and has been prominent in evangelistic and temperance work for more than a quarter of a century. Her husband, Rev. S. B. Shaw, is the author % of, a number of religious books that have had a sale of over a million copies. She also has three sons who are lecturing against the saloon. Her third son, Elton R. Shaw is candidate for congress on the Prohibition ticket and is author of the weil known temperance book, “The Curse of brink, or Stories of Hell’s Commerce”. 1 Mrs. Shaw will speak in Rensselaer, Tuesday and Wednesday, the 27th and 28th of August. 1

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 i a success. Proceeds go for the church and Sunday school. xx 'Phone 315 if In need of anything In the Job printing line and a representative of The Democrat will call upon you promptly.

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. New suits filed: No. 7984. Andrew E. Jackson vs. Georgia Johnson, et al.; action in partition. ■ »<& _ Mike Duffy and attorney Elmore Barce of Fowler, the latter having been out to the home place north of town for a few days looking after some building repairs, were spectators at the Bull Moose convention Wednesday. Mike would not object to congressional honors himself on the democratic ticket. There was certainly quite a prominent bunch of former republicans in attendance at the Bull Moose convention here Wednesday. Among the number not mentioned in our report of the convention elsewhere, we noticed A. F. Knotts, former representative of Jasper and Lake counties, and several others formerly prominent in the old party ranks. Messrs N. Littlefield, O. K. Rainier, L. Strong, W R Nowels, «J. A. McFarland, E. P. Honan, - Arthur Tuteur, \V. H. Barkley, Dolph Day, Joe and Arnold Luers, S. D. Clark, Wm. Hershman, T. F. Maloney, A. H. Dickinson, Frank Garriott, Frank Fenwick, Dennis O’Reilly, Charles Littlefield and F. E. Babcock were among the democrats from Jasper county who attended the representative and senatorial conventions at Monon Thursday.

At a recent meeting of the county Board of Education it was decided to begin the rural schools as follows: ~ September 16—Gillam, Hanging Grove, Keener, Walker, and Wheatfield townships. At the same time Superintendent Lam-on arranged for the Preliminary Township Institutes dates as follows: Sefttemeber 6—'Kankakee Township, at Dunville. September 7, at Renssgjaer, Barkley, Carpenter, Jordan, Marion, Milroy, Newton, and Union townships. September 13, at Fair View school house in Gillam tp.,—Gillam and Hanging Grove townships. September 14, at Wheatfield— Keener. Walker and Wheatfield townships. This year Supt. Lam son has arranged for the regular county Institute to be held from October 7 to 11. This is a plan that is being tried in some of the counties of the state, and will be tried here this year. County Superintendent Lamson sent in his statistical report to the State Superintendent Wednesday, and from it we copy a few of the more important items; The total number of pupils enrolled in the various schools of the county for the school year 1911-12 was 3,204; 1,582 males, 1,622 females. No colored pupils. The ‘average daily attendance was 2,427. In the high schools the enrollment was Wheatfield, 58; Remington, 49; Rensselaer, 171. graduates from the township schools were 77, and from the high schools, Rensselaer, 26, Remington, 2; Wheatfield, 6. The average length of the township schools was 140 days; and 'Remington and Rensselaer, 180 days and Wheatfield, 160 days. There was paid by the townships for teachers f 35,694; Remington 85,625; Rensselaer $13,59-.80,< a grand total of |57,844.20. There are, including the incorporated towns of Remington and Wheatfield and the city of, Retfs-' selaer, 110 school buildings in the 1 county, 103 of which are frame 1 and 7 are brick. There were 111 teachers em-' ployedand they were paid the township teachers for attending township intsitutes, 51,726.39. On July 31, 191-2, there was a total of 144.#18.81 on hand in the tuition funds of the county and in the special school fund 817,753.68.

I Our Desert Highways. When one journeys over the principal roads throughout our state, he is surprised that there are so few trees planted along the highways. Generally the few trees we find are volunteers which have miraculously escaped their enemies. The question naturally arises, why are our roadsides so destitute of trees? The principal reason is because the owner can not protect them. Jhe roadside tree is nobody s tree or rather everybody’s tree. The trunk is patched with signs, sale bills, etc., and perforated with nails. The branches must furnish gads for driving stock. The traveler, wearied by his horse fighting flies, breaks off the smaller of the branches and fastens them to the harness in lieu of nets. The telephone man regards trees as an arch enemy and sometimes so badly mutilates them they are offensive to the astbetic sense, and we wish he had cut them close to the earth to end their miserable existence. The practice of using roadside trees as guy poles is very injurious to them. The small boy finds delight in climbing in them, breaking off the branches, and in clubbing them, especielly if they are nut bearing trees. Their grateful shade causes them to be used as hitching posts, and the tied animals usually lunch on them. The objection that trees prevent the roads drying up quickly is much more than balanced by their grateful shade It is true that it takes some space to grow a tree but the value of the crop shaded by the tree is far less than the value of the tree to the public, tho value of the Wood produced and the added appearance to the farm. The time has come when our best farmers appreciate the .value of. the roadside trees and are eager for the time when they can plant trees with a reasonable assurance that they will hot be destroyed, Laws are needed to protect roadside trees and every property owner should' urge his representatives to pass laws protecting trees along the public highways.

Excursion to Chicago Sunday, August 25.

The Monon will run another excursion to Chicago on Sunday, August 25. This will be over the Louisville division, and Rensselaer will be the only stop north of Monon. The excursion train will pass Rensselaer at 9:15 a. m., and the round, trip fare from this station will be 75. cents. Returning special train will leave Chicago at usual time, 11:30 p. m. Passengers from Goodland, Remington and Wolcott can, if they so desire, catch the excursion train at Reynolds Sunday morning. The fare from Reynolds is ? 1.10 for the round trip.

An Onion Grower

Dr. Turfler was wearing an unusually broad smile yesterday while here. A Napan nee onion expert had been in the doctor’s onion patch in Jasper county a few- days before and placed an, estimate on the prospective yield. He placed the best acre at 900 bushels; the next four acres at 800 bushels each and the rest of the field of about ten acres at around 500 bushels each. Quite a crop of scents isn’t it? His popcorn is outgrowing field corn two to one, and It looks like It was going more than a record breaker. Take a strip of ground 16 rods Jong and 10 rods wide and pile 900 bushels of onions on It and you’ll think it is some crop.—Monticello Journal.

A Rare Bargain In Envelopes.

The Democrat ha 9 just got in a bargain lot of about 100,000 envelopes In all the latest private correspondence, sizes and colors, made from the finest bond papers, in linen finish, wallet and Gladstone flaps, which we will close out while they last at only 5 cents per package of twenty-five. jf These envelopes always sell at Vom 10c to 15c per package, but we bought the lot at a bargain price and can offer them to our customers at a like bargain. It will pay you to lay In a good supply of these fine envelopes before they are all gone. See display in The Democrat’s front window. ' * | An armful of old papers for a i nickel at the Democrat office.

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