Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 45, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 September 1912 — Page 5

Best Flour Is one of our trade V winners. i A Pure-Food Proi duct of Quality. IBESTIi fjj FLOUR ’I K’s th» BEST ther* is, 1 I and th. BEST is the ] KANSAS CITY. MO.. CHEAPEST. 3 DON'T EXPERIMENT. THE HOME GROCERY

LOCAL AND PERSONAL. Brief Items of Interest to City and Country Readers. Mrs. C. W. Hanley was in Chicago Tuesday. River Queen Mill Turkey Red wheat seed for sale at the mill. Today’s markets: Corn, 71c.; Oats, 27c.; Rye. 60c.; Wheat, 85c. The W. C. T. U. will meet at the Christian church Friday afternoon at 2:30. Mrs. L. A. Harmon and daughter are visiting relatives at Kankakee, 111., this week. Mrs. Frank Haskell and little son are spending a few days with relatives at Chicago Heights, 111. Mrs. E. Hasty of near Peoria,111., is spending a few days here with her mother, Mrs. E J. Kajs. A. F. Long and Mrs. George M. Robinson have recently re-painted their residence properties on River street., George Reed and Dr. E. N. Loy were in Chicago on business Wednesday. George is buying an artificial limb. Clarence Stevenson and family returned to their home in Chicago Heights, 111., the first of the week i after a few days visit here with the 1 latter’s sister. Andrew Meyers of east of Parr, moved to town Wednesday and occupies property on the northwest part of the city. He will follow teaming here. Misses Martha Ramp and Lucy Healy left Tuesday for St. Louis, Mo., where they will enter St. Elizabeth’s Institute. Miss Healy will specialize in music. The Domestic Science Club will meet this afternoon at the public l library at 2:30 p. m. Subject, l ’‘Ways of Canning ’Vegetjtabfes,” by Mrs. George Healy. Paper, “How To Get Eggs in Winter,” by Mrs. Joe Pullins.

Frank Eck was in from West Carpenter Wednesday. In his “run” tho best cats only averaged about 43 bushels. They started threshing four weeks ago last Monday and in the four weeks only got in eleven days, five of wnich were lact week, on account of the rains. The marriage of Miss Edith Rowland, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. P. A. Rowland of near Goodland, to Will Gilman, was celebrated at the beautiful home of the bride’s parents Wednesday, Rev. Duei. pastor of the Methodist church, officiating, and was assisted by Mrs. A. A. Fell. A delightful wedding dinner was served, after which the bride and groom left 1 on a trip to the northwest. They will reside on his father’s farm west of Goodland. The out of town guests were: Charles Roe, wife and sister Anna; Mrs. Lamb and afiil of Downers Grove, 111, CASTOR IA For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought

o. A. Hauler of east of the city left on a prospecting trip through the southland Tuesday. Jerry Garland has purchased re- . centlly a five horse power srnglp I cylinder Pierce motorcycle. i : ~ Mrs. R. W. Burris of Barkley tp., was called to Lebanon this week by the illnes of her mother. Mrs. Christina McMurray. Fay Clarke, who is studying agriculture at Purdue, left Thursday to make preparations for the open-' ing of this year’s term. Calvin Ducharme, of Wolcott came M ednesday for a few days visit with friends. He waas formerly employed in Haskell’s barber shop. Richmond Skinner, of Battle Creek, Mich., is spending a few days here, the guest of his sister, Mrs. Delos Thompson, and family. Harry Biggs and wife of Indianapolis are spending a few days at "the home of the former’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Biggs, south of town.

Mrs. W. S. Day returned home from a visit of several days with her son Omar and her daughter, Mrs. Charles Brown, at Laporte the fore part of the week. Misses Ruth and Opal Robinson, of Bluffton, who have been visiting with their grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Wells, in Barkley tp., for the past several days, returned home Thursday. John Nagtie, of Plymouth, who has been visiting here for a few days with his wife’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. Gangloff, returned to his home Monday. His wife remained for a longer visit. ■-fr Mrs. Bert Brenner and Mrs. O. F. Parker gave a miscellaneous shower and luncheon at the residence of the latter on North Cullen street shortly after noon Tuesday in honor of Mrs. H. F. Parker, the last member of the Vagabondia Club to become a -‘benedict.”

Mrs. Elmer Gwin was hostess to the ladies of the Home Missionary Society Tuesday afternoon. A very entertaining address given by Mrs. iJ. F. Warren, of Oklahoma City, was a feature of the meeting. Light refreshments were served and a very pleasant afternoon spent. William Traub, one of the proprietors of the new clothing firm of Traub & Selig, who are com- . ing here from New York City to establish a clothing store in the I. O. O. F. room formery occupied by Scott Bros., as a buggy display room, arrived here with a part of the stock of goods Wednesday.

The state election in Vermont Tuesday was quite a surprise all around, and for the first time in the state’s history a majority for the republican candidate for governor was not rolled up, therefore the election of governor will be thrown into the legislature. Owing to rain only a small vote was polled, of which the republican gubernatorial candidate received 22,366; democrat, 17,504; progressive. 13,630; and other candidates, 2,317. The legislature will be republican, of course. Boht the democrats and Progressives are well pleased over the showing'made, while the republicans are correspondingly depressed.

D. W. Waymire and J. W. Marlatt were Chicago business visitors Tuesday. ■ L. W. Benbow and family moved from Parr to their new home at Winamac (Wednesday. I Misses Frances and Agnes Martin ( are spending the week at .Sheldon and other points in Illinois. A. B. Thompson, of Rantoul, 111., is the guest this week of his sister, Mrs. H. C. Nevil and family. Wm. Broadie and H. W. Milner of Remington were business visitors in the city Wednesday morning. H. W. Kiplingtr and wife went to Indianapolis Thursday to spend a tew days at the state fair and visit friends. Senators Cummins of lowa and Bourne of Oregon, both republicans, have come out for the Roosevelt ticket.

Mrs. M. J. Burr and C. B. Steward and wire went to Indianapolis Tuesday to spend a few days with friends and to attend the fair. Eliza Stevens and wife left for Indianapolis, Madison and Cincinnati, 0., Tuesday for a several days visit with relatives and friends. Dr. W. L. Meyer, who has been attending the meeting of the Northern Indiana Dental Association at Rome City, returned home Wednesday. Hon. John B. Peterson of Crown Point, was in the city a few* hours Wednesday, while on. his way to Lafayette to attend the congressional convention Thursday. A temporary “balking” of The Democrat’s linotype for a few- hours Tuesday made it impossible to get up all the copy in time to go to press, and a few columns of local matter had to be laid over.

Mr. and Mrs. E. P. Honan and son Edwatd, and Mr. and Mrs. Dan Waymire go to Danville, 111., today in the latter’s auto to visit Mrs. Honan’s brother, James Hemphill. They will return home to-morrow. A miscellaneous shower in honor of Miss Irene Simpson, who is soon to be the bride of Clifford E. Payne, was given at the home of Miss Pearl Daniels, Misses Bertha Daniels and Florence Gorham assisting her, Tuesday evening.

At the election of officers of the M. E. Ladies Aid Society, held at the M. E. church Tuesday afternoon, the following officers were selected: Mrs. W. H. Parkinson, president; Mrs. Leslie Clarke, vicepresident; Mrs. J. P. Hammond treasurer, and Mrs. E. T. Harris secretary. A. G. W. Parmer has what he thinks one of the largest sunflowers i-n Rensselaer, growing at his place on Scott street. If anyone has a larger one he will walk across the city to see it. His stands over 15 feet in height and the stalk measures 7% inches in circumference. The flower is too high up to measure. Miss Frances Donnelly, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Donnelly of Huston, Texas, who in company wtih her mother has been visiting relatives and friends here for the past several weeks, celebrated the ninth anniversary of her birth at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Healy Wednesday. A number of her little friends spent the afternoon with her.

“GOOD THINGS TOO KNOW.” Wl ill ! i 4/ Because your trousers get out of shape or your coat or vest gets a little soiled is no reason why the garments shoulld be discarded. Perhaps you don’t know it, but we can make them look like new again very quicklly—no matter how old, stained or wrinkled they mgy be. We have a quick and safe .process of our own and do the work quickly, thoroughly and econo-nrically. Work called for and delivered. JOHN WERNER, Tailor Rensselaer, Ind.

I c. C. Starr was down from Gary Thursday. John Bislosky of Chicago was visiting friends here a few days this week; • _ ■Mrs. Henry Eiglesbach of west of town is ‘recovering from a short spell of sickness. Mrs. Jacob Wright and two daughters of Chicago are guests this week at the home of John N. Baker in Barkley tp. M. C. Baker of Chicago came Thursday to spend his vacation at the home of his father, John N. .Baker, and family, of Barkley tp. “Dr.” G. D. Gregory, the Wheatfield agent for the Baker remedies, is closing up his regular canvass of the territory adjacent to Rensselaer this week.

Jack Hoyes and wife and the latters mother, Mrs. Mark Hemphill, left the first of the week for a two weeks visit with relatives and friend at Mitchell, So. Dak. Miss Lucile Teegarden, the guest of Mrs.. Charlotte George and daughter. Mrs. W. H. Beam, Jr., went to Chicago Wednesday to spend a few days with iriends there. Mr. and Mrs. John Scott left Wednesday morning for Jamestown, No. Dak., for a several weeks visit with Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Holmes, Roy Scott, and other relatives. F. P• M right has been suffering considerably from liver trouble of late, and from his former robust figure of 180 pounds has become reduced to 130 pounds in weight. He is improving somewhat now, however.

W. F. Hayes of Mt. Summit, Ind., returned home Thursday after a few days spent at his farm in Barkley tp. Mb. Hayes is preparing to move on his farm here—-the former F. M. Hayes farm—about the 20th of this month. Joe Reynolds, son of Mrs. S. .R. Nichols of Rensselaer and well known here, was married in Chicago Wednesday to Miss Bessie Durant of New York. Mr. Reynolds is employed by a Chicago paper house and they will reside in that city. They are expected here tonight to visit his mother. Marion I. Adams is down in Alabama this week looking over the country. His son Ray, who recently returned from there, was quite well pleased with a 520 acre farm two miles from W. H. Pullins, who is located near Prairieville, Ala., and may buy it and move there. Oscar Hauter is also prospecting down there. A new cement block restaurant and lunch room is to be erected just north ,of the Monon depot and tracks by Mrs. James Snedeker and Mrs. Laura Pennell, who will conduct same. This is something that has been needed there ever since the new depot was built and no doubt the ladies will enjoy a good trade. ■White cunty Bull Moosers have placed the following ticket in the field: Auditor, N. L. Sanders, of Monon; treasurer, L. M. Fraser, of Monticello; Sheriff, James Read, of Monticello; Surveyor, E. G. May, of Princeton tp.; Coroner, Dr. Chenewerth, of Chalmers; Com-, missioners, Frank Gallinger and T. J. Melvin.

Isaac Parcels was quite badly hurt Thursday afternoon when his span of mules ran away while he was unloading a load of furniture on a car near the deuoL Mr. Parcels was thrown from the wagon and dragged for some distance and his left elbow and right knee badly cut and bruised, the muscles being torn considerably. The furniture was scattered about promiscuously and the wagon badly used up. Dr. F H» Hemphill dressed Mr. Parcels’ injuries and he is getting along as well as can be expected. H, C. Nevill received a check for a trifle over twelve dollars a short time ago from one of the G. H. McLain insurance agencies to cover some clothing that was destroyed by a fire at his home a few days ago. It seems that his youngest child had gone into the closet to hunt for something with a lighted match, and had evidently thrown the match down without putting it out, an i the clothes and window curtains and a few other articles were destroyed before persons on the street noticed the fire and informed Mr. Nevill regarding it and he succeeded in puttng it ‘but.

Dressmaking —. Schmal Sisters, phone 138. The frame is up for the new’ 'bungalow of J. J. Montgomery's on north Cullen street. Esta Keener while working on a threshing machine Thursday was severely cut on the forehead and the wound required several stitches to close it. Marriage licenses issued: George Elmer \\ ilcox of Rensselaer, aged 22, occupation telegraph operator, to Beatrice Adaline Yates, also of this city, aged 26, occupation housekeeper. First marriage for each. An unusually large crowd attended the dance given at the armory Thursday evening. The- Douglass colored orchestra, of Indianapolis, who have played here several times betofe on such occasions and met with unlimited approbation, furnished the music.

While the extreme, heat of the past ten days has'been a little hard on. the sweltering humanity, it has been just the weather needed for making the corn crop, and we can all put up with the heat discomfort for a while in anticipation of the prosperous times to come. Dex ere \ eoman, who for some time has been superintending a difficult job of sewer construction at South Bend, for a Hammond concern, was down yesterday to register. He will complete the South Bend contract in a few days and then expects to return home here to remain permanently.

While hitching up a horse Saturday evening to come to Rensselaer, Russel Prince, aged 24, a son of Mrs. Lon Colton of Pleasant Ridge, was badly cut and bruised in the barb wire fence of the barn lot by the horse taking a notion to get scared and start to run, dragging him about the lot and against the wire fence until his shirt and trousers were literally torn to shreds and his body was a mass of cuts and bruises. It took nearly fifty stitches to sew up the wounds, made by the barb wire. \ David Elder of Rensselaer was shocked and rendered uncoiisciuos Monday afternoon at Parr when a bolt of llghftning struck the front of Greenlee’s store. Elder was sitting on a bucket with several others in front of the store when the bolt came and tore off a few shingles from, the building, doing perhaps $25 damage to the store. He regained consciousness soon and came home that evening on the milk train little the worse for his experience. Hugh Gaffey’s house was also struck by lightning at Parr the same afternoon and the chimney demolished. Notice to Creamery Patrons. Wilson & Gilmore expect to be in (their new creamery builldlling at Parr by Monday, September 16, and on and after that date will pay one cent above Elgin prices for butterfat. Bring your cream to us.— WILSON & GILMORE. ■j . Public Sale of Horses. Public Sale in front of the court house on Saturday afternoon, Sept. 14, of a pair of roan geldings 2 and 3 years old, to the highest bidder. Will be sold on 12 months time.— Herbert Harriott and Fred Phillips. Subscribe for The Democrat

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Good-by To Honey Suckle. Good-by to honeysuckle and. the honeysuckle tune, Miss August reaps her melons with a honeysuckle moon. Her feet are straying mistward Through the pastures of the night, And it’s good-by honeysuckle M hen the fireflies lose their . light. Good-by to honeysuckle, to the sweet days of the land, Miss August takes September by the waist and by the hand. Miss August sees her coming, And they're sisters where ■( they run I"ined in the looms of shadow By the spindles of the sun. Good-by to honeysuckle and the rosea by the door— The violets of the valley will smile UP. to us no more. Miss August all so ghostly In the cool nights ‘ strides along, Ihe deep dew of the moonlight On her quivering lips of song. Good-by to honeysuckle, oh ye lovers of the days, ‘ 1 That drift to dreams of twilight in dreamy moon of haze. Miss August laughs at roses, and there is no bloom so sweet As one poor withered violet In the path that lures her feet. Good-by to honeysuckle and that fragrance and that dew! The moon’s golden sickle on the harvest fields of blue. Miss August is the reaper, And its good-by to one and all- ' The wild grape’s turning pur- ■ - Pie, - And the gourd hangs on the Wall. —Baltimore Sun.

GILLAM HOME COMING. At Independence Church, Gillam Tp. Week of September 8, Following is a program of the Gillam Home Coming to be held at the Independence church during the week beginning September 8: Sunday, September 8—10:00 a. m.,—Sunday school. 11:00—Worship, sermon by the Rev. John Sebring. Holy Communion. 7:30 <p. | m., worship, sermon by the Rev. T. M. Guild, D. D., of Peru, Ind. Monday—7:3o p. m., Sermon by the Rev. D. A. Rogers of New Carlisle, Ind. Tuesday—7:3o p. m., Sermon by the Rev. Will B. Warriner of Battle Ground, Ind. ’ Wednesday—7:3o p. m., Sefmon by the Rev. Aaron W. Wood of Lafayette, Ind. Thursday—Reminiscence Day—--10:30 a. m., Reading by Mrs. Laura, Fisher, Address by Mr. Elmer Rathion of Chicago, and Reminiscences by former Gillamites. 12 o’clock Basket dinner. 2 p. m., History of Gi'llam Township, by Austin Rathfon, Address by Judge Charles W. Hanley of Rensselaer, and more Reminiscences. 7:30 p. m., Sermon by Rev. A. T. Briggs, D. D., of Valparaiso, Ind. Friday—7:3o p. m., sermon by the Rev. D. H. Guild of Fort Wayne, Ind. Saturday—7:3o p. m„ sermon by the Rev. D. JI, Guild. Sunday—l O':00 'm., Sunday j school. 11:00 a. m., worship, sermon by Dr. D. H. Guild. 2:00 p. j m., old time class meeting. 7:30 p. mt, worship, sermon by Dr. j Guild. This program is subject to change | if necessary. Day meetings, help- I ful features, and pleasures will be 1 announced at the church for the | wpaV Hu Vo. MICHAEL ROBINSON. Chm. I LIZZIE B. FARIS, Sec. Buy your box stationery and en- | velopes at The Democrat office. An armful of old papers for a | nickel at the Democrat office.

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