Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 46, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 September 1912 — Page 1

Jasper County Democrat.

11.50 Per Year.

Hope It’s True.

It has leaked out that English capital will soon start an interurban line from Hammond to run south, touching Munster, Griffith, Highland, Crown Point, Hebron, Rensselaer, etc., and that the road is quite likely to be finished within the year. This news comes from a straight source, and it is said can be depended on.—Crown Point Star.

Friday’s Registration of Voters.

The second registration of. voters Friday swelled the total registration to about 70 per cent of the estimated vote of the countty, as shown by the following table, giving in the first column the estimated vote, and in the succeeding columns the May and September registration, respectively: Est. Vote May Sept. Barkley, East 157 27 44 Barkley, West 141 33 62 Carp’ntr, East 197 82 53 Carp’ntr, West 168 4 7 70 Carp’ntr, South 178 59 46 Gillam 161 35 2 7 Hanging Grove 9 7 39 46 Jordan 152 60 59 Keener ’ 205 61 51 Kankakee . 117 51 27 Marion, No. 1 27 6 132 69 Marion, No. 2 290 139 75 Marion, No. 3 181 85 63 Marion, No. 4 205 148 46 Newton 150 57 47 Milroy 65 22 It Union, North 158 48 53 Union, South 175 61 57 Wheatfield 201 120 55 Walker 174 45 35

Payne-Sympson Nuptials.

A very pretty home wedding occurred the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Simpson Sunday afternoon, September 8, when their daughter, Irene,-'was united in marriage to Clifford Elvin Payne. The teeremony was solemnized at half past two o’clock, and the ring ceremony was used. Rev. W. G. Winn, of the Christian church officiated. Miss Bertha Kepner of this city was bridesmaid and Mr. Berwyn Hemphill, a cousin of the bride, of Monon, was best man. The bride wore white satin and carried cream roses. Miss Bertha Daniels played the wedding march.After the wedding refreshments were served the guests. The bride and groom were the recipients of many beautiful presents Of linen, cut glass and china. Mr. and Mrs. Payne w’i'll begin housekeeping at once in the house formerly occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Charles Grow, on the north s 5 do of the city. The Democrat joins their many friends in extending congratui lations.

BUYS FARM IN ALABAMA.

M. L Adams and Sons Buy 520 Acres Near Demopolis. Marion I. Adams returned home Sunday from a week’s prospecting trip down in Alabama, where his sons Ray and Lee recently prospected and were attracted by a 520 acre tract near Demopolis, two miles from W. H. Pullins’. 'Marion wos also m)uch taken up with the tract, so much so that he closed a deal for same before coming away and paid a thousand dollars down to bind the bargain. 'The tract is all under cultivation but 20 acres, and is all alfalfa land, located' in “the black belt” lime land. Demopolis, the nearest railroad town, on the Tombigbee river, has a population of about 4.500, and the river is now being improved with locks by the U. S. government and made navigable above the tract Mr. Adams purchased. There are other smaller towns nearer by. The farm has a regular old southern mansion on it and twelve negro cabins. Marion didn’t know how many “niggers” went with the but eight of the cabins are occupied by “coons” of all ages and size. There is a flowing well on the place and all the buildings are of red cedar.

Mr. Adams bought the farm for his two sons, Ray and Lee, and Ray expects to go down there in October and put in a some oats, but will not take his family there until about the first of January. Lee will remain here until school is out. Mr. Adams himself will remain here. The fine farm occupied by his son Ray is advertised for sale elsewhere in The Democrat, to be sold at Public auction on September 24.

Notice To Gleanres. There will be a Gleaners.’ meeting this Wednesday evening at 8:30 p. m. Important business to be transacted. O. J. KENTON, Sec.

GEORGE NEWMAN COMMITS SUICIDE

By Shooting Himself In the Head With Revolver Saturday Night GAUSE OF RASH ACT UNKNOWN Unfortunate Man Was Soon to Have Been Married.—Fourth Suicide In County In Past Four Months. George Newman, unmarried, aged 39 years, a carpenter, shot himself Saturday night at about 10:30 o’clock with what is believed to have been suicidal! intent, at the home jf Bert Hopper, on South Weston street, where he boarded. J What prompted the rash act, if suicide it was, is unknown. He had been about town during the evening and nothing unusual was noted in his appearance or actions. He went to his boarding place at about ten o’clock and up to his room. Both Mr. and Mrs. Hopper had retired, but the latter heard *him come in and shut the door of his room quite forcibly, making considerable noise. The door does not close easily, and it h'ad been his custom not to close it tightly, but this time he took considerable time in closing it tight. The windows were also lowered, despite the warm night, and the shades pulled down.

About half an hour after he had gone to his room Mrs. Hopper, who had remained awake, heard a muffled sound like a revolver shot, and she awakened Mr. Hopper who went to Newman’s room and pushed open the door. Newman’s body lay stretched on the floor. Hopper ran down stairs and found Critiser, the nightwatch, and Harry Eger and a couple of other men and two doctors and they hurried to the house, where it was found that the man was still alive, but had bled considerably from a wound on the left side of the nose near the cheek bone, and ranging upward, the bullet passing out the top of the head and striking the ceiling, then falling tp the floor. The revolver, a 32-cailiber Colts automatic, lay on the floor. The doctors saw at once that the wound was a fatal one, and at 2 a. m. he died without regaining consciousness. The body was removed to the Wright undertaking establishment and will be buried today, the funeral to be held at 10 a. m., from the Christian church. v

While Coroner Wright has rendered no finding as yet, he states that all the circumstantial evidence points to suicide, and it is practically certain that such will be the verdict, although many friends of the unfortunate man think he was accidently shot while handling the revolver, either taking it from or putting It back in his trunk. He purchaesd the weapon in Oklahoma City, it is said, from which place he returned to this county about six' months ago. He was also known to carry the revolver when on the streets at night. He was soon to have been married to a young lady here, and it is said that there had been no trouble between them to have caused him to take his life. He was a man of good habits, although 'peculiar in some ways. He was a native of the state of Ohio, but his family had moved about considerably, had lived in the south, and located in Rensselaer about twelve years ago, coming here from Demotte, the father having died in the meantime and itlhe mother and one sister died here, and. later George went to Oklahoma, remaining there for a few years and returned to Rensselaer last March. At the time of his death he was working for Mr. Hopper on the, G. E. Murray residence and had drawn his pay Saturday night as usual, most of which was found on his person. He also had an account at one pf the banks. The stMcide of Mr. Newman makes four suicides in and about Rensselaer in the past four months.

Funeral of John M. Wasson.

The funeral of John M. Wasson Friday afternoon was very largely attended and the floral offerings were profuse and very beautiful. The business houses and banks were all closed during the funeral. The funeral ceremonies were participated in

THE TWICE-A-WEEK

RENSSELAER, JASPER COUNTY, INDIANA. WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 11, 1912,

by the Ladies of the G. A. R„ the G. A. R., and the Masons. The four sons-in-law and two grown grandsons acted as pall bearers. The services were conducted by Revs. Harper and Kindig, Rev. Utter, who was to have assisted, being delayed by his train being late. Those from out of town who attended the funeral were Mr. and Mrs. Albert E. Coen and son, Alban, of Berwyn, 111., Mr. and Mrs. Jesse E. \\ ilson and children of Hammond; Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Newels and son and daughter, Russell and Helen, of Columbia City; Mrs. Ellen Kerst and son Howard, of Greenville, 0., Mrs. Peter C. Wasson, of Winchester, Ind; David Wood, of Terre Haute; Mrs. Felina Graves, of Winchester; William Wasson, of Union City, Ind., and Wm. McClure.

CITY TAX LEVY IS RAISED.

Making a Total of Seventeen Cents Over Last Year. The regular meeting of the common council was held Monday evening with all members present. The tax levy ordinance adopted makes a raise of seventeen cents on the hundred dollars over last year, and tJhe total rate for the year is $2.59 for the city, divided as follows : Road Fund $ .40 Corporation Fund. .30 Electric Light. 25 Waterworks .20 Public Parks .03 Spec’l add. school b0nd..... .10 In addition to the above comes Che county levy of 50.15 and the state levy of 31.85 making the grand total in the city $3,41 on each SIOO valuation.

Plans and specifications were ordered for a sidewalk on tihe west' side of Milroy Park. The sewer on the east side of College avenue ordered extended out to the river and tile also ordered put in catch basin near the old creamery bridge. Assessment on Franklin, Plum and Webster street sewer was confirmed. Ordinance No. 145, regulating tlhe traffic upon the streets and alleys was passed to third reading. The ordinance requires all vehicles, except when passing another vehicle, to keep to the right, and in turning corners to make a square turn instead of a diagonal; no vehicles must stop in the street except at the right hand curb thereof; every automobile or motorcycle shall >e equipped with muffler and the “cut out” shall be closed at all times when the machinery of such motor vehicle is in motion, and tlhe amount of; oil used in such motor vehicle shall j be so as not to permit dripping and prevent smoke issuing from such vehicle. A fine of not less than $1 nor more than $5 for the first offense and not less than $5 nor more than $lO for the second and subsequent offenses is provided. An ordinance providing • for the issuance of $5,000 school house bonds was introduced and adopted. Petition of C. E. Simpson and others for sidewalk on Cherny street, resolution adopted. The follow’ing claims were allow-: ed:

CORPORATION FUND. Geo. Mustard, sal. |30.00 F. Critzer, nightwatch, sal. .. . 30.00 Charles Morlan sal clerk.... 25.00 J. C. Kresler, sub nightw’ch.. 14.00 Lightning Flash Co., polish. . . 3.00 Rens. Lbr. Co., coal city hall. . 13.34 ROAD FUND. Chester Zea, city teamster. , . . 30.00 Rens. Lbr. Co., sewerl2s.69 Healey &Clark, pub notice. . . 6.00 Phil Heuson, hauling stone. . . 3.70 Sam Price, oats 22.86 Vern Robinson, sub c’y t’mstr . 14.00 Alf Donnelly, hay 14.85 PARK FUND. Tom Cox, mowing pariss. ... 340 WATER FUND. T. E. Malone, sal . 30.00 Ray Collins, firing It. plant. . 15.00 LIGHT FUND. C. S. Chamberlain, sal 50.00 Mel Abbott, same 30.00 Dave Hastei same....: 30.00 Dick Hartman, wk on line. .. . 25.00 Jesse Gates, hauling boal. ... 28.42 Illinois Elee. Co. supplies. .. . 2.15 Western Elec. Co., same.... 26.38 Standard Oil Co., oil 10.48 Vandalia Coal Co., c0a1220.34 Rens. Lbr. Co., fire brick. .. . 5.25

Adverstlsed Letters. \ Letters advertised for the week ended Sept. 9, 1912: Cora ; Mrs. Chas. Lee; Mrs. C. E. Ramp; Norval Ford; Wm. Schultz; C. H. Blomberg; Fred Werner; Co. Supt. Barts (2.) The above letters win, be sent to the dead letter office Sept. 23, 1912. GEORGE E. MURRAY. P. M.

COURT HOUSE NEWS IN BRIEF

Interesting Paragraphs from the Various Departments OF JASPER COUNTY CAPITOL The Legal News Epitomized—-To-gether with Other Notes Gathered from the Several County Offices. Attorney W. J. Reed of Knox was in the city on business yesterday. Ex-Clerk C. C. Warner is fitting up office quarters with Moses Leopold and will engage in the real estate and loan business. J- P. Ryan was down from Gillam tp., Saturday. Enough crops have been ruined this season by lack of drainage along the proposed Ryan ddteh to have paid half the assessments, and in some cases all the assessments of the farmers whose lands were inundated.

The county council at its regular meeting last week fixed the tax levy at 50.15 cents on the hundred dollars. The levy this year is as follows: County revenue .30.15 Court House bonds 10. Gravel road repair. io. J The increase is in the court house bond levy, which was 8 cents last year. —o— Marriage licenses issued: Sept. 7, Asa Battles Thompson of Rantoul, 111., aged 36, occupation machinist, to Ada Leota Overly of Rensselaer, aged 22, occupation housekeeper. First marriage for male, second for female, first marriage having been dissolved by divorce last November. Sept. 7, Clifford Elvin Payne, son of John F. Payne of Rensselaer, aged 20, occupation bank clerk, to Irene Simpson, daughter of Charles Simpson of Rensselaer, aged 19, occupation housekeeper. First mar riage for each. Father of male gives consent to issuance of the license. Sept 9, Walter Carlton Woodward, of Richmond, Ind., aged 33, occupation teacher, to Catharine Hartman, daughter of Harvey R. Hartman, of Remington, aged 26, occupation teacher. First marriage for each. New suits filed: No. 7909. Oscar B. Lahman vs. Charles E. Clark, et al.; action to foreclose mortgage. Demand SI,OOO.

No. 7910. Leslie Alter vs. Paul Schultz, et al.; action for damages resulting from the service of a mare of plaintiff’s by the defendant’s horse, by reason of which it is aleged the mare died two days later. Demand .1150. No. 7911. Grant Culp vs. Valentine Dzabis; action for damages by reason of the defendant’s failure to comply with contract I«'-he sale of certain real estate to plaintiff. No. 7912. State, ex rel. Lida Mildred Peek vs. Earl Wiseman; action in bastardy from Squire Irwin’s court.

No. 7913. Ad'aliade E. Peck vs. Jeremiah K. Butz; action to foreclose mortgage. Demand $2,000. No. 7914. Adolphus J. Howell vS. A. N. Ogden, executor of estate of Mary A. Bartholomew; action on account. Demand $5,662. No. 7915. Petition for a drain by Charles Erb, et al. No. 7916. Walter R. Lee vs. Henry D. Vance, et al.; action fir foreclosure. Demand $1,400.

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 Garriott and Fred Phillips.

Opening of Creamery at Parr.

On next Monday we open up for business in our new creamery building at Parr and will serve our patrons during the day with refreshments, ice cream, cake, lemonade, etc., and from that date on will pay one cent above Elgin prices for your butterfat.—WlLfiON & GILMORE.

An Enjoyable Automobile Trip.

Through the kindness of A. F. Long the writer took an enjoyable auto trip Sunday in Mr. Long’s car. with Mr. Long and son George and Grant Warner and son Rex. over about Mt. Ayr. Going we went on the north road and returned on the ! south road via the Irwin tile mill. Threshing was,all done on the north, but on the south road little (had as yet been done. The corn has come out wonderfully in the past two weeks’ hot weather, and many fields are now out of the way of frost or nearly so. Therj is lots of good corn all along the route traversed. The Jackson tp., stone road system extending east Lem Mt. Ayr to the county line and south and west of Mt. Ayr. is partially completed and will • e a great ne.n i i bringing tint of the rjuniry more to the front, but they would have gotten a much better road had the sepciflcations required that the coarse rock be rolled before the top dressing of fine stone was put on, and then rolled again, after the application of the top dressing, it is a great mistake to build stone roads otherwise, as the fine dressing all sifts down through the coarser rock and does but little if any good to the top. The coarse rock are soon at the top and the dressing at the bottom unless the rolling process is used.

At Mt. Ayr we stopped a few minutes at Ed Long’s, north of town. Ed was done threshing, his ’oats going 4 4 bushels to the acre. Ed and W. W. Miller and others are figuring on trying to get the tone roads extended north by their farms, and think they have plenty of rock at hand, either niggerheads or small stone from a gravel pit, if crushed, to make the improvement.

From Mr. Long’s we went west to Ben B. Miller’s farm. Mr. Miller is an Amish farmer and has one of the best improved farms in Newton—a nice large residence, fine large barns, and outbuildings covered with slate roofs, and everything is kept right in apple pie order and as convenient as one could wish. Cement' walks lead to the different buildings and the barns and cement floors in the up-to-date barn and outbuildings render them easily kept cilean. A gasoline engine in one oif the outbuildings furnishes power for pumping water to the house and barns, also runs the cream separator, the washing machine, etc. A drilled well 200 feet deep furnishes an abundant supply of pure cold water. All the improvements are first-class and Mr. Miller has good- reason to feel proud of his splendid farm and to tickle himself all over that no one bought him out a few years ago when he was thinking of moving south, and had this farm of 200 acres on the market for three years at only $135 per acre. Returning from Mr. 'Miller’s we stopped for a few moments at W. W. Miller’s just north of M't. Ayr. The writer used to know W. W. about a quarter of a century ago when he was conducting the Goodland Herald. But he wisely quit the newspaper business and went back to the farm. Today he owns a finely improved farm of some 200 acres, large modern house, big, practically new barn and outbuildings, all kept well painted and in good repair, drives an autoinobille, and the cash surplus accumulates so fast Chat he has to rent out the farm for a year occasion aly and take the whole famiy, including his son-in-law and wife and go to some pleasure resort to spend his money. A couple of years ago it was to California, where they remained until they got tired. From W. W. Miller’s we went south and east to Frees Roberts’. Press is the most noted melon grower tn Newton county—he live® in Newton county, but the melons are grown just acrose the road in Jasper—and at this season of the year he has great crowds of Sunday visb tors who gorge themselves on melons and buy a goodly number to take home with them to taper off on. Press’ crop this year is good and the quality unsurpassed, as was evident by the big stack of“remains” after Mr. Lang’s party ha*d been busy for about half an hour.

From Mr. Roberts’ on home, a trip of about thirty miles all told, and made in about three hours, including stops. It was was a very nice trip and we enjoyed every minute of it. > !

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GENERAL AND STATE NEWS

Telegraphic Reports from Many Parts of the Country SHORT BITS OF THE UNUSUAL Happenings in Distant and Near, by Cities and Towns—Matters of Minor Mention from Many Places. Mutllaed Body of Little Girl Found After Four Weeks in Swamp. Chicago, 111,, September B. The body of Mary Gru ba, 5 years old, who- was thought to have been kidnaped from her home in Gany, Ind., was found in a Gary swamp to-day, and disclosed a story of shuddering brutality. A chance passer-by parted some bushes and noticed the little gingham dress that partly clothed the mutilated body. The swamp is but four blocks from the Gruba home, and qondltlons of the remains show according to the police, that the little girt was lured into the swamp and attacked.

Mary Gruba is the second child to be murdered in the same way in the swamp, the other being Elsie Schroeder, 7 years old, for whose death William Gaggle is serving a life sentence.

KARNATZ PLEADS GUILTY.

And Gets alto 5 A’ear Sentence for Trying to Blackmail B. Forsythe. Eddie Karnatz, the young tailor, who attempted to get some easy money out of B. Forsythe by resorting to Mack-hand methods, was arraigned before Judge C. W. Hanley Monday and, on a plea of guilty, was sent to the reformatory at Jeffersonville for from one to five years, the extent of the law. Karnatz will be taken to Jeffersonville today, and his removal will again leave the county jail without an occupant, for the first time in many months.

MUNCIE GIRL TAKES POISON.

Death Follows Soon After Sweetheart Says Good-By. Mumcie, Ind., Sept. B.—A few minutes after her sweetheart had left her Miss Nellie Shockley, 19 years old, went to her room and swallowed two ounces of carbolic acid, dying almost instantly. The girl left ho word for her relatives, and it is supposed that her act was the sequel of a quarrel with her lover. She was found dead in i.er room by a conger .dster.

WOULD HUNT PRAIRIE BIRDS.

Laporte Mayor Drafts Bill Providing Ten Days* Open Season. Laporte, Ind., t Sept B.—Mayor Lemuel Darrow of this city is drafting a hunting bill for the next legislature, to provide an open season of Men days for prairie chickens, on which hunting there is now a ban intil 1915. The bill will provide for only five birds to the man. It is said that the bill will have the support of many hunters, who declare that a short open season would no*, hurt the supply of birds.

SINGLE FLAT CAR

Will Carry Largest Watermelon Ever Grown in Texas. Farmingdale, N. Y., September 7. Some day next week a flat car will be shunted down the Long Island tracks as far as Farmingdale. On it, braced on two sides, will be a watermelon, the largest ever grown ?n Texas. It will be delivered at the summer home of B. F. Yoakum, head of the Frisco Lines. The melon weighs 112 pounds, so a dispatch to Mr. Yoakum says. It was grown by Judge Norman G. Tittrell, of Houston. i

Lawn Social at Parr.

There will be a lawn social at Parr, Friday evening, September 13, for church benefit. Cake, ice cream and lemonade will be served.—MßS. GANT.

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