Jasper County Democrat, Volume 16, Number 85, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 January 1914 — Page 5

Dolly’s Favorite Range To Be Given Away Saturday, January 31 On the above date we will give away absolutely free, a beautiful Dolly’s Favorite Range, to the person guessing most accurately the weight of a Cole s Range and utensils on display in our window. Everyone Is Entitled to a Free Guess. Ceme in and Register It Costs You Nothing, Warner Brothers Rensselaer, Indiana

LOCAL AND PERSONALBrief Items of Interest to City and Country Readers. Buy your harness at SCOTT BROS. An armload of old papers for a nickel at The Democrat office. Blackhawk corn planters are sold by HAMILTON & KELLNER. W. J. and Zern Wright were Chicago business goers Wednesday. It will pay you to buy your box stationery envelopes, etc., at The Democrat office. Scott Johnson, of Morris, 111., spent a few days here this week visiting Mrs. Emma York and family - _____ Buy a ‘‘Staydown” tank heater from The Watson Plumbing Co., and keep your stock tanks from freezing over. Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Peters of south of town, left Wednesday for a ten days’ visit with relatives at Gilman, 111. Dr. J. Hansson, the local Overland agent, has sold his 1913 Overland demonstrating roadster to Earl Barkley, of Barkley, tp. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Johnson of Fulton, who have been visiting with the latter’s sister, Mrs. E. L. Bruce, returned home Wednesday. In the basket ball game between the-militia team and the high school five Tuesday night, the latter were victorious by a score of 31 to 17. F. M. Parker is thinking some of disposing of his property at the north side of town, and building the coming season, a fine new homo on the lot which they own on the corner of M'cCoy and College road. John Jones, who has been residing on a farm in Newton township for the past few-years, has purchased the J. A. Williams 80 acre farm south of Wheatfield, and will move on same. The price paid is said to be $6,0 per acre. Mrs. E. D. Rhoades returned the first of the week after a visit with her daughter, Mrs. Lillian Radcliff, in Cincinnati, Ohio. The latter and children accompanied her home for a visit of indefinite length here. The fire loss on the Rowles & Parker general merchandise stock and the Forsythe building was adjusted early in the week. Mr. Forsythe is understood to have received $4,200 for damages to the building, but we are 'unable to learn the amount received for the loss on stock.

, r War / JOHN G. CULP General AUCTIONEER —Phone 517-1 P. O. PLEAS. GROVE, IND. Dates may be arranged Direct or at The Democrat Office, Rensselaer, Ind. Satisfaction Guaranteed

Get your harness repaired and oiled at SCOTT BROS. Jacob Gilmore’s baby is quite sick with stomach trouble. * An armload of old papers for a nickel at The Democrat office. Today’s markets: Corn, 53c, oats, 35c; wheat, 75c; rye, 55c; buckwheat, 75c. Oscar Flowers of Colfax, was the guest of W. E. Harris and family this week. Now is the time to get your harness repaired and oiled. Get it done at SCOTT BROS. Mourning paper and envelopes carired in stock in The Democrat’s box stationery department. Miss Lucy Healy, left Wednesday for a three weeks’ visit with friends at St. Elizabeth’s Academy, at St. Louis, Mo., where she was a student last year. Mrs. Allie Porter of Valparaiso, who has been visiting here with relatives and friends since the first of the year, returned home Wednesday. Mrs. Delos Lafond and little son of Kankakee, 111., who have been visiting here with her sister, Mrs. George Borntrager, returned home Wednesday. Rev. P. C. Curnick attended the state meeting of the Indiana AntiSaloon League in Indianapolis this week, and was re-elected one of the trustees of the league.

Helen Duvall, the ten-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. Earl Duvall, has been suffering considerably for the past few days with an attack of stomach trouble M>e Martin says: “Mrs. Birdie Moon, whose brilliant weddin’ wuz th’ event o’ th’ Yuletide, -would like t’ trade some silver sugar trays fer a ton o’ coal. Goin’ t’ work will be found twice as profitable as knockin’ the rich.” James S. Van Voorst, an old pioneer of White county, died at the home of his daughter, with whom he l|ved, at Ghalmers last Friday and was buried Tuesday. Mr. Van Voorst had been a resident of White county for nearly 50 years. The Democrat is in receipt of an unsigned communication relating to a neighborhood gossip, in which the name of a young woman is mentioned. As we cannot publish communications of this kind we are obliged to consign same to the waste basket. Miss Charlotte Kanne, who returned from Lafayette a few weeks ago where she had been attending a Catholic institution with the intention of taking the veil, has decided not to return there, we understand, on account of her mother's health. Joseph Stewart, former trustee of Hanging Grove tp., was in Wednesday having a set of sale bills struck at The Democrat qffice. Owing to poor health of both himself and wife. Mr. Stewart has rented his farm to S. B. Snedeker, a neighbor, and will quit farming altogether, but' will continue to reside upon the i farm. Another change in temperature took place Wednesday and a little flurry ( of snow came sufficiently to cover the ground white once more. Thursday the mercury remained just below the freezing point all day. below the freezing point all day, but yesterday it was quite warm again and the snow disappeared quite fast. February is our only hope for Icemaking weather, and “Ground Hog Day,” will be watched for by those who place their faith in Mr. G. H.

Fresh fish received daily at FISH MARKET. Phone 472. ----- f.gi Scott Bros., will show you the largest line of harness ever shown in the city. The John Deere Low Spreader is the acme of success. It is sold by HAMILTON & KELLNER. Scott Bros, can show you breechen harness, heel chain harness, slip-tug, and anything in single harness. Last Friday night the St. Joseph basket ball team played at Ft Wayne, and were defeated by the Friars, by a score of 18 to 6. Adam Nagel has bought the Mar-' tha Alice Moore Paxton farm, north of town in section 5, consisting of 161 acres, paying therefor $17,710. J. W. Beckman, who is employed as a traveling salesman for a Chicago cement company, left Wednesday for Waterloo, lowa, to again take up his duties, after a short vacation here. George Goff, who has been in South Dakota for the past few years, came this week for an indefinite stay in Rensselaer. George has a farm near Belle Fourche, So. Dak., and his son, Bert, is engaged in the livery business there. The report from Washington in the Indianapolis Star last Sunday, to the effect that Ben Dickson had declined the appointment of postmaster at this place because of a SI,OOO increase of salary as manager of the Crushed Stone Co., is said to be without foundation at this end of the line.-—Monon News. Mrs. Ora T. Ross was hostess Wednesday to eighteen of her lady friends, the two guests of honor being Miss Julia Leopold, who is to be married on the 4th of February, and Mrs. Stella Ketchum, who expects to leave the first of the month for a Mediterranean tour to Egypt and the Holy Land, the entire trip occupying three months’ time.

Mrs. Estella Gray, widow, of the late Allen Gray, formerly of near Remington, who is now engaged in the dressmaking business at Ft. Dodge, lowa, suffered a loss by fire of about SSOO recently. The fire started in the rear of h ; er dressmaking establishment and for a time threatened the entire block, says a Ft. Dodge paper. The loss on the building was about SSOO also.

A daughter was born New Year’s day to Mr. and Mrs. Rollin Stewart of Shadeland, Tippecanoe county, formerly of Hanging Grove tp. Mrs. Stewart will be remembered as Miss Hazel Drake, a daughter of Robert S. Drake, and this is the first grandchild for Mr. and Mrs. Drake. Grandpa and Grandma Stewart of Hanging Grove, went down to Shadeland Friday to see the new youngster. Two children, a boy and girl, of Mr. and Mrs. John Sommers, Jr., of Milroy tp., are suffering from diphtheria. The boy has the disease in a rather mild form compared to that of the girl, but antitoxin has been administered to both patients and the members of the family as a precaution against contagion. The school which the children attended is now closed and being thoroughly fumigated. The Bert Wood, who recently wrote The Democrat from China, where he is stationed as a soldier in the U. S. army, we learn is a son of S. F., or “Dick” Wood, as he is generally known, now of Lafayette, where he is engaged in the manufacture of artificial limbs. Bert worked for John Scott of north of town a few years ago but just how long he has been in the regular army, we are unable to state. v - The Democrat was in error about Lon E. Bernethy of North Judson, democratic candidate for the nomination for state treasurer, being in Rensselaer a. few days ago. A friend of Mr. Bernethy’s called at The Democrat office during our absence and left some of the latter’s cards, and, as this friend did not leave his name, we were under the impression that the caller was Mr. Bernethy himself. We have since been informed, differently, and that Mr. Bernethy will probably be in Rensselaer soon.

0 We are paying for Butter fat this week 321 c WILLIAM H. DEXTER Rensselaer, Indiana

Ellis Theatre SATURDAY January 24,1914 FSHOWS? 3:00,7:30,9:00 Steeley & Manuels *- ; ■ - All Star Vaudeville “People Like It Beet.” R Big Feature R J Acts 3 Afternoon show at 3.00 is especially for ladies and children.

Remember the Day and Date SATURDAY, JANUARY 24 The soldiers’ home at Marion suffered a SIOO,OOO fire loss Tuesday night. S. D. Clark was down from Wheatfield on business Tuesday and Wednesday. Ross Porter and George Parkison left the first of the week for a visit with Sam Sparling and Ray Adams of near Demopolis, Ala. Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Hauter, Mrs. W. C. Babcock, Mrs. W. H. Beam and Mrs. Frank Foltz were among the Chicago goers Tuesday. The infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Keen of Jordan tp., has been quite sick for several days with stomach and bowel trouble. Mrs. Henry Grow, who has been sick since early last spring with kidney trouble and rheumatism, is still confined to her bed most of the time. Mr. Baum and daughter of Elmhurst, 111., came Tuesday for a cou-j pie of weeks’ visit with William, Kresel and family of soutu of town. Mrs. S. J. Olds, of Lafayette, has been visiting here this week with her J daughter, Mrs. William Platt, who, has been quite poorly for the past few weeks. Mrs. Elizabeth Edmonds of Otterbein, committed suicide Monday by hanging herself with a kimona cord.' Her age was 51 years. 11l health is' given as the cause of her rash act.’ I Yesterday afternoon, as The Dem- 1 ocrat went to press, the mercury stood at 55 degrees in the shade. Talk about California or Florida —• well, we guess they haven’t got anything on us this winter. John Merritt and A. S. Laßue went to Parr Thursday to invoice the W. L. Wood store, which Joe Luers recently purchased. Joe has already moved to Parr and will soon take charge of the store. Father T. F. Kramer, of St. Joseph’s college, went to Chicago Wednesday to take treatment at St. Elizafor inflamatory rheumatism, with which he has been suffering for the past two weeks. Father Kramer is director of athletics at the college. Benton Review: James Finley has had on exhibition during the past few days samples of the yellow corn which is being imported from Argentine in large quantities. The ears <are small and resemble corn grown on clay land. The kernals are very short, with width equalling the depth, and the grain is very hard, being almost flint-like. Monticello seems to be a pretty wet town for a “dry” one, judging from the arrests made there for boot-legging and running blind tigers. James C. Mitchell was arrested there Tuesday on a boot-legging' charge and bound over to court, and ’ only recently an alleged blind tiger' resort was raided and a dray load' of intqxicants found. The Monticello Journal states that District Chairman W. O. Thomas of that city is being “urged by his friends” to become a candidate for! the republican nomination for con-j gress from this district, and states that ex-Congressman Crumpacker,! Hon. Will R. Wood of Lafayette, Dr J Smith of Gary, and Judge Hanley of Rensselaer are also being talked of for the nomination.

Brown County Citizens Very Law Abiding.

Ninety-one of the ninety-two counties in the state of Indiana spent, during the fiscal year 1913, $47876.33 for the care of drunkards and vagrants confined in the county jails. The ninety-second county, which had no share in this expenditure, is Brown, whose jail is a inudplastered log cabin, and whose jailer has few official duties to call him away from his farm. The ninetyone counties that spent nearly $50,000 last year, report that nearly two-fifths of the forty thousand persons sent to the various workhouses and jails were convicted on charges of intoxication and vagrancy. Marion county led, with Vigo county a close second. Brown county's record was unequaled, although in twenty-nine counties the number of vagrants and drunkards arrested was fewer than twenty-five to each jail. Brown county comprises one of the most attractive and interesting regions of the state. Its county seat, Nashville, is as quiet a little town as one could find almost anywhere outside of Arcadia. Its present jail is the same structure that met the needs of the county years ago. Although old, and perhaps a bit ohllly in the winter time, It is substantial, and might, under pressure, serve as a genuine jail were the prisoner inclined to respect his sentence. A story is told in Nashville that illustrates Brown county’s manner of law obedience. A resident was found guilty of violating one of the laws, and received a jail sentence, It was learned that the man’s family —and his crops—would suffer were he to serve continuously, so the authorities determined to put the man on ihlis honor. They gave him a key to the log jail and ordered him to lock himself in over night, but granted him permission to leave the jail during the day time, provided he went to work on his farm. The story has a happy ending, in that the man every day went to work and every night locked himself in ihlis cell. We have always entertained the opinion that Brown county is an excellent county in which to live, and now we are doubly sure. It is the “scenic county” of the state. Its woods, its hills and its corn and fruit bearing valleys offer charming opportunities to the artist and photographer. In spring and autumn the scenery is particularly pleasing. Of course, some of the counties with a heavy “drunk” and tramp record may explain that Brown county is poor, and inaccessible, which Ik partly true. No vagrant—unless he makes an awful mistake- —will “hike” over the dusty hills of Brown on the chance of getting a meal at the next farmhouse. And, too, there are far livelier counties in which to get drunk than Brown. All whictfi redounds to its honor and glory.— Indianapolis News.

Continuation of the G. E. MURRAY CO. Inventory Sale Through January and February. Our unusual large stock makes it necessary for us to sell, up-to-date dependable goods at a great sacrifice. WE WANT TO SAY TO OUR REGULAR CUSTOMERS, AND TO THE BUYING PU BLIC OF JASPER AND ADJOINING MEET WITH THE LQWESOUSE IS ALWAYS READY TO COUNTIES, THAT THIS HT PRICES ANY COMPETITION WHAT-SO-EVER. ' . ■" 11 ■ - " ...... Men’s and Young Men’s Suits and Overcoats Suits anti Overcoats, Men’s 097 RA fnr (t 1Q EA and Young Men’s, worth up to wZiiUU lUI <pIO.OU Suits and Overcoats, Men’s COfi fifi fnr Cl A EA and Young Men’s, worth up to wZUiUU lUI «pl »«UV Suits and Overcoats, Men’s CIR AA fnr Cll EA and i Young Men’s, worth up to iPIuiUU lUI «pll«dv Boy’s Suits Boy’s $7.50 Suits f0r...... ■.'... i $5.00 Boy’s SO.OO Suits for $1.50 Boy’s $5.00 Suits for. . . .$3.75 Boy’s $4.00 Suits for ( .$3.00 • ———- Fur Cdats $13.00 Fur Coats for. , . ......... $14.00 $25.00 Fur Coats for $19.00 $27.50 Fur Coats for '. ........... ... ........ .$20.00 $35.00 Fur Coats for. ... . . ........ .’ $25.00 tO per cent and 20 per cent, reduction on Men’s Sweater Coats, Underwear, Caps, Flannel Shirts. 25 j>er cent, to 50 per cent, reduction on our entire stock of Ladies’, Misses’ and Children’s Coats, Dress Skirts, Suits, Rugs, Sweater Coats, Furs and Shawls. All these prices participate in our Co-Operative United , Stamp proposition.

r? ■BHi R'xl bJUUK I jfl 1 II OFTEN TIMES a good stove is rated a poor one, when the failure to produce the heat is entirely the fault of Poor Coal THROW IN GOOD COAL and it will cause most any stove or heating plant to throw out the 5 heat. GRANT-WARNER LUMBER GO.

C. C. Warner attended the state meeting of retail lumber dealers at Indianapolis this week. Notice to Ford Automobile Owners. I am prepared to repair Ford machines and vulcanize inner tubes; also will save you money on bicycle tires. Shop across alley, north of Norgor’s hitch barn.—JAMES C. CLARK. tt

TODAY’S MARKETS.

Now is the time to sell your young roosters before they get too old and staggy. Springs, not stagy—l2o Hens —12 c. Large ducks—llc. Geese—9c. Good turkeys—lsc. Prices subject to change of market without notice. C. E. PRIOR, Fancy Produce Market.

An Ideal Woman's Laxative. Who wants to take salts, or castor oil, when there is nothing better than Dr. King’s New Life Pills for all bowel troubles. Tfrey act gently and naturally on the stomach and liver, stimulate and regulate your bowels and tone up the entire system. Price, 25c. At all druggists.