Jasper County Democrat, Volume 17, Number 9, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 May 1914 — Page 2

THE JASPER COUNTY DEMOCRAT f. f. BIBCOCK, EDIIM:HB POBLISfItR OFFICIAL DEMOCRATIC PAPER OF JASPER COUNTY. Long Distance Telephones Office 315 Residence 311 Advertising rates made known on application. Entered as Second-Class Mall Matter June 8, 1908, at the postofflce at Rensselaer, Indiana, under the Act of March 3, 1879. Published Wednesday and Saturday. Wednesday Issue 4 pages; Saturday Issue 8 pages. WEDNESDAY, MAY 6, 1914.

STATE TICKET

• For U. S. Senator' • BENJAMIN F. SHIVELY • Of South Bend For Attorney General • RICHARD M. MILBURN • of Jasper • For Auditor of State • DALE J. CRITTENBURGER • of Anderson • For Treasurer of State • GEORGE A. BITTLER • of Ft. Wayne • For Secretary of State • HOMER L. COOK • of Indianapolis For Supt. Public Instruction • CHARLES A. GREATHOUSE • of Indianapolis • For Judge of Supreme Court 15th District) • MOSES B. LAIRY • of Logansport • For Judges Appellat Court • I First District) • MILTON B. HOTTEIJL • of Salem - • EDWARD W. FELT • of Greenfield • ■ (Second District) • FRANK M. POWERS • of Angola • JOSEPH G. IBACH ’ of. Hammond • FREDERICK S. CALDWELL • Of Winchester • For Clerk of Supreme and Appellate Courts • J. FRED FRANCE • of Huntington • For State Geologist • EDWARD BARRETT • of Plainfield • DISTRICT TICKET - • For Representative in Congress • (Tenth District): • JOHN B. PETEERSON • of Crown Point • COUNTY TICKET » *, For Clerk • T. F. MALONEY Kankakee Township • County Auditor • LESTER A. SA YERS • of Wheatfield • For Treasurer • WILLIAM I. hoover' • 1 of Marion Township • For Sheriff • JOSIAH DAVISSON • of Rensselaer • , For Assessor • JOSEPH E. THOMAS • of Newton TblwnsLip • For Surveyor • For Coroner DR. A. P. RAINIER » • of Remington • For Commissioner First District ’ William hershman • of Walker Township • For Commissioner Third District • JAMES WASHP.I’RN • of Remington • <oimty Council *. First District • .EMORY HARRIOTT • of J’nibri 'Township • Second District • JOHN P. RYAN • of Gillam Township • Third District JAMES II CAHII • oi Newton Township • Fourth District CHARLES W. HARNER • of Remington • At Large • JOSEPH NAGLE • of Marion Township • FRANK SHROER • of Union Township GFORCE BESSE • of Remington • » ♦ ♦ * * * * « *« »»

Milroy Township Call.

Notice is hereby given to the democratic voters of Milroy ‘township and to others in said township who wish to affiliate with them in the coming ejection t? meet at Center school house in said township on Saturday/May 16, 1914, at 8 o'clock p. pi., for the purpose of nominating a township ticket, including Trustee. Assessor, AdvisoryBoard, Road Supervisors, etc., and transacting such other business as may properly come before the meeting- J, A MICHELL, Townsnip Chairman.

Jordan Township Call.

Notice is hereby given to the democratic voters of lordan township an'd those who wish it, aTi'iate with them, that the Township Convention will be held oh Friday, May 22. V*l4, at Egypt school house, in said township, for the purpose of nominating a township ticket con-ist : ng o: Trustee, Assessor, Three members of • Advisory Board 7 . visors, and to ft; \-her business as may com* e -he meeting. FRANK rE'-'-i'kr. FRANK HOLSER.

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THE TERRE HAUTE CASE.

Down in Vigo county the better class of people, irrespective of political preferences, who had grown tired of the domination of* the TaggartFairbanks machine in the politics of of that county, and in the city of Terre Haute especially, though* they saw the end of corrupt politics and political chicanery in the round-up which the special grand jury and special prosecutor, under the direction of Judge Fortune, were cor.ducting. A number of indictments had been returned and evidence was being gathered which would have resulted, i* is said, in many other in-1 dictments, including several of the' higher-ups, when Judge Fortune made a trip to Indianapolis, during which he is alleged to have met T. Taggart, Crawford Fairbanks, Don' M. Roberts, present mayor of Terre Haute, who is himself On trial for alleged election frauds in the last' city election, and on his return to Terre Haute summarily dismissed both the grand Jury and special prosecutor and also some of the indictments already returned'

This action came as a stunning surprise to the people who were’ hoping to see their city and county! cleaned up, and *h< only excuse’ given for the Court’s action is un-’ derstood to have been the fallure of the county council to appropriate* funds to pay for the services of the* grand jury and special prosecutor, ■ although both had volunteered to go ahead with the investigation without pay. Terre Haute has long been known as one of the most wide open and corrupt cities in Indiana,* and the investigation tha* was being made was not a political one, as the better class of democrats are said to' have been just as anxious to have the guilty ones ferreted out and pun- 1 ished as were the republicans * Judge Fortune is coming in for some very severe criticism for his action in ending the investigation. |

Jasper County Sunday Scbools.

A meeting of the County Council i of the Jasper County T nday school Association was held in the Christ-, fan churr h Sunday a t‘-rr.oan * o plan < township and r O’inty convention ’ dates and .other ylar,- for the bet- 1 terment oy Sunday sch >cl Work in : ’he county; f'onsidCHng’ the difficulty of securing the help of the township chairmen in these meetings it was thought advisable to end a county officer to Che various townships to advise them of the ' lans of th*- state arid county and •■ . ita* is needed by fix- county official-.- in order that ’ i«-y may keep touch with the variOns town I:: .-, Tut County Secretary, Mr ; f I. Gwin ' was appointed to do th;- work, to visit every township jo .<• county -nd so far as '••• ry .-ho.;’ before, the trite cou-.c. tian, v. A j to be held in Indiana, oils, .fun- I", i s and 1 ft. i h./ neco-sary evfjehse 't the work to be paid l»y the count • a ssocia tion J Jasper county lasi year was one o' tie- lin<- ,-a'ii.•)<•- in the state, and the <■on nt v officers this J’ear are airxlmi's that this standard j shall l.e-maint,lined. *h order to do o t is nec-s-ary to i’icicase the enrollment io per < «■: i. ;. there were '.fol i-fi’-011.-d la ,i , r ft W ill mean tha.! we muo. have 25ii more' !iieml>erA-dJiis-yea !•- \ , <■ Eyery scliopl ikbtrged to have a ’ itaifle Roll, Home Department, lonelier s. Ira iiitij Ten.,, rance and Missionary departments The e are rei]uired i‘ we regain front line county. j it was dor-id..<l 1., : op] ;ill }}l( y

town-hip convention, on th'- same ; date Th,. -e-O’ld .ml. V j „ .| nnP ;* s 'be date select'.;!, ! county ■ II bo represented m „m ce r jjj .*• 1 a township. A imifo; m progranf j will 1,,. < arired put thfouglioiit the . county; it js hoped bv having the conventions held on l‘o same day I and doing the same ; wnr!:. to ere;.to . tintisiial pride and < !•’''in.-.iam in ■ evoiy township; The nttondanee in . ear-h convention will > o noted and : published, so each toy. nsl-ip should take pride m having then- own township piake a good showing.. I The County chairman wasihstjucti ed to secure the services of both a ; tale and ; international worker for the county convention, the' date of Which will be decided by the date on 1 w hich t hesie worker s can be seen red. I Cards will be printed having the 1 dates <>f the county convention and International convention dates. These will he sent in every business letter of the county officers in order to ad-1 vertise these important conventions'.! The chairman was also instructed! , to confer with the Co. Su-pt. of > Schools to secure a place on the pro-- > gram of the county institute for a 1 . Sunday school speaker.

The reports of the various county officers showed the county Sunday school work in a flourishing condition and all working to make the work more effecient than ever before. - Let every townshin officer "get busy" and do his part and thus lighten the work of the already overburdened county oTicers. If you are asked to send in a report to any of the departments superintendents, do so P’-om’ly and save t he trouble and delay in, making their reports. I. N. LEATHERMAN, Co. Chm. MRS. J. I. GWIN, Sec-Treas.

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The Mistake of Her Life

It Was Rectified by a Third Party

By MAY C. ETHERIDGE

I am fond of motoring and am . sidered Ax. :t a- good a drivjpr as a; Woman .. .the town in which 1 In -timn;. • I make long tours, sum time- ex trending over several weeks One iiia f ht . Pile touring I stopj at a neat f rmbouge, the owner .- sole o ■ rtpaiit of which .was a y<>: woman about twenty-seven and cor. ly, but-there- was a dissatisfied expt, sion on her face as though she had in. with some serious disappointment. She told me her name was Elizab. r Wymhn; her father and mother «<. dead and bad left her the property < which she lived—a ddiry farm, s had nothing to complain of except lor - liness. I suggested that an attract I v young woman with a nice farm shohave no trouble in getting a good hr. band, the best panacea for loneline- . This brought about a confidence wh; resulted in her giving me the cause ■ Ikt disuppomt.-d look. ' The trouble about men,’’ she sa;< “is that they don't understand us w men.” :■

“And perhaps.” I interrupted, “v women don't understand men.” “When I was a girl living here wit' my parents a man named Warr.-i' bought a farm down where the roa.l crosses the creek. He had a son nain ed Abner. I first met Abner Warrei at a cornhusking, and he picked u. out among all the girls present, dan. ing with me oftener than with any of the rest of them. He seemed then t he a, fine, manly fellow who could loany one straight in the eye. He didn't treat me right afterward, but howev. he a< tt-<l he had that same honest pridin his look. “Two or three of the girts made dead set for . him. and Agnes Walk, got him. I Thought at the time sh must have managed-it very adroitly gnd I couldn’t understand his engag

"I SPOKE OF HER IN VERY HIGH TERMS. ’’ ing himself to her when he had at least on our first acquaintance favor<<l me. Agnes was not well liked by us gjrls, and that was another reason why I was surprised at Aimer s engaging himself to her. • "The engagement between these two didn't last long. I never understood why it was broken, and no one else i seemed to know. Abner never said a word about it, AS for Agnes, all she I would say was that she didn't carei It was whispered about that she,didn't confine her lovemaking, to Aimer, and he objected to having to divide it with ! some one pise. It was the general impression that Agnes was one of that kind of girls who make, or seem to make, easy conquests of men. but who don't seem to have the faculty of lioldI ing them after they get them. i "As soon as Abner Warren broke with Agnes he renewed his attentions to me. I was glad enough to get him I. back, though his affair with her left a 1 sear in me. He was very respectful | to me as well as attentive, and it was not long before he proposed to me. Before I accepted him I told him 1 'thought I had a right to know what had passed between him and Agnes. He replied that he didn’t think I had any stich right. 1 gave up rhe point, though I was not satisfied to do so. 1 and we became engaged. “All wont well With us till one day Bettie Underwood came to see me. ostensibly to talk about some <liiirch i matter, but I’ve always believed since that had another Object in view. While we were, talking she asked me if I'd heard that Agfies Walter and ; Cyrus Bm kley were engaged. I -dd I had not. remarking at the same time that if it were so Agnes find not been ; a long whdo getting over her as-air with Abner. Bet replied that Atmos , wouldn't marry Abner mi any ,- •■e<emt. ■ Naturally I asked why. "‘You don’t know an-»hh>g i> ait that matter.’Fite said. d bt-

fess. hoard Abner’s side of the 9pry, but you’ve never heard Agnes’,’ " *T’re never heard either- side,’ I foplicd.

“She went on talking about som» thing else, but what she had said left a very unpleasant impression on me, I tried not to think of it, but the more I tried to banish it the more it persist’ ed in coming back to me. At last I could stand it no longer and spoke to Abner about it, telling him what Bettie Underwood had said. “He seemed ill at ease and tried to turn the matter aside. This made me the more suspicious, and I told him that if he had treated Agnes badly I should know it, for if a man will deal wrongfully with one woman he will do so with another. To this he replied that a girl about to be ’married had best leave alone her lover’s previous affairs with women. Her only concern was his treatment of her. I insisted that he should make a (Clean breast of it, and he refused. Then ,1 took off the engagement ring he :.ad given me and handed it to him. lb- looked at me for a few momenti With a sorrowful expression, then told me that I was making the mistake of my life, and would prove the truth of what he said. He wouldn't treat any woman badly unless she treated him br.some one whom he loved badly, and then not for revenge, but for infliction of a just punishment. He left me and has never been to see me since/’ • c-. ■

My hostess paused in her story, and I saw that what her lover had said to her was true. She, not he, had made the mistake of a life. Doubtless there was something, between him and the -irl he had broken with that he could not speak of without casting blame upon her. If both were at fault there was all the more reason that whatever it was it should be kept secret. There are many affairs of little or much importance that cannot be unraveled without a regular trial, and even then it is often impossible to extract the truth. But I said nothing of this to the story teller—at least, not then. I was curious to know what her lover meant by saying that he would prove that she was making a mistake in endeavoring to force him to make a clean breast of his relations with his first fiancee. So I asked her if there was' no more to tell. . ■ • . “les,” she continued, "there is one very important matter to tell. Soon after Abner's parting with me I heard that he had become attentive to Bedtie Underwood. I inquired if Bettie accepted his attentions and was inform ed that she was very much pleased with them. Can it be, I thought, that, she will engage herself to the man

against whom she had covertly warned me’.' 1 had not long to Wait for an answer to my question. It was soon generally understood ’ t hat Abner and Bettie were engaged, one day I met Bet in the street and asked her if the report was true. She said it was and floim ed awa'y from hie; evidently desiring to avoid a discussion of what she knew 1 had on my mind.” , Again the narrator paused, and 1 asked lier if she had finished her story. “There is little more to tell," she said. “The engagement bet ween Abner and l',<t tie lasted just one month when it was broken off. Since Abner never came to see me after I returned my engagement ring I could not ask him what it all meant. I suppose he engaged himself to Bettie to show me' how silly I had been to permit her to make a breach between him and me, and that she did it because she wanted him herself. 1 doubt if she was a girl of much feeling, for she married some one else w ithin a year after she broke with .Minor.’'. . 1 asked Miss Wyman if Abner Warren had married, and she said he had not. He had since inherited the farm on which he lived and kept house alone. Before leaving I a§ked to be informed of its location, thinking that I would like,to meet him. It happened that my route passed hij House, and I made up my mind I would find an excuse to have a word with him. 1 bid my hostess a sympathetic goodby, promising to make her a visit on another occasion, then started again on my travels. When 1 reached the house of Abner Warren 1 left my car at the gate, a nd. seeing a man at work, asked him some questions as to thd roads 1 was to traverse. In the course of the conversation I gave him an opportunity to tell me his name and learned that he was the man I sought. Then 1 asked him, tor a glass of buttermilk and sat on the porch of his house while he got it for me. While drinking the buttermilk 1 told him that 1 had been entertained by a Miss Elizabeth Wyman, who lived a few miles down the road, and I spoke of her in very high terms. 1 told him that! wondered that so lovely and attractive a woman had not-been appropriated and hinted that 1 surmised she had experienced a disappointment. I could not help being amused at the interest he took in the subject, and when 1 added that Miss Wyman was one of those true women who when they gave their hearts a way would never withdraw them I hqped he Would give me his confidence, but he did not, proving himself to be the kind of man 1 supposed him to be from the story I had heard. However. I thought it quite probable from the effect Any words produced on him that soniething wonld come of my effort. I left him without having- given him any reason to suspect I lint I knew his secret: What I ‘said to him bore quick fruit, for. returning .that way. I stopped at Miss- Wyman’s and found a great change ,itph<r. ’ “What do you think has happened since you were here:" she asked, he! face lighted by a radiant smile. ‘‘W*hat’.-’3 I asked. . “Abner W’arnui has been to see me." “You don't" mean It? And all is mad*. up?" “Yes. and vve are engaged again.” “The Lord be praised!"

n.»Sj d f r th , is head notices will be pubfor, leent-a-word for the first I *-*? ent -P er -word for each ad ln i^ e u tlon ’ To save book-keeping ® hould be sent with notice. No no aC K?? te l tor less than twenty-five tha A but short notices coming within at^? ve rate ’ wlll be Published two or tlr ?ri.~ as the case may be —for 26 Where replies are sent in The care ’ will be charged t?ser ] WaJ ' dlng such replies to the adverFor Sale or Trade—Hupmobile runabout in first class running order.—a. S. LA RUE. or Sale— -50 head Shropshire sheep, including 19 February and March lambs, at a bargain.—B. T. ““NHAM, Rensselaer, R-4, phone 294-B. lor Sale— 2 good young mules, • J and 4 years old, broke to work; will sell reasonable for cash.—WILLIAM PETTY, Virgie, Ind., P. O, Kniman, Ind. I- or Sale— 6 acres of land with good 8-room house, 3-room basement, electric lights and city water, inside corporation of Rensselaer. A bargain.—HAßVEY DAVISSON, phone 499. Eggs—Pure S. C. White Leghorn eggs for hatching,— A. G. W. FARMER, phone 425. m _g

lor Sale— Good high class piano, oak case, splendid instrument and in fine condition. Will be sold cheap, cash or time.—FRED A PHILLIPS. tf ’ For Sale—9xl2 rug, good as new, only been used in spare room. For name of party inquire at Democrat office. I’or Sale — Four young mules ready for spring work, 2 three year old, 2 four year old; also 15 bushels choice clover seed, recleaned.—P. T. HORDE MAN, Rensselaer, R-2, phone •j 0 / -G. For Sale— lsl acre farm 3 miles south of Rensselaer, well improved. Farm adjoining sold recently at $l6O per acre. V ill sell at a sacrifice, SBS per acre, if sold by May I. HARVEY DAVISSON, phone 24 6. For Sale— 4 5 head of hogs, as follows; 4 sows, to farrow in a month; 4 sows, with pigs; 15 stock hogs. Full blood Berkshire boar nine months old. At residence 4 miles southeast of Wheatfield GEORGE HOOSLINE, Tefft, Ind., R-R-1, box 90.

lor Sale—Bo acres nice level black land, no buildings, but well fenced; 40 acres in oats, 15 acres hay, balance pasture, very little limber. Will exchange for good residence property j n Rensselaer HARVEY DAVISSON, phone, 499. —. . Jf I -or Sale—Farms of different sizes in this and adjoining counties, and some, for exchange. Also city and town property for sale and exchange List your property with me and 1 will promise a. square deal. Choice alialta, wheat, corn and pasture lands for sale from $25 and up.— •JOHN O’CONNOR, ex-sheriff Jasper county, Rensselaer, Ind. Lo&r. Lost—Monday morning some place near town on Pleasant Ridge road, a gold watch charm. Finder please phone 517-K or leave at Democrat Office. WANTED Wanted—To borrow $1,200 to $l- - 00. Farm land security, will pay Per cent interest.—G. F MEYERS.

Painting Wanted—l will again take up painting for the season, after April 24, and solicit a share of your work.—CHARLES M. BLUE Rensselaer, Ind. " nnted —A good active solicitor to canvass Jasper county, a several months’ job at which a good salary can be made. For name of party inquire at DEMOCRAT OFFICE. Wanted—l have several inquiries tor small farms, 40 to 80 acres If you have such a farm that you want tO Bel L?L' a right P flce - Hst H with me.—HARVEY DAVISSON, Rensselaer, Indiana. MISCELLANEOUS. Estrayed— 2 good fall calves, both males, one red and the other a Jersey; gone since Friday, April 24. —•Phone any information to WILLIAM MORRIS, No. 525-K. Carpet, and Rug Weaving—Either rags or ingrain carpet.—W. LEWELLEN,' 1 mile south of Crockett cemetery. financial Farm Loans— Money to loan~on l a i r n m na? r ° P^ rty n ln any Bums U P to SIO,OOO.—E. P. HONAN. Farm Loans—l am making farm loans at the lowest rates of interest, len year loans without commission and without delay.—JOHN A. DUNLAP. I ■»«'Without Delay, I 111 IF Without Commlss on. I Uv IV > Without Charges for n Making or Recording Instruments. W. 11. PARKINSON. Buy your correspondence stationery, ‘engraved and printed calling cards at The Democrat office. We carry the largest stock of this class of goods in Jasper county. Call In and see for yourself.

Chicago to Northwest, Indianapolis, Cincinnati and the South, Louisville and French Lick Springs. RENSSELAER TIME TABLE In Effect March 22, 1914. NORTH BOUND. No. 4 4:59 a. m. No. 36 .. . 5:27 a. rm No. 40 7:30 a. m. No. 32 . .10:46 a. tn No. 38 3:15 p. m. No. 6 3:4 4 p. m, No. 30 7:06 p. m, SOUTH BOUND. No. 5 11:05a. m. No. 37 . ......11:20 a. m. No. 33 2:01 p. m. N°- 39 ..6:12 p. m. No. 31 7:41 p. m. No. 3 .11:10 p. m. No. 35 ... . 12:15 a . m.

OFFICIAL DIRECTORY. CITY OFFICERS. Mayor Charles G. Spitler Clerk .Charles Marian Treasurer Charles M. Sands Attorney Moses Leopold Marshal .....W. R. Shesler Civil Engineer... ,W. F. Osborns Fire Chief J. J. Montgomery Fire Warden ....J. J. Montgomery Councilmen. Ist Ward Ray Wood 2nd Ward Frank Tobias 3rd Ward .Frank King At Large.. Rex Warner, F. Kreslet JUDICIAL. Circuit Judge.. Charles W. Hanley Prosecuting Att’y..Fred Longweij Terms of Court —Second Monday in February, April, September and November. Four week terms. COUNTY OFFICERS. Clerk Judson H. Perkins Sheriff w. I. Hoover Auditor .....J. P. Hammond Treasurer A. A. Fell Recorder George Scott Surveyor DeVere Yeoman Coroner w. J. Wright Co. Supt. .Ernest tamson County Assessor J. Q. Lewis Health Officer E. N. Loy COMMISSIONERS. Ist District W. H. Hershman 2nd District D. S. Makeever 3rd District Charles Welch Commissiofiers’ Court meets the First Monday of each month. COUNTY BOARD EDUCATION. „, TrUa^ ees Township ?\ m •, I’ olga r Barkley Charles liny .Carpenter J. W. Selmer Gillam George larker ....Hanging Grove T ; Ortley ...Jordan John Shirer Kankakee H. W. Mood. Jr............Mari0n George L. Parks .......... Milroy t ' 1 * T J- a u e • • Newton I / saac , K lSht Union Albert Keer.e Wheatfield Bred harch . ; Walker 11. J. Kannel ...Rensselaer James A. V ashburn. . .Remington M O. Nelson .. Wheatfield I'.. I.amson, Co. Supt.. .Rensselaer Truant Officer, C. B. Steward,

TRUSTEES’ CARDS. JORDAN TOWNSHIP. The undersigned trustee of Jordan Township attends to official business at his residence on the fu’st and third Wednesdays of each month. Persons having business with me will pleace govern themselves accordingly. Postoffice address —Rensselaer, Indiana, R-4 w ‘ H ’ WOR TLEY, Trustee.' UNION TOWNSHIP. ■ undersigned Trustee of Union Township attends to official business at his store in Fair 2eov Ind A’ ° n Frida J’ s of each with P a’?°t s havin & business with me will please govern themselves accordingly. Postoffice addiess—l<air Oaks, Ind ISAAC KIGHT, Trustee. NEWTON TOWNSHIP. . undersigned Trustee of Newton Township attends to official business at his residence on the First and Third Thursdays of each month. Persons having busiti^ SS please govern »dd?X V n acco ,Singly. Postoffice address—Rensselaer R-3. > E. P. LANE, Trustee.

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