Jasper County Democrat, Volume 17, Number 13, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 May 1914 — COUNTRY NEWS LETERS [ARTICLE]

COUNTRY NEWS LETERS

Lightning Monday night put our lights out of commission until about ten o’clock Tuesday. Mrs. J. D. Nash and two children, of Barbervile, Ky., are visiting at the home of Prof. Wesley. Superintendent George N. Porter, of the Goodland schools, spent Tuesday visiting the school here. Mrs. D. M. Waymire, of Sharon, is s- ■ tiding a few lays with her m. .’..er, Mrs. p. M. McQuown. C. H. Peck went to Indianapolis Monday evening to attend a “shoot” to be given there May 12 and 13. William Dexter, of Chicago, came Saturday and is spending the week with his father Chet Dexter, of east of town. Mrs. H. 11. Bowman and son, Dean, of Monticello, came Wednesday to spend a few days with C. 11. Peck and family. ' , Last week a typograpical error made us say that Will Beal was to go to Goodland, when it should have read Wolcott instead. Chet Beese has been wrestling "with a full-fledged boil on his throat this week, which has placed him on “the man of leisure” list. Mrs. Wm. Townsend returned Thursday from a few days in Huntington, where to consult her eye specialist, Dr. Krebbs. Her eyes seem to be improving. Albert Wineland took a tumble from a hay mow Saturday and got pretty badly hurt. He was unconscious for a good part of twentyfour hours afterwards, but is now getting on alright: i Frank Dingman, who has been making his home with his grandfather, Jasper Guy, for several months, went to New Haven Thursday to take up his abode with his father, Eugene Dingman, again. George Chappell, of s Dana, Ind., has been circulating among friends here for a part of last week and this. He has given up his business at Dana and will remove elsewhere, but is uncertain just where he will locate. Mr. and Mrs. John S. Zimmerman attended the funeral of the former’s foster Mrs. Nicholas Stowe, who died Monday at Kentland after a year’s illness with a cancer. The funeral was held at.Kentland Wednesday.

Mrs. Ella Parks and daughters entertained a small crowd at a dinner party Monday evening. Those present were Mrs. E. M. Bull, of Bloomington, Wm. Beal, Miss Maurine Starling. Mr. and Mrs. Fern Ford and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bowman. Quite a delegation of Remington people were Lafayette visitors Monday, among them were Fred Burger, Wm. Rodehafer, Warner Elmore, O. L. Browm. Frank Timmons and son, Russell, Ben Zimmerman, Horace Hoover, Mr. and Mrs. James Gilbert and possibly others whom we do not recall.

* B, Elmore, of this city, is to take part in one of the most tin-' usual events that has ever been suggested. He will join with about 250 other Indiana men in a raid to be made on the Overland factory at Toledo, Ohio, next Wednesday. May 20th, wh,en the plan is for at least 250 automobiles to be driven away from the plant simultaneously. Elmore's new band gave a concert in the park Sunday afternoon. The band is largely composed of rather young lads and considering the time they have been practising- and the fact that in the beginning hardly a one of them knew anything about band music, they'did very well indeed. They are preparing to furnish the music for Memorial day services, we understand. The church board of the Christian church have extended a call to the Rev. J. Konkly, of Butler, Ind., a minister who has been with us a couple of times. He is a good speaker and comes very highly recommended. The church has been

without a minister for quite a while and Rev. Konkle will without doubt meet the approval of a majority if not all the members. He is a married man with several children.

W. C. Smalley has , a newspaper printed at Vera Cruz, right at the heart of the disturbance. It was sent by his son, Tom, who is with the Louisiana, which is now in Mexican waters. The paper is printed in English and gives very much the same news we get here. It does not speak of any ill treatment of Mexicans by our boys, however, as some of the reports form the capitol state, and gives the everyday news in good form. Everything seems to be moving along in that city even the theaters are running. The admission to one of these is 3”, 20 and 10 cents in Mexican money, which is equivalent to 15. lo and 5 cents in American money.

O. L. Down. of the Lafayette and Northwestern Traction Co., has been very busy these days. During the last week he has visited the county seats of the five counties through which the proposed road is to pass and filed the application for franchise through the various counties. These counties are Tippecanoe, White, Benton, Jasper and Newton. The state charter for the road has been granted and movement toward disposing of the bonds necessary to insure the building of the line is now under way. Mr. O’Connor, who has the contract for the sale of the bonds is in Remington, getting squared away and ready to begin Work with his corps of asistants, and expects to push the matter through to a finish Without delay. Prospects for this line now look brighter than ever before and it may not be as hard a job to sell $5,00(1 worth of bonds to the mile as has been anticipated.

The first invitation number in the events which culminate in the graduating of the class of R. H. S. of 1914, was the Juniors to Seniors banquet Thursday evening, May 7, in the Christian church parlors, which were lavishly decorated with pennants, potted plants and “posies” galore, the blue and white of class 14 offering an artistic coloring into which the eleven Juniors must have Woven hanj y wishes n Jib their garlands and suea vis; Pie effect u<s so daintily harmonious. The high school faculty, Seniors and special guests were received by the Juniors and their class president, Miss Dorothy Spencer. A happy half-hour was given up to music, conundrums, and the. reciting of “The Yankee’s Proposal” by Miss Dot Porter. The T shaped banquet table was beautiful with violets and roses, covers being laid for forty; each Senior’s souvenir a cluster of English violets, a half blown rose for the others. During the serving of the tree-course banquet, by the ladies of the Christian church, the Juniors rendered the newly composed Senior class song, and their own “classical ditty,” followed by a farce —a parody of Ovid’s “Pyramus and Thishe,” which made those Babylonian lovers appear as naught beside the up-to-date lovers of R. H. S. class 'ls.

GOODLAND. [From The Herald.] Mrs. Al Gravel and two daughters visited with- relatives near Seafield Sunday. Mrs. John Moran and Mrs. W. \V. Gilman were callers in Logansport Monday. Peter Buck, who has been sick for several days, is reported better this morning. Charles McCall, of Monticello, was here Monday the guest of Ray Heidreick and family. Mrs. John Shelland visited this week with her daughter, Mrs. Lola Robinson, at Remington. W. E. Rich returned Thursday afternoon from a few days' visit at Kankakee and Momence, 111. Mrs. Brewister Hornbeck, of Eligin, 111., visited here this week with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Burgess. -■

Elmer Mbnesmitn and wife and Charles Stath and wife visited Sunday with Samuel Mead and family at Monon. Mrs. Carrie Shueihaker has disposed of her interests in Gary, Ind., and .will return to Goodland for the present. - Col, and Mrs. S. C. Spoor, of Elwood, are visiting this week with the latter's sister, Mrs. John Hayes, of Brook.

Dr- S. K. Avery, and family were over Sunday guests of the former’s brother, Bruce, and wife at Whiting, and brother, M. P„ and family at Gary returning Monday. ’ Mr. and Mrs, Newton Wickw.ire and little soi], of Chalmers, were here Sunday, .Mrs. Wickwire’s parents, ' Mr. 'and Mrs. Ben P. Davidson returned .home with them for a short visit. " • Mrs. H. C. Constable, Grand District Deputy, Mrs. H. T. Griggs,, as delegate of the local Pythian Sisters’ Lodge, and Miss Nellie Clark attended the district convention at Rochester this week

< oun'y Supt. W. O. Schanlaub visited the Morocco schools Wednesday. the Goodland schools Thursday and is calling at Brook this Friday. Mr. Shanlaub exj>ects to erect fine new home in Kentland this summer. Graham Hunter, of Los Angeles, Cali., who was touring the middle states with Lower California Law School Glee Club, and which club disbanded at Chicago recently, came to Goodland Tuesday for a short visit here with relatives. Through the efforts of John Moran, chairman of the Decoration Day Committee, we are to have the Hon. Wm. A. Bowen, of Arlington, Texas, for speaker on May 30th. He is one of the southland’s noted orators and it will be a great treat for our people to be privileged to hear him. A more detailed account of the program will be given in our next issues before Decoration Day. The recent filing of the annual enumeration reports showed a total school population in Newton county of 3,039, a gain of 10 over the report Of 1913. The children of school age in the various towns and townships of the county is as follows: Kentland, 34 7: Brook. 292: Morocco, 273; Goodland. 265; Washington township, 234: Jackson, 216; Beaver: 216; Iroquois, 223>; Grant, 182; Colfax. 133: Lake, 197; Lincoln. 212: McClellan, 67; Jefferson, 182.

The large barn and corn crib on the J4hn Weiss and M. S. Foley farm eightmiles northeast of Goodland, was struck by lightning about 4:30 Monday morning and burned to the ground. The tenant, Bert Spaull, lost one horse and one cow as well as some farm implements and a wagon. The former carried about 5400 insurance on the barn and crib. It was learned Tuesday that Mr Spaull lost nearly everything he had in the farming implement line. Two and one-half tons of fertilizer which Mr Spaull had recently hauled to the farm and put in the barn for later use, was lost. M. S. Foley and John Weiss went over to the farm Wednesday morning to see the extent of the damage. They will build a new barn and crib as soon as possible.

WOLCOTT. [From The Enterprise.] Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Del Sharkey, Monday, May 11, a daughter. Joseph 'Blake, of West Lafayette, was the, guest of his daughter, Mrs Robert Stockton. Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Guy Henderson and children, of Hebron, were the guests Sunday of Mr. Henderson’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. George O. Henderson. Miss Edna Wheeler, who has been teaching music in the schools at French Lick, arrived home Sunday evening to spend her summer vacation. Mrs. C. E. Ross went to Delaware. Ohio, Thursday to visit her sister, Mrs. E. T. Keener. She will also visit friends at Delphos. Ohio, before returning home, and expects to be gone about three months. Fred Matthew, Sr., who has been ill for several months with cancer of the stomach, and who was brought home from the hospital at Lafayette, a few weeks ago, died at his home here on Thursday evening at 1 1 o'clock. Funeral will be held Monday at the Catholic church in Remington.

FRANCESVILLE. [From The Tribune.] Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Frank Rice, last week, a son. Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Hollinbeck, Sunday morning, a daughter. Born, this morning to Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Pollick. north of town. ’ a ten pound girl. , I. Kneisley, of Bainbridge, Ohio, is the guest of Mr. and Mrs.! Stephen Thrasher. Mr. and Mrs. Elgie Zellers, of Winamac were the guests at the home of Mrs. Patrick Hackett Sunday. Mrs. H. H. Steadman left Tuesday tor Canada after an extended visit with her mother, Mrs. Peter Finnegan. Mrs. John Nimms returned to La-' layette Saturday morning after be-! ing the guest of her daughter, Mrs ' Charles Kruger, and sons, William? Herman and Ernest, for several days. , David Gudeman is building a big barn and double crib on his farm in Hanging Grove. The farm was rent-! ed last spring by Charles Jordon, one of the good tenants in Jasper county. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Wbltzin, ofi this place, have just received a let-! ter from their jjjoungest son, Ferdi-i nand. v. ho is in the marine service on the battleship Utah, now eraising in Tampico bay, He was in the hottest of ‘ the trouble when Vera * 'Cruz was taken and saw quite a number of the "snipers ’ picked off by the expert marine shots while invading the city. Ferdinand has been ' in the service about two years, en-' listing in Chicago. Other Pulaski | county boys at Vera Cruz are: Louis { Krof.t. James Wallace. Clifford! Brown, and George Griffin. They are with the ■ Florida" and ‘ Ohio.’ ' Evangelists H. E. Wilhite and F.! H. Shaul closed their union Meet-i ings at the tabernacle Sunday eve-: ning. During their thirty days stay there were 178 conversions being divided between the Christian and Methodist churches. The donations in cash to the evangelists amounted to $635, besides the expense for the

use of the tabernacle and other miscellaneous items which amounted to about §2OO. The meetings were well attended throughout. Sunday a banquet dinner was served and at the evening service the attendance was estimated at 1,000. From here the evangelists went to West Virginia to open a meeting. ,

MT. AYR, (From the Brook Reporter.) W. A. Shindler went to Chicago on business Monday. Mrs. David Book visited friends in Rensselaer Sunday. Little Elizabeth Adams is spending the week with her aunt, Mrs. Bruce Hardy. ! , Mr. and Mrs. Kaufman, of Otterbein. are visiting their daughter, Mrs. Will Brown. Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Shindler and Cauline Saylor took Sunday dinner at Frank McKeever’s. Dave Guthrie returned home last week. He expects to move to Vincennes, Ind., in the near future. Mrs. Joe Jinkerson went to Fowler Saturday to attend the funeral o: her brother-in-law, Carl Bengston. ■. Mrs. Helen Elijah, of Morocco, was called to Mt. Ayr Thursday of last week on account of the sickness of her daughter, Flossie Elijah. . J. S. Brenner returned Saturday from Chicago, where his daughter, Mrs. Ray Adams, underwent an operation and ir now improving, Mrs. Ed Brown, of Wheatfield, and Mrs. Charles Hanley, of North Manchester, came Monday to make a short visit with their father, John Baker. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Long entertained the following guests for Sunday dinner: Jackson Freeland and family. Marion Freeland and family, Mr. and Mrs. Will Brown and Mr. and Mrs. Kaufman.

MEDARYVILLE. [From The Advertiser.] Amos Fess was in Rensselaer Monday on business. Mrs. Mary Lowe is visiting relatives at Monon this week. Ex-Mayor Knotts, of Gary, -was a visitor here several days this week. Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Guild left last Monday for a week’s visit in Indianapolis, Peter Owen and wife spent Monday with their son. Charles, and family of Rensselaer. Lon Goldsbery left Saturday for '' ingate. Ind., where he intends to spend the summer. Joseph Walden, of Wheatfield, an (Id-time resident of this place, is visiting friends here this week. Robert Abell, of Fair Oaks, wait a visitor here several dais last week, returning home last Sunday. Mrs. John Molitor, of Francesville, visited her parents here this week and was accompanied home by her sister. Miss JSelle Parker. M’rT'amT Mrs. Frazier Anthrim, of Hebron, came here last Saturday on account of the serious illness of their little grandson. Donald Howe. Julius Brown, son Lloyd, and Geo. Nicoles are home from lowa while their dredge machine is being shipped to V irgie and upon its arrival there they will follow’. Charles Stout, 15-year-old son of George Stout, of Cass tp., unfortunately blew off the thumb and forefinser on his left hand, besides sustaining other minor injuries from the explosion of a dynamite cap. Dr Rackley dressed the wound and the boy is getting along nicely.

BROOK. [From The Reporter.] George Hart, of Earl Park, transacted business in town Saturday. Oscar Leech was over from Rensselaer on Thursday, visiting his old friends. Mrs. Henry Getting, of Michigan, is here visiting her sister, Mrs Geo Hand. Little Martha Wood, daughter of Dr. C. A. Wood, has been dangerously sick this week. Young Allis and White have written their parents that the battleship they are on has sailed from China for the United States. Mr. and Mrs. S. C. Spook are visiting at the home of Mrs. John Haynes. The Colonel is not enjoying the best of health at present. Ora Leavitt from Basin, Wyoming, has been here this week visiting his mother and other relatives. “Pat” is holding the reins over a barbershop in that place. J; J. McCabe, who has been in Peoria this past winter, arrived home Tuesday. He has been quite sick for several-weeks and was obliged to spend sometime in a hospital at that place. He is slowly feting better. Rev, MacDonald went to Scott county the first of the week to look after the farm in which he recently purchased an interest from J. D. Rich. They are going to set out several hundred fruit trees on the place. Howard Williams, of Chicago, was in Brook Sunday. Howard is still engaged in the work of contracting and building in Chicago Heights and while he sells and builds lots of property in that place he still hangs on to his buildings in the old home town. Morris Jones spent part of last

week in Chilicothe, Ohio, at the bedside of his brother, who was suffering from a stroke of paralysis. He was still in a serious condition when Mr. Jones returned. He reports the outlook for a wheat crop as one of the best he has ever seen in Ohio. John Waling died at his home one mile south of Foresman, at 2 p .m., Wednesday. He h*ad suffered a slight stroke of apoplexy on last Friday and never rallied from it. He was a brother of Charles and Matthew Waling, of Brook, and had lived near Foresman for many years. The funeral will be held at the Foresman church on Friday at 10 a. m., and the services will be conducted by the Rev. Snyder of Brook. Interment will take place in the Brook cemetery. Obituary will appear next week.

PARR. Fred Iliff was a Hammond visitor Sunday. Pearlie Possin visited with Irene Gunyon Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Luers spent Sunday in Rensselaer. Mrs. Simon Chupp is very busy weaving carpet nowadays. Joe Luers says he is getting fat and saucy since he came to Parr. Mrs. Leona Price spent Monday with her mother, Mrs. George Tunis. Mrs. Mary Brusnahan, of Chicago, is visiting with May Warren this week. Our Sunday school is progressing Come out and help make it still better. Mrs. E. C. Stibbe and daughter, Mrs. Dunn, spent Friday with Mrs. Griffith. Mrs. Wash Lowman, of McCoysburg, spent Monday with Mrs. May Lowman. Chupp Bros, are turning out a large number of cement tile and blocks at Parr. Mr. and Mrs. Estel Myers, of Chicago Heights, are visiting relatives here this week. Everett Warne and wife, of Rensselaer, spent Sunday with Theodore M arne and wife. Messrs. Harshberger, Liechty Miller and Chupp brothers mint is all coming up nicely. Miss Marie King and Miss Roxie Gunyon spent Sunday afternoon with Miss Anna Marion. There will be a ball game here Sunday between the Rensselaer Naps and Parr ball teams. Don t forget the ice cream and popcorn social to be given in the park, Friday evening, May 29. Mr. and Mrs. John Nowels, of Rensselaer, spent Saturday with their daughter, Mrs. Joe Luers. John Lichty is down with rheumatism. He is unable to move himself but very little for over a week. Miss Clara Harshberger is working tor Festus Chupp this summer, and Mrs. Mary Swartz for Dan Chupp. Mrs. Rose Pleifer from Columbus, Ind., returned home Saturday after a three weeks’ visit with her brother Perry Griffith. Miss Roxie Gunyon went to J. W. Hoyes Monday evening, near Rensselaer, to assist Mrs. Hoyes with her work this week. Those who spent Sunday with Charley Rowen and family were: Mr. and Mrs. Ross Rowen, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Casey, of Lowell, Mr. and Mrs" Lem Hammerton and daughter, of Rensselaer, Mr. and Mrs. Geitzenar, of Rensselaer, Mr. and Mrs. Levi

Chupp, of Surrey, Mrs. Lilly Saylor, of Rensselaer.

ROSELAWN. Mr. Burton and son, Claude, were Roselawn visitors Friday. Mr. Bunning, of East Side, was shopping in Roselawn Monday. Sig Bushman is home again after a month’s stay in North Dakota. Charles La Casse and wife were at Lowell between trains Friday. Elsie Nelson has been out of school for several days suffering from tonsilitis. Pat Dean and Collins Jack went to Valparaiso Wednesday after Mr Otis’ auto. Mary Jane Phillips was at Rensselaer Saturday taking music lessons of Miss Lois Thompson. D. K. Frye and family were Valparaiso visitors Sunday via an Overland, Wm. Korth at the wheel. Reuben Gundy and family and Mr. Conn autoed to Cook, Ind., Sundav visiting with R. C. Born and family. H. H. Nelson, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Hopper and Fred Nelson were Morocco visitors Sunday via Nelson’s E. M. F. car. Lowscheider Bros, are putting in a switch from their land to the Monon and will ship sand to brick factories in Illinois. Mr. Hebbard reported last week as being kicked by a horse, is still laid up and unable to walk without the assistance of a crutch. Thayer and Manager Bowie’s Wheatfield regulars crossed bats at Thayer Sunday, it looked easy for Wheatfield at the start, but the Thayer boys were all stars at the bat, and won by the score of 7 to 6. Cobb, Thayer’s young pitcher, was at his best at the finish and held the Wheatfield sluggers at his mercy.

TEFFT. Corn planting is going along quite rapidly we are glad to see. During one of our heavy storms last week, there was a horse killed by lightning in this vicinity. We were the expectant spectators of the expected show we had in town the other evening. Some say it was good. We really have been surprised at the fine weather we’re having lately. Although there were light there is not much harm done. The members of the corn and poultry clubs are working quite interestedly it seems, though some of the chicken members have not yet received their eggs. Gracious! You folks must have been awful hungry at the Woodmen meeting the other night. Look in the last Review and see what vou had for lunch. Ugh! Everybody turn out for preaching, morning and evening next Sunday, May 24. Don’t—Oh, don’t be late for Sunday school. The lesson topic for Sunday evening is “Christianity’s Greatest Rival—Mohammedanism.” We are delighted to hear that all the eighth graders of Tefft have successfully passed their examinations. Keep it up, young folks! You’ll be a credit to the community yet, as you now are to your teacher. The next question is: When will you have commencement? The seventh and eighth grades met Sunday afternoon to practice and settle a few business matters. There will be another meeting called next Wednesday evening, the 27, at the church. Come as many of you as possible, if you are going to sing, come; and if you are going to sing, sinV.