Jasper County Democrat, Volume 17, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 August 1914 — Page 5

FORD UNIVERSAL CAR Buyers to Share in Profits Lower Prices on Ford Cars Effective from August 1, 1914 to August 1, 191 5 and guaranteed against any reduction during that time: Touring Car - - $490 Runabout - . - - 440 Town Car - - 690 F. O. B. Detroit, all cars fully equipped. (In the United States of America only.) Further, we will be able to obtain the maximum efficiency in our factory production, and the minimum cost in our purchasing and sales departments if we can reach an output of 300,000 cars between the above dates. And should we reach this production, we agree to pay as the buyer s share from S4O to S6O per car (on or about August 1, I 9 I 5) every retail buyer who purchases a new Ford car between August 1, 1914 and August 1, 1915. For further particulars regarding these low prices and profit-sharing plan, see the nearest Ford Branch or Dealer. Ford Motor Company

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Mrs. N. Campbell is suffering with the shingles. C. J. Dean returned Tuesday afternoon from a business trip to Michigan. Miss Virginia Kessler of Morocco, is-visiting this week with Mrs. Rice Porter. W. C. Milliron is remodeling and placing new seats in the Rex theater, preparatory to soon opening same again. Clearance prices prevail on all summer footwear at FENDIG ’Si EXCLUSIVE SHOE STORE, Opera house block. Mrs. George Stoudt and daughter. Miss Ruth Stoudt, were over from Remington Wednesday, the guests of Mrs. F. E. Babcock. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Forbes of Remington, are spending the week here with the latter’s brother, John Merritt and family. Mel Griffin, whose house was practically destroyed by fire some time ago, has thoroughly rebuilt same into an attractive one-story bungalow. Walter Porter’s wheat in Jordan tp., which was conceded to be the finest field of this cereal almost ever seen in Jasper county averaged 36 bushels per acre for the 60 acres. Dr. John Ellis came down from Chicago Tuesday afternoon and his wife, who had been visiting here with her father-in-law, J. H. S. Ellis, accompanied him home Wednesday morning. A new plant and a special man to vulcanize tubes, repair casings and cut inner liners. Lowest prices. All work guaranteed. Bring us your work, we do it while you wait. — MAIN GARAGE. ts The 1912 class of the Rensselaer high school picniced at Nagel’s grove Monday afternoon and spent the evening with Miss Maurine Tuteur, a member of the class. There 17 of the members present. The fire in the field over east and south of the match factory Tuesday afternoon was extinguished by beating it out with wet blankets and sacks. Three small stacks of hay were burned. The fire was caused from a Monon locomotive.

Mrs. William Daniels moved into her handsome new home on Division street, this week Big reduction on all white shoes at FENDIG’S EXCLUSIVE SHOE STORE, Opera house block. Mose Leopold and C. A. Tuteur went to the Kankakee Thursday to try their ability as fishermen. Editor Fitzpatrick of the Francesville Tribune, was in the city Tuesday afternoon and made The Democrat a fraternal call. Mrs. James H. Dunlap and two children left Wednesday for a couple of weeks’ visit with relatives at Columbia City and Bluffton. Howard Mills is having some improvements made to the Mills residence property in the east part of town, including a new roof. F. W. Tobias went to Mooresville Tuesday to join his wife, who has been visiting there, and they expect to go on to Ohio to visit relatives. Mrs. F. M. Vaughn arid child and Mrs. F. R. Dean and children of Chicago, who have been the guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Myers, returned to the city Wednesday. We have all kinds of comfort footwear, which afford relief to your aching feet on these dry, sultry days. —FENDIG’S EXCLUSIVE SHOE STORE, Opera house block. William Traub went to Tomah, Wis., Tuesday to visit his wife and daughter, w r ho are sojourning there. L. E. Barber is assisting in Mr. Traub's store during kis absence. Mrs. Jessie Taylor of Milwaukee, Wis., who has been visiting here with her cousin’s, Mrs. Hale Warner and Mrs. W. C. Milliron, went to Wabash Tuesday to visit relatives there. Mrs. Ida Pierce and daughters,, Misses Mary and Gladys, will leave in a week or ten days for Greencastle, where they have rented a house near the university and the girls will attend same the coming year. Nightwatch Critser is taking his week’s vacation, beginning Wednesday night, and yesterday went up to the Kankakee to relieve that productive stream of some of its surplus fish. W. S. Parks is “subbing” in Mr. Critser's place in the meantime.

Mrs. Charles Saidia has been quite ill the past few weeks with rheumatism. ■Uncle’’ Ceorge Hoshemr, who lives at the Makeever Hotel, is in quite poor health, suffering fror.t bladder trouble. Many styles of $3.50 and $4.00 Oxfords and low shoes at $1.75 at FENDIG’S EXCLUSIVE SHOE STORE, Opera house block. Miss Florence Allman went to Bloomington Tuesday and from there goes to Corydon to attend a house party given by Miss Edith Shock, a state university classmate of Miss Allman’s. Dr. I. M. Washburn has been taking a special course of study in Chicago in Diseases of Infants and Children. He will be out of town each forenoon the remainder of the week, finishing on Friday.—Advt. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Learning of Lafayette, came Tuesday for a visit with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. F. B. Learning. William Allen of Goshen, and Stanley Paul of Stoughten. Mass., also came Tuesday to visit Mr. and Mrs. Learning. Mrs. C. O. Smith and son, and Misses Marie and Vivian Alten returned to Evanston, 111., Tuesday after a visit here with her sisters, Mrs. Milt Roth and Mrs. W. H. Mackey, and other relatives and friends. Mrbmith also visited here over Sun-, day. C. M. Sands, city treasurer, who expects to again take up the prac tice of law, has recently resigned bis position as assistant cashier in the State bank, and Delbert Beckman, who has been clerking in the Traub & Selig store, takes his place. XV ilson Bussell of McCoysburg, takes Beckman’s place in the Traub store. Chaperoned by Mrs. Lorinda McGl}nn and Mrs. I. J. Porter, Boyd Porter, Virgil Denniston, Frank Cox, Paul Munally and Orlie Clouse, accompanied by several young ladies of Rensselaer and Brook, expect to spend next week at Edge water, .n the Tippecanoe river, near Monticello.

The work of spreading tarvia on the streets of Rensselaer, where ordered by the city council, yyill begin in a few days. The contractor must sweep the streets free of dust, and it is the intention to spread the tarvia to a width of 24 feet only on the 30-foot streets leaving three feet of gutter on each side, and the full width on the 12-foot streets. The cost to property owners is very litt'e except, of course, that corner lots will be hit several times harder than those having only the ordinary 50 foot frontage.

Miss Alice Fink of Logansport, is visiting Mrs. Carl Duvall. Mrs. J. E. Meyers of Kniman, came down Thursday to visit Mrs. Josiah Davisson. Mrs. A. N. Andrews and two children of Shawana, Wis., is visiting Mrs. Mary D. Eger. Misses Nellie O'Connor and Grace Halleck returned home the first of (he week from a visit in Hammond. Yesterday’s markets: Corn, 70 c: oats, 31c;: wheat, 79c; rye, 50c. The prices one year ago were: Corn, 56 c; oats. 35c. Miss McDermont of C-nicago, came Thursday to audit the books of the local lodge of the Woman’s Catholic Order of Forresters. Misses Grace Reed, Stelle Platt and Mabel Waymire went to Battle Ground Thursday to attend Epworta League institute until Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. A. Gangloff returned Tuesday evening from Metamora, 111., where they had been called by the death of the former's sister. 10 per cent reduction on all oxfords and low shoes. Many styles at one-half at FENDIGS EXCLUSIVE SHOE STORE, Opera house block. Rev. ( urnick and family returned Wednesday evening from a ten days’ auto trip, during which they visited different points in Ohio and Detroit, Mich. 100 pair of boys’ shoes and oxtords at $1.50 per pair, were $2.50 and $3.00 values, at FENDIG'S EXCLUSIVE SHOE STORE, Opera bouse block.

Vilas Price went to Longcliff Thursday to bring back his, father, Samuel Price, who was lately recommitted to the asylum, but has again i ecovered his reason. Misses Lillian «and Mildred Panther, who have been the guests of ■Joe Nagel and family, returned to their home in Lafayette Wednesday, accompanied by Miss Lauretta and Regina Nagel, who will remain there for a few days. Julia Thompson, daughter of Mrs. John O Brien, suffered an attack of appendicitis the first of the week, but will not be operated on now\ as the doctors hope the treatment she is taking will make an operation unnecessary. A 19-months-old babe of Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Miller of south Weston street, ate a wad of cotton from a fly killer Wednesday and became very sick from the poison. A doctor was called and administered the proper antidotes and the child is On going over their insurance papers early in the week, Babcock & Hopkins found they had $15,000 insurance on their grain elevator instead of $12,000, as they first supposed. There was SB,OOO on the grain, which will cover that part of the loss. The Union Sunday school picnic at the Kanne grove west of town, was largely attended Thursday and everybody had a good time despite the dust. The business houses were closed during the picnic, from 11:30 to 4:30, and almost everybody in town was out at the picnic grounds and enjoyed the day.

Mrs. -Lorinda McGlynn was the "victim’’ o' a well planned birthday surprise last Sunday for which her son-in-law, Elzie Grow, is responsible. The occasion was the 69th anniversary of her birth, and including her children and grandchildren, there were about 30 present, airong whom were John McGlinn and family of near Jjowell, C. A. Gundy and family and 1-rank Garriott and family of Fair Oaks; Floyd Cox and family of Roselawn; Ralph Brown and family of near Brook, D. E. Grow and family and Frank Cox of Rensselaer. A fine dinner was spread and all enjoyed the day very much.

Since July 1 money orders may be Paid at any office in the United States if presented within thirty days from the date of issue provided they are issued at any postoffice in the continental United States excepting Alaska and drawn upon the same class of offices. The new rule, however, does not apply to orders issued before July. The old custom was changed by a law recently passed by congress and was put into effect by an order of the postmaster general. A new form of money order has also been designed and will be used as soon as the. old forms has been exhausted. It is not very different from the old form and will cause no confusion to the general public.

Hoosier News Briefly Told

Fort Wayne.—Local farmers are beginning to report damage from the depredations of the army worm, which is now causing so much havoc in Ohio. North Vernon—Rev. O. P. Mlles of St Mary's, 0., has been called to the Baptist church and will become pastor here about September 1. Richmond. —Sparks from a traction engine used to propel a threshing machine set fire to the barn on the farm E. V. Starbuck, and the building, the threshing machine, a stacker and a large quantity of grain were burned. Rushville.—Alfred Fry, charged with Issuing a fraudulent check for $64.90 on the bank at Mays, Rush county, has been released under an agreement do pay back the amount’ in weekly installments.

Nashville.—Charles Webber, twentyfour years old, charged with attacking his mother, eighty years old. with intent to kill, waived preliminary hearing and was bound over to the circuit court under $2,000 bond. Bloomington.—George Byers, a farmer, lost a horse valued at more than two hundred dollars when he accidentally cut the animal’s leg with a mowing machine. The yoke broke and allowed the mower to run against the horse. Terre Haute.—While playing with a small revolver, Rupert Shaw, thirteen years old, accidentally shot and killed his brother, Ralph, nine years old. The barrel of the oldstyle weapon had become clogged with sand, and while trying to clean it the gun was discharged. Brookville.—B. F. Bacon, held here for the last month, charged with trying to forge a check on the G. 11. Michaels Company of Cleveland, 0., was taken to Cincinnati by a detective. He is charged there with forging the name of the Superior Fluid company of Cincinnati. Crawfordsville—The United States Marine band, which seldom leaves Washington, D. C, will give a concert here on the afternoon of October 7, merchants having guaranteed S4OO. The band will make a tour of Indiana, Illinois aid lowa, permission having been obtained by the senators of the three states Martinsville—George Fisher, fifty years old. of Jefferson township, was killed when he was run over by a threshing machine. He is survived by the widow, a daughter, Mrs. Joseph Levin of Zanesville, 0., and a son, Will Fisher, who is playing with the Denver baseball team of the Western league. Oakland.—At a mass meeting of Progressives, attended by more than two hundred persona. W. A. Pierson, candidate for secretary of state, spoke on the tariff and machine politics. E. B. Funk and D. A. Boatwright of Princeton also made addresses. The meeting was arranged in less than four hours, as Pierson’s visit here was of a business nature. Jeffersonville.—Friends of Prof. R B. von Kieinsmid of the Jeffersonville reformatory are offering their congratulations upon hie election to the National institute. This high honor is conferred upon him “in recognition of distinction attained in the field of psychology.” Professor von Kleinsmid’s membership was proposed to the institute by Archer Huntington, the author. Laporte.—Louis and Leo , Lubin filed suit against the Chicago, Indianapolis & Louisville Railroad company for $65,000 damages for the deaths of Lennare, Minnie and Anna Lubin, who were killed when a fast train struck an automobile in which they were riding. The accident occurred at a grade crossing on August 24. 1913. And still we get no rain nor any prospect of* any. Many farmers are cutting their field corn along, that which is worst affected by the drought, and feeding it to their stock, as there is no pasture at all for them.

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High vs. Low Cost The figuring of Your Lumber Bill Cuts a big figure in the cost of YOUR HOUSE YOUR BARN YOUR SHEDS We aim to figure low and usually hit the bull's eye. Our score is high on j FIGURING LOW. I GRANT-WARNER LUMBER GO.

SPORT BRIEFS

I.ast Sunday an interesting tilt occurred between the Possum Run and Gifford ball, teams which resulted in 17 to 10 scores. Possum Run being on the long end. The game by innings: < 1 'ossum Run 5 0 6 I 2 0 0 2 x — l7 Gifford . 0 0 o 3 0 5 0 2 o—lo (’. Brouhard -for Possum Run struck out 12; Earl Parker 3 in one inning and John Walker 7 in 7 innings for Gifford.

Ice ( ream Social. There will be an lee cream social, at Curtis Creek school house, five miles west of Rensselaer, on Saturday evening Aug. 1. Everybody cordially invited. Advt.

Oats Averaging 25 to 30 Bushels Per Acre.

Oats so far threshed out are not doing so awful bad, considering the season. Up in Barkley tp. Fred Wajrniire and R. A. Parkison got about 32 bushels per acre,,and Grant Davidson 36 bushels. On the Mrs. Mary Pierce farm, two miles south of town, the best made 30 bushels, but the average of So acres was only about 23 bushels. Mrs. Frank Foltz returned Tuesday evening from a two weeks’ visit witli Mrs. F. E. Kretlow, at Rinelander. Wis. Mrs. Kretlow' was formerly Miss Emma Varlap, a trimmer in Mrs. Purcupile millinery store some ten years ago. City Marshal Shesler and daughter. Mrs. C. B. Brunsdon, returned Tuesday evening form Watseka, 111., where they had been called by the illness and death of his aged mother. It is very dry in that vicinity and corn is badly damaged. Roy Johnson went to Lafayette Thursday to see about purchasing an artificial limb.