Jasper County Democrat, Volume 17, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 August 1914 — Page 1

Jasper County Democrat.

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AT REMINGTON OCTOBER 9th

Will Be Held the Jasper County Meeting of 1. O. O. F. and Rebekah Lodges. At a meeting held at Remington Thursday afternoon by delegates from the different 1. 0.0. F. and Rebekah lodges of Jasper county, it was decided to hold the district meeting at Remington on Friday, Oct. 9. Among the delegates present at the meeting were: Benjamin Welsh, Charles Simpson, G. H. AJcLain, Fred Tyler, Mary Comer and Mrs. T. W. Haus of Rensselaer; John T. Biggs, Ezra Whitehead and Henry Hunsicker of Wheatfield; Henry Parker, Thomas Tanner, James Britt and Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Smith of the Gifford lodge; L. L. McCurtain, Mrs. Taylor Wood and others from the Parr lodge. A district association was formed with L. L. McCurtain of Parr, as president; C. W. Harrier of Remington, vice-president; Charles Simpson of Rensselaer, secretary, and James Britt of the Gifford lodge, tieasurer. Committees were appointed to arrange for the program for . v district meeting, etc.

Funeral of George Stembel Largely Attended.

The funeral of George O. Stembel at Wheatfield Tuesday afternoon, was one of the most largely attended of any ever held in northern Jasper. Among those from Rensselaer who attended the funeral were George F. Meyers and family, J. W. Tilton, George Scott, C. A. Tuteur, J. P. Hammond, Harvey Wood, Jr., and Mose Leopold. The services were conducted by Rev. c. E. Downey of Mt. Ayr and the burial exercises by the Masonic, K. of P. and Modern Woodman lodges of Wheatfield. Mr. Stembel was a member of each of the above lodges and also of the North Judson Chapter Masons, North Judson Council Masons and the Knight Templar Commandery at Logansport. He was born in Harrison tp.. Champaign county, 0., Oct. 20, 1854, and his age at death was 59 years, 9 months and 18 days. He leaves an aged father, three brothers and three sisters, all of wjjom reside in Ohio, except William H., who lives at Newport, Ky. He graduated from the National Normal school at Lebanon, O„ in 18 79 and later took a course at the Valparaiso University. After clerking a while in a drug store at Hebron, he came to Wheatfield in 1881, which has since been his home. He lea' es a wife and seven children.

Reunion of Co. A. Was Well Attended

The annual reunion pf Co. A., 87th Ind. Regt., held at Shelby Grant’s home west of town Tuesday, was well attended and the day was enjoyed very much by the old vets. There were 14 survivors of the company in attendance, T. A. Crockett, William M. Hoover, D. H. Yeoman, C. P. Wright, Marsh Rhoads, George Morgan and Shelby Grant of Rensselaer, and Col. E. P. Hammond of Lafayette, T. F. Downing of Little River, Kansas, M. J. Orcott of Hammond, John D. Timmons of Otterbein, J. M. McGinnis of Westville, C. A. Ball of Francesville and Mori is | Jones of Brook. Short speeches were made by Col. Hammond and Revs. Curnick, Titus, and Wright. A fine basket dinner was spread and a most enjoyable time was had by everyone.

An Additional Chautauqua Speake.

Joseph E. Wing, the great alfalfa man, of ?'echanicsburg. 0., will speaK here at the Chautauqua Sept. 15, as an extra attraction Mr. Wing is a staff correspondent of the Breeders Gazette, and is considered the greatest authority on alfalfa in the United States, and has written much on the subject. On “Woodland Farm” near Mechanicsburg, Mr. Wing and his brothers, will raise 500 tons of alfalfa nis year. Mr. Wing will speak in the forenoon and it will therefore not interefere at all with the regular program.

Birth Announcements. August 9, to Mr. and Mrs. Robert Smith, a son. August 11, to Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Wortley, a son. August 11, to Mr. and Mrs. Ed King, a son. August 11, to Mr. and Mrs. Anson Cox, of Hammond, formerly of Rensselaer, a son.| August 12, to Mr. and Mn>. Thompson Ross of Chicago, at the home of the former’s mother, Mrs. /F. A. Ross, a son. /

COURT HOUSE NEWS IN BRIEF

Interesting Paragraphs From the Various Departments OF JASPER COUNTY CAPITOL The Legal News Epitomized—Together With Other Notes Gathered From 'The Several County Offices. Attorney Herman Rodgers of Morocco, the progressive candidate for judge of the Jasper-Newton circuit, was in the city Tuesday. Joseph Stewart of Hanging Grove tp., was in the city Wednesday. Mr. Stewart received quite a bad fall in getting out of the buggy a few days before and fractured three ribs. Marriage licenses issued: Aug. 11, Cass Yonde of Spencer, la., aged 28 Feb. 13 last, occupation student, to Maude Barker of Waterloo, la., aged 35 June 5 last, occupation housekeeper. First marriage for male; second for female, first having been dissolved by death Sept. 9, 1909. John P. Swisher and William Steele of Gifford were arraigned before Squire Irwin Thursday on the charge of violating the game laws, the shooting of prairie chickens. They plead guilty to two charges each, and were fined and costed $37.25 on each charge. They will lay the fines out in jail.

Owing to County Surveyor Yeoman being confined to his house with illness, the case against Scott Chesnut, on the charge of having taken Mr. Yeoman’s automobile without the latter’s permission and driven it Saturday night, as mentioned in Wednesday’s Democrat, did not come up Tuesday afternoon, the time set for trial, and has been continued indefinitely, no date having been agreed upon, because Mr. Yeoman is still unable to appear in court as a witness. Chesnut, who is a member of the local militia company, will go to Indianapolis with his company Sunday, it is understood, to the annual encampment of the I. N. G.

St. Augustine's Church Notes.

Saturday, August 15, the church celebrates the Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. The feast is so called because, on this day, according to a very old and pious belief, the Blessed Virgin was, in body and soul, taken up into Heaven. This feast is of very great antiquity; it was fixed on the 15th of August at the request of Emperor Maurice, and afterwards by Pope Leo IV, was extended to the whole world. The order of services on Saturday will be as follows: Early mass at 7:00; Rosary, high mass and sermon at 9:00. The members of the church will hold a basket picnic at the Kanne grove, southwest of town, on Saturday. All are asked to bring well filled baskets. No charge for dinners. Refreshments of all kinds will be served on the grounds at reasonable prices. All kinds of amusements will be furnished. Our friends in town and country, as well as the public at large, is cordially invited to spend the day with ps. The picnic will begin at about 11 o’clock.

Purdue Short Course for Jasper County.

There seems to be quite a good prospect of bringing one of the Purdue Short Courses to this community for this winter. According to' Mr. Coe of the Rensselaer School Agriculture Department, under the auspices of which it is being given, things look very favorable to our being able to secure one. Mr. Coe applied for a Short Course at Purdue and is now working, with the assistance of different Rensselaer men, to ascertain if there is enough interest and people to work for it, to enable the Agriculture Department to support the course in this community. Purdue usually puts on 50—20 of these courses throughout the state each winter and with good benefit to the community and people attending. The Short Course is of three (Jays duration and is usually divided into

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RENSSELAER, JASPER COUNTY, INDIANA, SATURDAY, AUGUST 15, 1914

six different departments or classes, namely, Horticulture (gardening and orcharding,» crops (especially emphasizing corn judging,) domestic science (cooking, sewing, and household economies,) poultry, dairying, and animal husbandry (draft horse, fat cattle, and hog judging, etc.) Seven or eight Purdue instructors accompany the carload of apparatus and live stock brought from Purdue for the course and they are accountable for three full days of interesting instruction for all interested in the different phases of agriculture work. The Short Course is usually paid for by selling 50c season tickets for the entire course. If it is thought that there is enough interest to bring a short course to Rensselaer for Jasper County, a Purdue man in charge will visit here to ascertain the conditions and, if favorable, will OK the application already made. According to those working for it, it is believed that a Purdue Short Course is assured for Rensselaer and Jasper County this coming winter.

Fountain Park Assembly Opens Today

The 20th annual session of Fountain Park assembly, near Remington, opens today, which is Grand Army and Sunday School day, and all members of grand army posts and relief corps and all Sunday schools of Jasper, Newton, Benton and White counties, who come as schools, are given free admission. A musical entertainment is given both afternoon and evening, also tomorrow, by the Euclid male quartet. Dr. H. L. Calhoun is the platform manager again this year, and will deliver sermon lectures each morning during the week and preach one of the Sunday morning sermons. This is the fourth season for Dr. Calhoun at the Park. He has just a year in the Orient and will have much to say of the lands and people he visited. Other entertainers during the assembly are the Heron Sisters; Dr. George R. Grose, president of De--1 Fauw University, who will preach Sunday morning, Aug. 30; The Pilgrim Girls’ Orchestra; Henry A. Nichols; Germain, the Wizard; Dr. Frank Grandstaff; The Beulah Buck Ladies’ Quartet; The Williams Colored Singers; Col. Bob Seeds; The Oxford Company; Maude Willis; Sylvester A. Long: H. V. Adams; Glenn Frank: and Miss Aladie Schwacke. The latter will lecture and demonstrate on domestic science, household economics and hygiene. The assembly will close on Sunday, August 30. As usual, a large number of Rensselaer people will at tend.

Former Rensselaer Barbed Dies at Danville, Ill.

George H. Bell, who was located in Rensselaer in the barber business some eight years ago, died at his home in Danville, 111., on Thursday ot last week, aged 54 years, after an illness of about two weeks. While out riding two weeks previous to his death he suffered a hemorrhage, or bursting of a blood vessel in the region of the lungs, bu;t his condition was not thought serious and he was believed to be slowly improving. The funeral was held at Danville last Saturday.

Goodland's New Paper Out.

The first issue of the Goodland Saturday Times, A. J. Kitt's new paper, which the title page states is successor to the Goodland Register, established in 1 879, has reached our table. That it is brimful of good wholesome, interesting readin ' those who know Bro. Kitt’s ability as a news writer, goes without sayjng. It also carries a good bunch o' advertising for the first issue. The Democrat welcomes the Times to its exchange list, and in the language of Rip Van Winkle: “May it live long and prosper.”

New Bakeshop Opened Monday.

Ralph O’Riley, formerly of Remington, who has been fitting up a modern bakery in the Honan building, in the room Ictdly occupied by Mrs. Purcupile’s millinery store, now has same completed and will open up for business Monday. Mr. O’Riley is a first-class baker, having grown up in the business, his father, Dennis O’Riley of Remington, being considered one of the best bakers in this section of the country.

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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 Nearby Cities and Towns.—Matters of Minor Mention From Many Places. Kentland Business Men ‘Not Favorable to Carnival. ” A canvas of the business men of Kentland was made Monday afternoon by a committee of the Commercial Club to ascertain more definitely the sentiment concerning the fall festival, or public entertainment contemplated by the club. About twenty-five expressed opposition to any form of public entertainment for this fall, owing to crop conditions and other matters that seemed to interfere. A few were indifferent, and only about a half dozen manifested any enthusiasm whatever toward the project. As a greater unity of purpose is essential to the success of an undertaking of this kind than was shown by the canvass, the event has been declared off. -Kentland Enterprise.

Purtelle Seeks to Mandate Commissioners of Wayne County.

Richmond, Ind., Aug. 12. —Supporters of Eugene B. Purtelle of Tipton, Ind., a well-known promoter, in his efforts to construct a traction line from Richmond to Hamilton, 0., today filed mandamus proceedings in Wayne circuit court asking that the county commissioners be compelled to call elections in Wayne and Boston townships,' through which it is planned to run the line in Wayne county. A few days ago the commissioners refused to call elections for the purpose of determining whether Wayne township should give a SIOO,OOO subsidy and Boston township $lO,000 to the traction company. There is much opposition to subsidizing the company in both townships. The mandamus proceedings charge that the commissioners have violated their oaths of office by refusing to refer the question to the voters of the two townships.

JOE TINKER'S CHICAGO FEDERAL

League Ikise' Ball Club Will Play an Exhibition Gaine in Goodland, Tuesday, August 25th. As you well know, the Chicago Federate under the leadership of Joe Tinker former National League star, are at present leading their league in the race for the pennant. In addition to Tinker the Chicago club contains such stars of national reputation as Beck, Henurix, Brennan, Block, Wilson, R.) Johnson, as well as Erwin Lang, who was on the slab for Goodland in several games last season. The Goodland club will present practically the same line-up that was in the, field against the St. Louis Federate recently, and will endeavor to put up the class of ball that will make it difficult for the Big Leaguers to win. This is absolutely the last exhibition game that will be booked for this season, and possiblj' for sever il seasons to come. The lineup of both clubs will be printed and distributed at a later date. Efforts are being made to hold the Bowie Special until 5:30 p. m., notice of which will be given out later. Advt.

Wrong for the Other Fellow But Right for US.

1 he brief mention in Wednesday's Democrat as to the astonishment of the public that the Rensselaer Republican would put on a voting con test, after having bellyached so much over the contest conducted by The Democrat three years ago, has brought forth a column of the usual billingsgate which emits from the egotistical paunches of the editor* of that sheet. Now The Democrat doesn't care a rap about this contest of the Realthough it is making assertions as to the value of some of its prizes which are amusing, to sav the least. Now as to the $506 Ford automobile, by reason of the “great amount

ot advertising" that would be given this make of car, the agent was induced to sell it for much less than the wholesale price and then take considerable of this out in advertising." This was precisely the same proposition, it will be remembered, that the Republican made to the manufacturers of the piano give i away by The Democrat three years ago, in its telegram to them after our contest had closed, and in addition to all the several months advertising given the piano and the spec ial mention several times during the contest, which the Republican falsely stated, it desired to put on, it was offered an instrument for $145 cash, but a cheaper piano than we put on But, suppose the Republican does get this Ford automobile for S3OO. it doesn’t detract any from the retail value of the car no more than did the price we paid for our piano detract from its retail value. Its S3OO piano, will probably cost SIOO. its S2OO building lot, it admits jlocated in the "factory addition," which is not an addition to Rensselaer at all, but lies away off east of town where many other victims of misplaced confidence, urged on perhaps by the Republican which has always stood for every gold brick scheme that has been proposed h- re would be mighty glad, no doubt, to give title to their lot to anyone who would agree to pay the taxes thereon.

Its •'SC I S sewing machine," sls cash, $1 0 advertising. W hile its ‘‘s2o gold watch"—a local jeweler informs us the contest man wanted to buy three “prizes" from him for $25 and put them in at $< 5, $35 and sls, but he would not stand for any such swindle—is probably not diamond studded. In every contest conducted by The Democrat the Republican has tried in every way possible to have it stopped by the postoffice authorities and has knocked from start to finish, and even after the finish, yet every one was honestly conducted and none of the contestants but felt that they had been treated fairly in every way. The prizes given away by us were precisely as represented, and the S2O silver set and the $35 “Free’ sewing machine given away in ou> last contest, was precisely the retail price of the local dealer for their and within a very few dollars of the cash price we paid for them. ;i'he $350 piano, we paid $278.40 for besides the freight, and it was as good an instrument as could have been bought for $350 from any local dealer. And yet the Republican took on terribly about the value of these articles and tried in every way possible to stir up trouble and dbsension over the contest, even after it had closed and the prizes were awarder’. The contest being run by the Republican, we understand, is being conducted by professional contest promoters, who receive a fat per cent of all moneys taken in, and T’.p Democrat’s experience with such “contest men" has been that they do and promise most anything in order to get the "mon.” After the contest closes they are gone and the prom ises they made go with them.

After the many efforts the Republican has. made to Injure The Democrat and the success of the voting contests, it would be less than human nature for us not to mention a lew matters in connection with its own contest, although we have not written frantic letters to the postoflice department ,n an endeavor tj have them interfer and put a ston to it. Of course the Republican expects to make some money out of the contest, otherwise it would not Put it on. i'he Democrat's circulation exceeds that of the Republican by about 1,000 copies and it is and has been for years, making legitimate gains right along. As stated in the beginning ol this article, it doesn’t care, a rap about the Republican’s contest nor had it expected to say any. more regarding it than -was sai i in Wednesday’s issue, had not the Republican vented its spleen on us. The fact was that The Republican had intended to put on precisely the same contest then that we put on, but we beat 'em to it, hence its wail. But the public may not be able to quite understand why it is so unscionable for The Democrat to run a voting contest and so religiously right for the Republican to do the same thing.

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.

Vol. XVII. No. 38

2,000,000 TROOPS ENGAGED IN FIGHT; GERMANS LOSE

Thousand Killed or Wounded in Belgium. 1.000 FRENCH ARE CAPTURED ') Belgians Disable Huge Seige Guns of Kaiser’s Forces Before Liege— Many Wounded in Battle at Muelhausen. London, Aug 14.—Reports of Ger* man successes were received here. The Rotterdam correspondent of the Daily News in a dispatch says that Hasselt, St. Trond, and Tongres, northwest of Liege have been occupied by German troops. These victories cannot be confirmed. This report followed a Brussels dispatch asserting the Germans had met a second defeat at Heerlen at the hands of the Belgians. in view of the fact that three neighboring cities to Heerlen have been taken, it may bo possible that the report of the Belgian success is an error.

Paris, Aug 14.—The French fimrign minister issued a statement todayaeylarlng that the French troops behind Mulhausen, Alsace, ’have not retired, but have victoriously resisted an entire German army corps. 1 here has been no important change in Lorraine,", he added, "and there is no truth in the report that the Sixteenth regiment of French Infantry was taken prisoner by the Germans at Briey, in the department of Meurthe-et-Moselle.” « Estimates place the German losses at from 8,000 to 10,000. At the end of his communication the French minister says, "France is gratified by the attitude of America,." London, Aug 14—Desperate lighting is reported at several points along the battle front of ISo miles, before which perhaps 2.000,000 men of the armies of Germany against France, Belgium and England are arrayed. Details are coming in of a terrible two days’ fight on the extreme right wing of the German army at Haelen, Belgium, where 17,000 men were engaged. The Germans were driven from the field on Wednesday and It Is reported more than 1,000 of their men

War Area in Light of Latest Dispatches

were knied or wounded. They returned to the attack yesterday and the Belgians, with re-enforcements, are fighting them. The artillery battle over the forts at Liege is still on and the Belgians report they have disabled all of the great forty-ton Krupp siege guns. The forts are holding out and fighting back, shot for. phot, .with the Germans.

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