Jasper County Democrat, Volume 17, Number 50, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 September 1914 — Page 1

Jasper County Democrat.

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HEARD THE FLUTTER OF WINGS

When Delos Thompson’s Big Auto Tnrned Turtle at Zadoc Sunday Afternoon.

Whil,e Delos Thompson was driving his big Mannon Six auto up to the Kankakee Sunday afternoon about five o'clock, with Dr. Johnson, Emwet Laßue and C. E. Garver accompanying him, the machine slipped off the grade at the railroad crossing at Zadoc and turned over. Johnson and Garver were thrown free from the car, but Thompson and Laßue were pinned underneath, the former being held across the body and the latter by the rear seat. Johnson and Garver tried their best to free the imprisoned men, but could make no impression on lifting the big car, which weighs nearly 4,000 pounds. There is no one lives near by and it is likely the imprisoned men would have finally had the life crushed out of them had not Abe Halleck and family of Rensselaer, with George Luce and family of Chicago, happened along in the former’s auto, and bv the united efforts of all the parties succeeded in raising the car and pulling Thompson and Laßue out. Mr. Thompson only suffered a fractured rib and Mr. Laßue a few bruises. Dr. Johnson found after reaching home that his colalrbone was fractured.

They had just stopped the car before going over the tracks to let Robert Michael of Kninian, pass with a team, and were driving very slowly at the time of the accident. Just after crossing the tracks the front wheels swerved slightly on the narrow grade and the cat gradually settled off to_ the side of the soft sand and turned over. The grade is four feet or more high at this point and had the ground been real hard it is likely a different tale would be told.

The auto was righted and the party returned to Rensselaer, the car being but little damaged. A part of the steering wheel was broken off, the wind-shield broken and one fender bent. A very fortunate accident indeed. Mr. Thompson is one of the oldest and most careful automobile drivers in Rensselaer, and the accident shows that no one is immune from danger in driving motor vehicles. Accidents are liable to occur at almost any time to the best of drivers, and it is indeed a wonder that all the occupants of this car escaped with so little injury.

The party were going up to Dunn’s Bridge for a little trip, and had expected to enjoy a fish supper there, but the plans of “mice and men” oft go wrong, and they returned home supperless. In fact, their appetites for fish were wholly gone.

Another Check That Came Back.

Nearly three weeks ago A. M. Fernback, who registered from Indianapolis, took dinner at the Makeever House and in payment therefor gave a check for $19.50 on a Chattanooga, Tenp., bank, receiving the difference in cash. In due course of time the check came back endorsed “no funds,” with $2.50 protest charges added. Fernback, it has later been learned, was here working insurance with Rev. R. B. Wright, and the latter thinks that the check will be made good; that it was through some misunderstanding of his account that it was given when he had no funds in the bank. The check was taken by Will Waymire, the clerk at the Makeever House.

Miscellaneous Shower Given for Coming Bride.

Mrs. D. S. Makeever and Mrs. Marion Freeland of Newton tp., at the home of the latter, were hostesses Saturday at a very pretty luncheon and miscellaneous shower in honor of Miss Josephine Miller, whose marriage is to take place in October. The wedding colors of yellow and white were effectively used. The table was artistically decorated with golden rod, tulle streamers and yellow tapers. Th? guests were former high schodl friends of Miss Miller.

Attention Redmen.

All members are uged to be present next Monday evening, Oct. sth. Important business, degree work, eats and smoker.—SACHEM.' Keep your optics on Mexico. Europe has driven her from the limelight, but sooner or later she will emerge with a whoop and a yell and a brand new revolution. Mexicans will cease to revolute when they cease to be Mexicans. In fact, cutthroat Villa is already in the ring again.

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.

Trustee Charles V. May of Carpenter tp., was over on business Monday. The cement abutments for the new steel bridge at Work street are completed and ready for the iron work. There will be considerable filling to do at each approach, especially on the west side of the river, where it will take several hundred of loads of material.

The Jasper County Teachers’ Institute convened Monday and 109 teachers were enrolled thati day. The rest of the teachers, in all 140, were expected yesterday. Supt. Driver of Winchester, Ind., will give an illustrated lecture on consolidation tomorrow evening. A more expended report of the meeting will be given in Saturday’s Democrat.

Action in mandate has been started in the circuit court to require the county council to appropriate money for employing a county agricultural agent, the court having held that the council must appropriate where conditions had been complied with by the petitioners. However, our council refused an appropriation after one year’s trial with a county agent, hence this suit.

New suits filed: No. 8284. George A. 'Chappell vs. Chris Christensen; action to review judgment. Cause returnable Oct. 8.

No. 8 285. State of Indiana, ex rel. Percy Hauter, Edward Ranton, Orpheus C. Halstead, Ira Meader, Ernest Lamson, Howard Jones and John Selmer, vs. Stephen T. Comer, Walter V. Porter, Frank J. Babcock, Frank E. Lewis, John F. Payne, Charles Meadel and Jacob A. Heusler, composing the county council of Jasper county; action to mandate said council to appropriate funds for employing a county agent. tause returnable Oct. 7.

Marriage licenses issued: Sept. 26, Edward Stanford of Goodland, aged 60 Nov. 11 last, occupation butcher, to Anna L. Shuster, also of. Goodland, aged 58 Oct. 10 last, occupation housewife. Second marriage for each, first having been dissolved by divorce Oct. 1911. Married by Squire S. C. Irwin. The couple were formerly man and wife, this being a remarriage for them.

Sept. 26, Arthur Lee Waymire of Rensselaer, aged 32 June 17 last, occupation farmer, to Kathryn Ella Arnold, daughter of Elias Arnold of Barkley tp., aged 22 March 21 last, occupation housekeeper. First marriage for female; second for male, first having been dissolved by death August 11, 1811.

Arrangements have been made to dispose of the L. W. Hunt stone road bonds in Carpenter tp., to the Fletcher American bank of Indianapolis, The bonds aggregate $12,600. T. M. Callahan and H. E. Giffoid have the contract for the building of this road, which is one mile west of the Remington-Rensselaer road and extends three miles north from the Remington-Goodland road, and expect to put a big force at work right away and complete the road in six weeks time. No bids have been received for the Eck stone road bonds in the same tp., aggregating $11,600, but it is probable that the contractors will make an arrangement whereby these bonds will be taken on practically the same terms as.those in the Hunt road. Gifford & Callahan are understood to have paid the Fletcher American Bank $175 to take the Hunt road bonds at ‘ Par.

John W. Hackshaw of northwest of Wheatfield, in Kankakee tp., was arrested last week on the charge of assault with intent to kill Ed Mutchler, a neighbor. Mutchler and Hackshaw own adjoining farms and there is said to have been a misunderstanding

THE TWICE-A-WEEK

RENSSELAER, JASPER COUNTY, INDIANA, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30. 1914

of a number of years between them. According to Hackshaw’s story, as we get it from another party, he was out in his yard or field one day shooting at a hawk which had been after his chickens. He had a repeating rifle, and after shooting two or three times at the bird, he happened to notice Mutchler at work building a fence over in the direction he had been shooting. He says that he then walked over to where Mutchler was working, still having the loaded gun in his hands. Mutchler told him that he had been shooting at him and tha| he was going to have him arrested, fined and placed under bomdretc. This is but one side oi the story, however, as we get it. Hackshaw was down here Monday and the case is set for trial on the fourth Friday of the present term of court. Bond was fixed at $5 00 and William Fitzgerald of Kankakee tp., went on the bond together.

Matt and Louie Moosmiller Return From Michigan.

Matt and Louie Moosmiller, who went to Wellston, Mich., last spring to improve the farms they had purchased there and look after the farms bought by their brother, John, and father, John Moosmiller, Sr., returned home Sunday night, having driven through by wagon from Wellston. They left there on Friday, Sept. 18, and found fine roads all the way, the worst they encountered any place, they say, being north of Demotte on the south side of the Kankakee river in Jasper county, which is very rough because of'the too coarse rock used in building said road. They followed the road along the south side of Lake Michigan and found it in a fine condition.

They are not very favorably impressed with, the section of country where they purchased lands. It is cut-over pine lands, principally, and the soil is a coarse sand that will not hold moisture, and one cannot use fertilizer on it. One can raise scarcely nothing on this ground, and after one season’s attempt most everybody gets out of there who can. There are patches where hardwood grew, that isvery good land and fair crops are grown upon this, but the cut-over pine lands are extremely poor and they think never can be made to amount to anything. It is too subject to frost' to grow fruit, and although they have had lots of rains through there the past season no crops have been raised to speak of. After the heaviest of rains no water is left standing on the ground a few minutes after the rain ceases, all having passed down through the coarse sand.

They had a very pleasant trip in driving home and passed through some splendid sections of country. They say they are done with ever expecting to go back onto their own lands, and while their plans are not matured as yet, they expect to farm here next season.

County Central Committee Meeting.

A meeting of the democratic central committee, democratic candidates for county and township offices and leading democrats generally, will be held in Rensselaer tomorrow, and all members of the committee and candidates generally are especially urged to be present. The meeting will probably be held in the east court room at 1 p, m., sharp. SECRETARY.

There will be Prohibition speaking in Rensselaer on Friday, October 2, at 4 p. m., on house square, by Dr. Bush of Reynolds, prohibition candidate for congress, Raymond Smith of Indianapolis, and I. S. Wdde of Lafayette. 'fhey will come here via auto and will be accompanied by Mr. Snip of Indianapolis, a singer.

Registration Day October sth • ' ' ' :■ . '' • u ' ' ' You cannot vote at the approaching election unless you register in the precinct in which you reside. Monday, October sth, will be your only opportunity to register in Jasper .county. If absent from home or prevented from visiting the place or registration by reason of sickness, registry may be made by sworn application. Keep the date in mind, Monday, October sth.

Prohibition Speaking.

Just a Few More Words Regarding Canada.

The Republican is still silent as death about its compulsory ’ refunding” in connection with its recent ’’voting contest,” but comes out and consumes about three columns Of its valuable front page space in abusing The Democrat man. 11 is careful, however, to confine its remarks to matters entirely foreign to this muchtalked of— especially after the contest—great prize contest, and doesn’t say a word about having paid back $136 to L. L. McCurtain of Parr, when he found out the w ay th ? “contest” was being run. It lampoons The Democrat man for publishing articles brought to us regarding a certain section of Canada that Was advertised extensively in the Republican, which is alleged to have been in on the deal for a part of the commission should any sales be made through such advertising, and says we were sore at Mr. George because he didn’t advertise with us, and therefore ’’knocked” his and the Republican’s Canadian land proposition. Now we defy the Republican or any one else to find one word in The Democrat against their land proposition prior to Mr. George’s and the Republican’s attack on us for what C. W. and E-. J. Duvall had said in a letter written us for publication—and written entirely unsolicited, bear in mind—in which they warned people from biting at the bait held out by George and the Republican, although thte Duvalls mentioned no names. The Duvalls traveled all through the section of the country advertised and their story only tears out that of others who have been on the ground. The clippings and letters which have since appeared in The Democrat have been handed us for publication by the Duvalls, who felt that their reputation for truth and veracity had been assailed by the Republican and other interested parties through its columns. They tell us-—and we believe them—that they w rote the same letter of warning to the Republican that they wrote us, but the Republican would rather sell out its readers than publish the facts; would rather assist in the robbery for a consideration than let the truth be known. It has since tried to make the Duvalls out liars and horsethieves and classed The Democrat man with them for publishing their defense in letters and clippings from newspapers which they gave us. ■

Now The Democrat don't personally know anything about this section of Canada, but it would rather take the word of disinterested parties who have actually been on the ground and made an investigation on their own hook, without the guiding Hand of a land-shark, or the testimony of actual settlers, who have starved out there; the official report of the U. S. government which shows that thousands upon thousands who went from the United States to this “land ’of promise” a few years ago, returned last J >.ir .lis llusionized, than to take, the word of any person who expected to profit fiom the mone.v received from the victims he might Induce to yo there and starve out with others.

Now the facts are that one of' the editors of the Republican went to this “land of milk and honey,” on the same excursion that the Duvalls did; that he openly stated that he was going to buy two quarter sections of land there on this trip, and perhaps more. But he didn't buy a foot! Why not? Was it because he found it to tbe precisely as the Duvalls said it was, or was he merely a ‘’capper,” as confederates in shell games are denominated? It would be interesting if the Republican would explain why “Clarkey” didn’t buy the 160 for himself; 160 for his brother-in-law, Wm. Porter of Hammond, and 160 for one or two other relatives if he

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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.

W ay in i re-Arnold N u | itials. One of the prettiest weddings that ever took place in Barkley township was that Sunday at high noon, at the home of the bride’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Eli Arnold. The groom, Arthur L. Waymire, is a prosperous farmer of Barkley tp., and a son of Fred Waymire of Rensselaer, while the bride. Miss Kathryn E s . Arnold, is a well known and popular young lady of the same township. The ceremony was performed by Rev. E. Miller of Rossville. Van Arnold, brother of the bride, was best man, and Miss Grace Waymire, sister of the groom, bridesmaid. A tine wedding dinner was served after the cqremony. The house was handsomely decorated for the occasion with white carnations, white roses and evergreens. Mr. and Mrs. Waymire left for a week’s wedding trip to Niagara Falls and other points, after which they will take up their residence on 1118 farm in Barkley tp. The Democrat joins their many friends in extending congratulations. The guests present from out of town were: Mr. and Mrs. Fred Squires and baby of Harrisburg, Pa.; Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hyde of Chicago; G. S. Albaugh and Miss Susie Albaugh and mother of Berwyn, ill.; Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Frazer and daughter, Lora, of Peru; Mr. and Mrs Hawkins and family of Otterbein; Worth Weikel of Flora; Mr. aud Mrs. D. J. Eastburn of Lafayette, and Mr. and Mrs. Booth of Bento i county.

The Costly Persistence of Pensioners

Pensions are still drawn by about 200 widows of U. S. soldiers who fought in the war of 1812. Although the Indian war seems a matter of ancient history, the government still gives pensions to 120 survivors w'ho took active part, and about 2,439 widows.

Now that Europe has been convulsed by conflict it is interesting to note that the Mexican war, so long ago fought out, still costs the United States a considerable sum of montty, distributed in pensions to 1,313 survivors and 5,533 widows. The pensions of the civil war veterans and their widows are, of course, an enormous expense. At present pensions are paid to about 350,000; 103,000 invalids, 64,000 widows, 351 minors, 1,413 mothers, and 202 fathers, brothers, sisters, sons and daughters. The war with Spain added to the pension list 23,000 invalids, 1,288 widows,,3o4 minors, 3,000 mothers and 500 fathers. Each pensioner has an average income of $174. It is curious to note that, in 1866 the number of pensioners was 126,000, while in 1912 this number has been increased 860,000. Star.

And yet Congressman Peterson of the Tenth Indiana district, would add the army of civil service employes of the government to this list, notwithstanding the fact that they receives good big salaries, have practicaly a life tenor in office and there are dozens of applicants for every job. Is it the fault of the people who must pay such pensions, were such a law enacted, that these employes—or some of them—do not lay up anything for the “rainy day,” when they are incapacitated from longer retaining a hold on the public teat?

Mr. Peterson's ideas in this matter, like his milage grab vote —when he stood alone among the congressional delegation from Indiana tq retain the ten cents per mjle instead of the actual traveling expense—is not popular with his constituency in this locality. It is both contrary to democratic principles and is unbusinesslike.

TO BUY ANOTHER PARK.

City Council and Monon Railroad to Buy Plot of Ground South of New liepot. At the regular meeting of the ctyy count il Monday night, all mem-

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bers were present and the following business was transacted: City attorney instructed to take necessary steps to purchase the vacant plot of feiound just south of the Monon depot for park purposes, the city to pay not to exceed $750 tor same. This plot of ground Is about one block in size and it is understood can be bought for $1,500. The Monon road agreees to pay $750 of this amount and to have deed made to the city, the ground to be used foreVer for park purposes, and the railroad company will plant said ground to flowers-and shrubbery at its own expense and keep same up. The ground is owned by Delos Thompson and other of the Thompson heirs.

Advertisement for bids ordered for sidewalk on west side of Main street from the Monon railroad north to Harvey Davisson’s place. This walk was ordered put in last year and a few sections have been built. A street light was ordered installed at corner of Matheson avenue and Vine street, on petition of Abe Wartena et al. Petition of Max Kepner et al to extend water main on Clark street from ’present terminus at corner of Elza street, west to Matheson avenue, north to Vine street and thence east on Vine street to Main street, was referred to water committee. Petition of D. G. Warner et al for sewer on Angelica ptreet from Van Rensselaer street west to river, was granted, under suspension of rules, and Oct. 12 set hearing remonstrances.

New sidewalk was ordered in on north side of Jackson street, west of Mrs. J. F. Irwin’s residence. City engineer reported sewer in alley of block 12, original plat, and block 2, Benjamin’s addition, completed. The usual number of claims were allowed.

COURT NEWS

Items from the circuit court docket: State vs. Clarence Zook; case hadpassed three terms of court without anything being done, and defendant moved to be discharged. Motion sustained. State vs. Henry 1). Vance; jury trial and verdict of not guilty rendered. State vs. Frank Cavindlsh; defendant pleads not guilty and case was submitted to a trial before jury and a verdict was returned yesterday of guilty of assault and battery and a tine of $1 and costs, some $20.50 in all, assessed. State vs. Charles Messenger; charged with, assault and intent to rob James Kross; bond tixed at S3OO with 1). \v. Johnson and Clare Peregrine as surety. Defendant asked for change of venue and case was sent to Newton county.

FULL REPORT OF SUNDAY SCHOOL CONVENTION.

Every Township But Wheatfield Represented—State Workers a Great Help. The annual meeting of the Jasper County Cunday School Association was held in Rensselaer Thursday and Friday. The first session was held Thursday afternoon at 2 o’clock. The convention was well attended, all townships in the county except Wheatfield being represented and the attendance being good at all sessions. The first session was addressed by the State Secretary, George N. Burpie. His subject was “Afferent and Efferent Problems of the Tbachdr.’’ He said in part that as the state required some general preparation on the part of those who would teach in the public schools, so there should be a general preparation required of those asked to teach in the Sunday school. Jn addition to this the Sunday school teacher should have a spiritual preparation which expresses itself in the personality; and in addition to these there should be be a special preparation for the particular grade in which he or she is to teach. leacfiing is one of the world’s greatest works and especially the work of teaching in the Sunday school, for it is here that the teachertakes eternal truths and puts it into immortal souls for everlasting results It is better to study the Sunday school lesson 10 minutes each day than to stpdy one hour on Sunday morning, because we can do many things from habit without thought. We may study the lesson while performing .daily tasks. Whatever thing enters the mind it has a tendency to come back. The folowing plan was

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