Jasper County Democrat, Volume 17, Number 68, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 December 1914 — COURT HOUSE NEWS IN BRIEF [ARTICLE]

COURT HOUSE NEWS IN BRIEF

Interesting Paragraphs Fromths Various Departments OF JASPER COUNTY CAPITOL The Legal News Epitomized—Together With Other Notes Gathered From The Several County Offices. E. L. Hollingsworth has registered his 148-acre farm in section 31, Union tp., under the name of “Meadowland Dairy Farm.’’ State Representative W. L. Wood and County Assessor-elect G. L. Thornton went to Indianapolis Monday night to attend the state tax meeting. No more cases of the foot and mouth disease have been found among the cattle of Ja.sper county, that in the Logan herd in Gillam tp., being the only cases found.

The acceptance papers for receiving Miss Fawn Casey, who was declared insane last wek, were received from Longcliff Saturday and she will be taken to the asylum today by Sheriff Hoover and the nurse who has been caring for her at Fair Oaks, A camp of Sons of Veterans was organized here Friday evening with ■lB members. Rev. J. P. Green was elected commander. It will be known as Camp No. 55, and its regular meetings will be held on the first and third Friday evening of each month in the G. A. R. hall in the court house. ■ ■ —z - I < ' ' ■ Marriage licenses issued: Nov. 28. Lawrence Russell of Newland, aged 22 Dec. 8 last, occupation printer, to Grace Kennedy, also of Newland, aged 15 April 14 last, occupation housekeeper. First marriage for each. Bride being under age, father filed written consent to issuance of license. Married by Rev. J. C. Parrett in clerk’s office Saturday night.

Alfred Randle and Josiah Davisson were over to Kentland Saturday as witnesses at the preliminary! hearing of ‘ Hank” Granger of Thayer, charged . with the theft of an automobile, one of those recently recovered in Newton county. This case, however, was dismissed by the prosecuting attorney without a hearing, and Granger immediately re-arrested on a similar charge, the hearing of which is set for Dec. 10, at Kentland, he giving bond for his appearance.

Fred A. Phillips, treasurer of the progressive county committee, filed his report of receipts and expenditures for the recent campaign, last week. The report shows that the expenses were $76.86 more than the receipts, as follows: RECEIPTS R. B. Harris, W. R. Brown, H. J. Kannal, Fred Phillips, J. H. Chapman, B. D. Comer, D. L. Halstead, each $lO. . . .$70.00 J. M. Sauser, J. B. Moore, J. F. Bruner, F. M. Haskell, S. C. Irwin, J. R. Parkison, L. B. Elmore, W. V. Porter, R. A. Parkison, J. A. Kolhoff, John Gwin, Vern Nowels, Granville Moody, each $5. . . . 65.00 B. Forsythe 3.00 H. C. Cornwell . 2.00 C. W. Postill 2.50 H. J. Dexter 2.00 Carl Minnear, Keith Spencer, Cecil Faris, E. L. Morlan, H. H. Wells, Frank Webber, L. L. McCurtain, Win. Florence, Eli Arnold, N. A. Henddril,' H. W. Kiplinger, Chas. Denham, W. E. Hoover, Chas. Reed, Sol Norman, each sl. ( . 15 00 Cong, district 90.00 E. Fidler, D. A. Beckman, W. A. McCurtain, Jas. Bullis, each 50c 2.00 Total receipts $261.50 Martin < Sauser, postage ...;$ 2.00 King Floral Co., banquet decoration .... .... ... . . , ... 13.00 State Central Committee. .. . 37.00 F. E. Babcock, printing . ... . 80.02 Rensselaer Republican, same. 6.90 Cong, convention, contribution 3.00 R. B. Harris, office expenses.. 15.00 John Bowie, printing . . .. . 4.00 Rensselaer band .......... 10.00 J. W. Horton, rent, speaking 8.00 J. H. S. Ellis, same 12.00 Jasper County Herald 137.25 Total expenses $328.37

Young Marlin Will Probably Be Prosecuted. C harles Marlin, whose Thanksgiving stunt of" climbing a telephone pole with Ed Oliver's Buick runabout resulted so disasterously for both the pole and the auto, is now able to be about, although he has the appearance of having passed through a threshing machine. Louis Hickman, who was in the car with Marlin at the time, is still confined to the house. Young Marlin denies being under the influence of liquor at the time and has made threats of what he would do to the newspapers unless they retracted, notwithstanding the fact that it is said that a bottle partly filled with whiskey was found in the wrecked automobile and the general statement of the doctors, young Hickman and many others, was that he was drunk and had been drinking for several days. It is reported that the prosecutor will file several affidavits against Marlin, charging him with driving an automobile while under the influence of liquor; exceeding the speed limit; operating a caw without a chauffeur's license, and one perhaps with taking an automobile and driving it without the owner's consent. There seems to be a practically unanimous sentiment that such acts as this, should not go unpunished, that these reckless auto drivers, and especially those driving a car while under the influence of liquor, are a menace to life, property and to the community. The fact that young Marlin has stated, so Mr. Oliver says, that he has no recollection of taking the automobile from the garage or driving it at all. would indicate that something was' wrong with him at the time. But he states that he war not. under the influence of liquor. It. is reported on good authority that Marlin has received many gallons of whiskey by express from Louisville, Ky., during the past few months, and if he has .drunk it all himself he has a wonderful capacity t'or-this poison. - ’ LATER—An affidavit was filed by Deputy Prosecutor C. M. Sands Monday in Squire Dean’s court, charging Marlin with speeding, and on a plea of guilty he was fined $lO and costs, about sl7 in all, which was paid by Jay Stockton on Marlin’s promise to brace up and quit boozing. If he does this it is not probable that any of the other charges that could be filed against him will be pushed.