Jasper County Democrat, Volume 17, Number 73, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 December 1914 — All Over The County [ARTICLE]

All Over The County

FAIR OAKS. Winter? Yes, we have been having llenty of the old-time kind. Charles Penwright of Mt. Ayr, visited Uncle John Casey a few days Ails week. Ray Casey moved back to Fair Oaks Monday from Rensselaer. He eccupies his aunt’s property, Mattie Bickerson’s, in the west part of town. Ol Brouhard, who has been Joe Winslow’s batteryman on the interlock, succeeds Joe as maintainer, and Kay Haste, who has been working on title section at Brookston, will succeed 01. Rev. Van Norman of Shelby, came down Saturday evening and preached in the Christian church to a goodaized audience and left an appointment for next Saturday evening. A general invitation is extened to all. The Christian Sunday school will have their Christmas exercises the night of the 23d. They are preparing a splendid program. The M. E. Sunday school will have their exercises the 24 th. Everybody is cordially invited to httend both. Joe Winslow began service on Rural Route No. 2 Wednesday, but according to reports from Washington, 1/ he wants to continue in the service, he will, as well as all the rest of the carriers, have to be the lowest bidder on the job, which we believe will be a big step backward instead advancement in mail service. We hotice in the Wednesday issue of The Democrat that James E. Walter, Mr. Lawler’s superintendent of tiie Pleasant Ridge farm, contradicts •ur statement about Mr. Lawler cutting down his employes’ wages. Now we don’t know how true it is, but we got it from some of his employes, they also stated that he would have to discharge some, too, for the same reason. The party we know and know dm to be honest, so we felt like ,taktog his word. Our informant did not offer this as any criticism on Mr. lAwler at all, but thought it reasonable. a _

HAZING IN THE NUDE.

“Docking” and Red Ink Pointing Described by Purdue Girl. Lafayette, Ind., Dec. 16. —Miss Mabel Rogers of Shoals, Ind., who says she was subjected to hazing in the nude and painted with red ink by seven girl students when she was a treshman in Purdue University last January, came here today and made an oral statement before a notary public at the office of the attorney for the seven defendants from whom she is asking 110,000 damages. Miss Rogers said the girls appeared room when she was studying. “At first I took everything good naturedly,” she said. ‘ Then they gradually grew rougher. After they had stuck me with pins I did not laugh any more and I resisted each time that they took hold of me. Then it was suggested that I be put in the bathtub. Two of them took off my bathrobe and outer suit and then threw me into the tub of cold water. They had me in the tub about two minutes. “Once the door was opened and I screamed to the other girls of the house to come to my assistance. No one came. I think that I was pushed under the water once, for my hair was wet when I got back to my room. All the girls laughed when I splashed into the cold water.” Miss Rogers also told how she was painted with red ink and said she was finally allowed to return to her room. She said that she was very ill after the bath in the cold water and that her health was impaired as a result. The case will come up for trial early next month. Will R. Wood, who has charge of the case for the seven defandants, will have the assistance of several other lawyers. The case will be bitterly fought. The defendants are Mary Clark of Indianapolis, Ruth Cowan of Chicago, Mary Sheridan of Attica, Agnes Phillips of Monroeville, May Blue of Star City, Esther Kistner of Terre Haute and Helen Lee of Oxford, Ind.

Be sure and look at our Xmas neckwear. All shapes and colors.—.

C. EARL DUVALL.