Jasper County Democrat, Volume 17, Number 81, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 January 1915 — Page 4

Quake Victims Put at 50,000; King Victor Aids.

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ouried under the wreckage or their homes' The streets of the city are nothing more than huge piles of stone and brick. 1 Through this the rescuers are digging everywhere they have reason to believe they may find survivors Their work is enormously difficult. Jt is estimated that 4,000 persons were buried alive under the wreckage at Avezzano. Throughout the night shouts for help could be heard, In one instance a building collapsed, burying 200 children, many of are still alive. It is stated that 400 soldiers were tn the barracks at Avezzano when it collapsed, and that'only four of them es«Chped. ■ At Sora, 60 miles northeast of Rome, in the province of Caserta, another shock occurred. The residents, panic Stricken, fled from their homes. The town, which has a population of some 20,000, was almost destroyed. ■ ; 7, Among the victims in . Sora are tnany of the town authorities and persons of note in the district. Cicero Tower Collapses. News received here from Arpino, 30 miles south of Avezzano, says that ■4O persons were killed there and 110 [wounded. The Cicero tower at Arplno, in memory of the great Roman orator born there, collapsed as a resfilt ofthe earth-shock. * The under prefect of Sora, 25 miles south of Avezzano, telegraphs that half the town has been razed. He taplords assistance. Naples reports a strong tidal wave yesterday in the Gulf of Gaeta, accompanied by seismic disturbances on shore. 1

The ..director of the observatory at Rome declared that the earthquake was the most severe that ever had been recorded on his instruments. No fewer than 150' large panes of glass in St. Peter’s, 46 of which are in the dome, were broken. Slight Damage at Naples. Naples felt the shock severely, but suffered only slight damage. Sulmona and Aquila, in the province of-Abruz-zi, and other towns in that region report much damage and some, loss of life. - !

No .one was killed in Rome; but there is great material damage. Several of Rome’s historical structures were damaged, but it is hoped not irredeemably so. > Pope Offers Aid. Pope Benedict is awaiting a report from Monsignor Sagni, archbishop of Aquila, on the gravity of the situation and the probable loss of life. He has . expressed a desire to go to the spot if his presence is necessary to encourage and comfort the distressed. The greatest injury occurred in the village around the" extinguished volcano Vulture. ‘ Director Friedlander of the International Volcanological institute at Naples says the c rigin of the earthquake is geological and rot volcanic, with its epicentrurii in the valley of the Garigliano riv,er.

Vesuvius Not Active. Mount A'csuvius.'hcecrding to the observers in that district, has shown no signs of unusual activity. Immense damage was done at Nagliano and Capelie. Caserta province in Campania likewise suffered heavily; There are ten dead and 150 wounded at Siola Del Lirilnany and others, at Cassino and Pescas Olida. The Ceccano cathedral in the Roman province crumbled to dust, and at Monte Rotondo, where the duke of Aosta has gone to render assistance, the sixteenth century tower of the town hall, 150 feet high, crashed down, killing a professor and two collegians. The domes of the principal churches of Zagarola and, Pagliano, in the Alban hills; have fallen, and a similar fate has overtaken the prefecture at Frosinone. Torre Cajetani and Cittaducale are almost-wholly destroyed.

FIERCE FIGHTING IN POLAND

Russian Troops Gain on East Prussian Front; Germans Advance Near Warsaw. Petrograd, Jan. 15.—Furious fighting has been resumed in Russian Poland. Important bodies of Russian troops have pushed northward from Warsaw In the movement toward'lhe western end of the East Prussian frontier. They have reoccupied. a number of villages between Mlawa and Przasnysz hitherto held by the Germans. In the center, at the junction of the Bzura and Rawka rivers,' the Germans have begun a new movement of great vigor. Their activity centers along a line to the east of Sochaczew and Skirniewlce. It is here that they have made four distinct efforts to advance during the last two days. Following the furious artillery action, the Germans occupied the district to the northeast of Bolimow, including the towns of Bin Skupi and Sucha.

General Crowder Promoted. Washington, Jan. 15.—President Wilson sent to the senate the nomination of Brig. Gen. Enoch K. Crowder to be judge advocate general with the rank of brigadier general. Russia Wants More Money. New York, Jan. 15.—Russia is arranging for $25,000,000 war credit _ here, instead of $12,000,000, as reported. Sale bills printed while you wait at The Democrat office.

GOV. BLEASE RESIGNS

QUITS FIVE DAYS BEFORE HIS < TERM ENDS. \ Learns of Abandoned Impeachment Plan Just Before Filing His Resignation. Columbia, S. C., Jan. 15.—Gov. Cole L. Blease, whose. term of office expires January 19, filed his resignation with the secretary of state. The resignation, transmitted to the senate, was immediately accented.. Lieutenant-Governor Smith took the oath for the [unexpired term. No reason for the governor’s action was given in his resignation, which contained only the words: r “I hereby resign my office : as governor of South Carolina.” It was stated that Governor Blease Was told of a meeting of some of the members of the legislature Tuesday night, when, according to the members of the conference, a proposal for impeachment proceedings against the governor was discussed, but Was abandoned. Before he resigned Governor Blease signed pardons for 27 more convicts.

RUSS ADVANCE ON HUNGARY

Army With Mountain Artillery Concentrated at Valeputna—Last Stronghold Lest. Bucharest, Roumania, Jan. 15. —After some delay r caused by unimportant skirmishes, the Russians in Bukowina are advancing upon Hungary in two columns, via Gura-Hurmora and via Kimpelung. At Valeputna they have concentrated an army with mountain artillery for the reduction of tlfe fortifications at Pertztekamah (Borgo) pass. This is a natural fort traversed by the railway through a tunnel a mile long and is the last Austrian stronghold left in Bukowina.

Dynamite Bomb Kills.

Friendship, Tenn., Jan. 15.—One man was killed and a negro servant injured when the home of W. H. Sudbury, near town, was partly destroyed by a dynamite bomb believed to have been placed under the front porch by night riders.

First Case Under New Law.

Williams, Ariz., Jan. 15,—1n the first trial under the new Arizona prohibition law Elmer Scott was convicted here of giving away a drink of whisky.

THE MARKETS

Grain, Provisions, Etc. Chicago, Jan. 11. Open- High- Low- ClosWheat— ihg. est. est. ing. May .......1.41%-% 1.13% 1.40% 1.42% July L26%-% 1.26% 1.24% L 25% CornMay .........74%-% .75’4 .74’4 .74% July ...;.....75%-% , 7C t S , 7 -iOats— j ■ ' K - May v...55%-’4 .55% 54% 55% July ........„.52%. .53%-% .52% .53%

FLOUR wheat, patent. Minneapolis. lianl wood. $7.20 tn rctnll trade; Minneapolis and Dakota 'patents. $6 400 5.65; jute, straight. $6.0006.10; first clears, jute, $5,2005.40; second clears, , jute, $4,400 low—grades. jute. $3.G003.50; soft wheat, patents. $6.2006:40; jute, rve flour, white, patents. $5.9006.10; dark, $5.3005.50. PUTTER—Creamery. extra, 31c; extra firsts, 29'.403dc; firsts. , 27028 c; seconds, 24 026 c; packing stock, 21c; ladles. 21023 c. EGGS-Miscellaneous lots, cases included, 25036 c; cases returned. 24’4035’J.c; ordinary firsts,34o3sc; firsts. 36037 c; extras 430 14 c. LIVE POULTRY—Turkeys. 14c per lb.; chickens, fowls, 12Uc: springs, 12c: roosters,: 10c; ducks, geese, 11015 c. DRESSED POULTRY—Dressed turkeys 1901916 c; chickens, fowls. 11013 c; springs, 11013 c; roosters, lie; ducks. 12%@15c; geese, 1001256 c. " , ■ POTATOES—Wisconsin white, stock, 38 045 c; red, 25042 C; Michigan white. 3S@4sc; red, 35042 c. New York, Jan. 14. WHEAT—Strong, higher, trade active; No. 1 northern. $1.52’4: No: 2 red. $1.51’4; No. 2 hard, $1.53%; May, $1.50%; July, $1.32%.. CORN—Firm, business less active; export. 78c; No. 2 . yellow, 79tic; No. 3 yellow, 78’4c. > OATS—Strong, higher, trade quiet; No, 2 white. 55’6059c; standard, 55058%C; No.' 3 white, 570 57%c; No. 4 white. 56%057’£c. BARLEY—Firmer; malting, Sd@S6c. Live Stock. Chicago. Jan. 14. CATTLE—Steers, good to prime; SB,OOO 9.75; steers, fair to good, $7.00108.75; ■ yearlings. good to choice, $8.0009.40; Inferior steers, $7.2507.90; medium to good beef cows, '55.0005.75; stock cows, $4.5005.25; fair to choice heifers, [email protected]: stock heifers. $4.5005.35; good to choice cows, $5,00@G;50; common to good cutters, $4,000 4.90; fair to good cutters. $6.0006.85; bologna, $5 6006.35. *■ . HOGS—Fair to fancy light, $6.7006.85; prime light butchers, 2000250 lbs., $6,800 6.90; prime medium weight butchers, 2500 270 lbs., $6.7506.90; prime heavy butchers, 2700280 lbs., $6.7006.85; heavy mixed and packing, [email protected]; heavy packing. S6.GO@ 6.70; pigs, fair to good, [email protected]. East Buffalo. N. Y.. Jan. 14. CATTLE—Market slow, steady: prime steers, $5.1509.00; butcher grades, $6,000 8.00. CALVES—Market steady; cull to choice, $5.00011.00. SHEEP AND LAMBS—Market slow, 5c lower; choice lambs, $8.5008.75; cull to fair, $5.0Q05.75; yearlings; $6.0007.50; sheep, $2.0006.50. ' HOGS—Market active and steady; Yorkers. $7.0007.25; pigs, $7,0007.25; mixed, (6.9007.00; heavy, $6.9007.00; roughs. $6,000 6.25; stags, $5.2505.75 ■ ■, —— St, Louis, Jan. 14. HOGS—Market steady; pigs and lights, I [email protected]; mixed and butchers, [email protected]: [good heavy, $6.8507.00. CATTLE—Market strong; native beef steers, $7.50010.00; cows and heifers, $5.0009.75; Stockers and feeders, $5.25107.25; Texas and Indian steers, [email protected]; cows and heifers. $4.0006.00; native calves $6 00 @10.25. SHEEP Native muttons, $4.7505.75; lambs. $8.2508.65; yearlings, S7.2S@ZJOi

Trustees' Reports.

UNION TOWWNSHIP. Annual Report of Receipts and Expenditures of the Trustee of Union Township, Jasper County, Indiana, for the year 1914: TOWNSHP FUND—Receipts. Balance on hand Jan. 1 .........JI, 021.53 County warrant ... 1,432.23 Received from treasurer ..1,287.75

Total balance and receipts... .3,741.51 ' TOWNSHIP FUND—Expenditures. F E- Babcock, printing 7.50 C L Eggleston, office rent ......... 36.00 JV, Faylor, member advisory bd 5.00 Aipo* Davisson, same ........... 5.00 Frank Schroer, same .... 5.00 Isaac. Kight, bal sal 1913 ........ 183.60 J G Thompson, stamps, stationery 3.00 Isaac Kight; trustee 10.00 'Sam Williams, cleaning cefneterv.. 3.50 J Jit Allen, livery hire * 3.06 Isaac Kight; trustee 10.00 Thomas Florence, supervisor . ..... 15.00 Isaac Kight trustee ..........,... 10.00 Same, same ......... ... ..... 10.00 Same, same 10.00 J C Thompson, stamps. 3.00 Isaac Kight, trustee ......7 25.00 Same, same ....................'.. 15.00 Same, same 10.00 D H Goble, blank books ........ 9.81 Isaac Kight, trustee .............. 25.91 Thos .Florence, supervisor ........ 25.00 Halleck Tel Co, telephone service 12.0’0 A Halleck, attorney fee ~...... 1.. 25.00 A A Fell assessment on ditch..... 200.00 i.-aac .Kight trustee 10,00 J-M Allen, lively hire ........... 3roo Thos Florence supervisor ......... 2’0.00 Isaac Kight. trustee ■.. ,7 16.00 Same, same .......fe. 5.00 F M Goff. sup -rvisdfS* 36.00 Isaac Kight trustee .............. 10.00 J C Thompson, stamps, stationery 3,00 ♦lsaac Kight, trustee ......' 25.00 F M Goff, supervisor ............ 6.00 A A Fell, Dexter ditch ........... 368.67 T & S Bank, note .and interest.... 215.47 F M Goff, supervisor 20.50 First Nat Bank note and int.... 654.00 F M Goff, supervisor ..... ... 28.00 Same, same 10.00 Thos Florence, supervisor ........ 20.00 Bowser Sup Co, culverts, scrapers 286.40 _Same, t p supplies ................ 17.00 Isaac Kight, ’ trusts? ; ......... 15.00 Same, same ..............,.....,, 12.60 Taylor Wood, supervisor ......... 40.00 Thos Florence, same 25.00 A A Fell state board .... 16.40 J C Thompson, stamps, stationery 3.00 F E BabCogk. printing 22.20 J M Allen'. "Hvery hire 4.50 Thos Florence,. supervisor ........ 15.00 Taylor Wood, same ......... «■?>,.. 15.00 F M Goff, same 10.00 Amos Davisson, adv board 5.00 Frank Schroer same 5.00 Alice Erwin, stamps 3.00 Kiger & Co, justice supplies 24.05 F M Goff, supervisor 10.00 Alice 'Erwin, stamps 2.00 Isaac Kight, trustee 3.00 Same, same 26.00 Alice Erwin, stamps 1.50 Isaac Kight, trustee 14.00 C L Eggleston, office rent 36.00 Taylor Wood, supervisor 65.00 John E Alter, surveying 3.00 I N Warren tile 14.42 Harvey Davisson, tiling road 20.00 D II Goble, books, stationery. 37.45 Bowser Sup Co, sewer pipe....... 423.60 Isaac Kight, trustee 60.00 J M Allen, livery hire 5.00 Alice Erwin, stamps, stationery.. 1.50 Rens Republican, print 1913 report 27.15 Halleck Tel Co. office phone .... 12.00 First Nat Bank, interest ........ 3.60 •W M Boyle, bridge plank 3.35

Total expenditures ...... .. : .; .73,403.08 ROAD FUND—Receipts. Balance overdrawn Jan.' 1 ....... . 204.74 County warrant .1 080 97 Same ....1,645’14 Road tax 1,597.75 1 <1 from treasurer 39.17 Auditor, warrant 23.30

Total balance and receipts ...4,181.59 ROAD Fl 'ND—Expenditures, E'tor. July 8, 1912 15.33 F M Goff, work on road ........... 12?00 Wm Douglas, car gravel ........ 10-96 A J Abell, ft on giavel 27,96 Same: freight on grader .......... 3.92 H J Reeder, work on road 9’75 •Jabob r.eichty, same . 6.00 A Fell, road receipts ...........1.597.75 First Nat Bank, tp order on road 551.83 Glide Road Grader Co, grader .... T 25.00 Wm Douglas gravel ............." 18.46 F_ M Goff, work 6.06 W• L Wood, shovel, nails .. ... ~. 9.50 Carry Williams, hauling lumber... 1.50 Logansport Ctil Co, culverts, 1 pipes 589.20 Julius Schultz, tiling road ...... 5.00 Matt LaCbss, work on road ...,.. ’ 3.00 C I, Eggleston; road supplies .... 23,45 Thos Johnson, work on road ........ 15.00 A J Abell freight on gravel ~....! 16.43 -John—Kellers bridge plank . . -rv-D-.— Wm My ers, work on bridge .... . . 2.25 Ira Acord, hauling lumber .... .7 73.50 Paul Schultz, tiling road 25.00 Tbos Florence, work on road .... lo’O’O Jolrn E AtteF. suryev lug —t. . ... — LOfl f.’ a "i Webb, hauling lumber ...... 3.50 W Rutherford, work on bridge 350 Chupp Bros, tile ................. ftg.9o Wm Douglas, car gravel ........ 10.95 Levi Yoder, lumber for bridge 7.7 ; 25.25 A J Abell freight on' gravel .... 28.96 Bowser Sup Co. sewer pipe 117.00 Zellers & Johnson, Work on road.. 25.50 A J Abell, freight on gravel’ 38.25 Win Douglas, gravel ........... 19.31 I W Biizell. work on road ...... 4.50 F M Goff, work' 7 7.. .7. .7........ 16.00 Kiger & Co, sewet pipe 36:00 Win Douglas, gravel .... .7 ...... 40?00 I N Warren, tile 20.45 A J Abell, freight on gravel .... 32.12 Lee Myers work on road .. . . .... 11.00 Chas Florence hauling lumber .... 13’50 Thos Florence work on road .... 10.00 F M Goff, same 6.00 I W Bozell, shoveling gravel. ... 7.25 •C Eggleston, road tools, supplies 16.91 Thos Florence, work on road.... 15.00 James 'Hill, shoveling gravel .... 354 Wm Douglas, gravel 122.58 Wallace Miller, work on road .... 442 Merritt Strain, same 3.50 E E Garriott. gravel 7955 A J Abell freight 1053 Victor Yeoman bridge pjank .... 31.80 J L Biier bridge labor . , 16.50 Ray Williams work on r0ad...... 4.50 .W D Blair ditching 15.10 F M Goff work on rbad .......... 21.00 Frank Garriott same .............. 4.93 I'hos Florence same .............. 20.56 A A Fell road receipts .........., 23,30 J A Luers, road tools, nails 7. .. 7. 2 '7O Moses Davisson, work on bridge,. 5,00 Eli Hopper, work on road .... , 1.50 ■ Julius. Schultz, tiling road .. 7. 7777777'5.00 John I'mphress, work on road 77 7. tl'oo F M Goff, same ' 41.00

. Total expenditures . .4,111.55 SPECIAL SCHOOL FUND—Receipts. Balance on hand Jan. 1 ...... 1 485 44 To correct error July 8, 1912.-15.33 County warrant-—, 2.192*57 Received from treasurer ........L957*58 , Total balance and-reeeipts.,. .5,650.92 SPECIAL SCHOOL FUND—Expenditures Dessie Porter, hauling pupils 35.00 I E Babcock, printing .......... 5.25 So! Yoder, lumber G E Murray Co,„ach-supplies .... 12.89 J W Smith, rep, clean sch h.... 11135 A F Long, supplies x 38.30 Mart Reed,' w00d... 15.00 B F Fendig. supplies 2.4 b Taylor Wood, transportation ...... 25.00 S A Brusnahan, same 40.00 Mart Reed.- wood 20.00 G II Hammerton. supplies ......’ M H Garriott, transportation ... 50.00 Al Blake, repairing .. 16.90 Dessie Porter, transportation .. 35.00 R Sipkema. same ...... t .......... 100.00 S A Brusnahan. same 40.00 Taylor Wood same .............. 25.00 F R Erwin, coal ......... 81.05 Otho Jordan, hauling coal ........ 4.00 Dessie; Porter, transportation ;... 35’00 II B Brown, coal ........... 8.46 T &S Bank, inton note. D H Goble, school vistiors...... 12.50 Rowles & Parker, broom, curtains 1.26 Rens Lbr Co, lumber ........... 2.31 John Zellers, same ......... ; . Dessie Porter transportation .... John Reed, supplies 2.20 Al Blake, 1 repairs 9’50 S A Brusnahan. transportation .. L L McCurtain, supplies ......... 8.00 Mrs J W Smith, cleaning, washing 3.75 W H Garriott, transportation .... 50.00 Taylor Wood, same . . >75.00 S A Brusnahan same 30 00 To cor error payment Day Jordan 15.50 Wynona McFarland institute jan 40 00 Estella Finley same 30 90 S A Brusnahan transportation ... 85’00

Same wagon hire repairs ........ 5.00 Helen Meader supplies 5.53 Dessie Porter transportation .. 52.00 JV H Garriott same ; 35.00 R Sipkema same..;.;. 25.00 Sarah Badger institute janitor .. 44*00 Taylor Wood transportation 23 25 Josie Dexter, institute, janitor .. 36.80 John Zellers lumber 16.34 Day Jordan, institute .. . 26.50 Mrs O Jordan, washing for sch 2.60 Mrs J W Smith?? same 1.00 J C Thompson, well, fence, mat 7.71 T &-S Bawk. note, interest. ~..... 508.67 G H Hammerton, labor 39.95 Floy Williams, ' institute, janitor 42.00 R Sipkema, transportation ...... 95.00 Abe Myers, fencing school yard.. 4.50 W H Garriott, transportation 85.00 Luvie Gunyon, institute, janitor.. 38.75 Sul Yoder, lumber ..; 12.12 Helen Maeder, institute, janitor..’ 38.40 Dois Meader, same 40.0 Q Stanflas Brusnahan. same ........ 36.b0 G I Christie; oration commence 10.00 F R. Erwin, lumber ....... 5.00 C L Eggleston, supplies ........... 30.31 Sol~ Yoder, lumber ........;...... 9.60 Joseph Kosta, post school yard .. 9.35 Al Blake, repair school house.... 121.70 Eliza Kjght, taking enumeration 34.00 Wilma Peyton, institute, janitor... 38.40 Mary Peyton, washing for school 2.60 FT Miller, books, charts 1...... 170.00 Mrs S A Brusnahan, wash for sch 2.00 Wilma Peyton, examination 2.80 F E Babcock, printing 20.97 Wm Schultz, wash, clean sch h. . 6.00 -Sol Yoder, lumber 20.00 "Wm Boyle, brick, lime ........... H(' pierson, fuel, repairs ........ 8.49 W J Wright', mirror for 5ch001.... 2.75 Bowser S Co, ma, charts, gio, oil 234.00 -Ah Blake; Ibr. work on seTF'house 10.00' Same, repairing sch house well 123.60 Eliza Blake; felpaning school house 10.00 Fl<.yd Baxter, transportation .... 10.00 L L McCurtain, clean, rep sch h 10.40 Kiger & Co, supplies 15.73 Taylor Wood, transportation ..... . . 20.00 Mrs J W Smith, clean sch house , 3.50 Mi ' Sol Yoder, same 300 A S Lowman, freight oh c0a1.... 26.67 MAJI Garriott, transportation..:.. 10.00 Lewis Todd, hauling Wood 2.50 FlOyd Baxter, transportation .... 20.00 Al Blake, building coal house .... 23.00 c Eggleston, supplies 47.84 Sam Potts, work on coal house.. 8.00 Wm Schultz, cleaning school hi... 4.00 Elmer Gunyon, hauling c0a1...... 10.00 R P Benjamin, repairing organ.. . 5.00 Ernest Lamson. books 17.60 Taylor Wood, transportation .... 15.00 Dessie Porter, same 40.00 John Lakin, same . 40.00 -Hibbard, Spencer Bartlet. stove.. 21.00 M H Garriott, transportation .... 10.00 Elmer Gunyon, hauling coal ..... 5.40 Wm Myers, cement blpcks 250 John Guss, repairing we sch h.... 20.90 Frank Goff, organ . 18.00 L A Bostwick, maps ’ 12.50 H C Meek, hauling- c0a1......... 8.88 Thos Florence, same 8.00 Floyd Baxter, transportation...... 10.00 M H Garriott. same 35.00 Al Blake, haul organ, appr sch h 3'50 Floyd Baxter, transportation 30.00 A J Abell, freight on wagon .... 9.45 John Ivakin, transportation 30.00 Glf Hammerton, school supplies.. 6.50 Floyd Baxter transportation 5.00 Taylor Wood, same ...,, 50.00 H C Pierson, wood, repairs 27.00 Ray Elmore, transportation ..... 20 00 Dessie Porter, 5aipe.............. 40.00 Floyd Baxter, same 10.00 Ray Elmore, same 4.00 M II Garriott. same 15.00 Floyd Baxter, same ...... F R Erwin, supplies 8.40 Floyd Baxter, transportation .... 5.00 J W Price., repair school wagon.. 4.50 Dessie Porter, transportation .... 40.00 I. I. McCurtain,, wash, making cur 3.50 Mrs J W Smith; washing ........ 3.00 Rens Lbr Co. lumber .......... 20.70 J A Liters, supplies 10 96 F R Erwin, same .. 18.90 M H Garriott, transportation .... 10.00 J W Smith, repairing sch house 2.50 D H Goble, .sch Visitors, registers 18.50 <> A Jordan, clean, repair sch house 4.25 Matt LaCoss, hauling lumber....; 450 Bowser S C. wag.’’coal, charts, etc 529.08 Ray Elmore, transportation ...... 48.00 F toyd Baxter, same ............. 20.00 ‘.MI Bouroughs, repair sch wagon 9.00 Taylor Wood, transportation .... 50.00 Wilma Peyton, institute, janitor.. 18.80 Al Blake; clean closets, repairing 47.00 E D Rhoades & Son, supplies.-.. .. 18.01 C L Eggl ston, same ............ 19.62 M II Garriott. transportation ... 64.00 F'oyd Baxter, same 14.00

Total < Expenditures- .., .. . . .4,949»10 Tl r|TQN FUND—Receipts. Ba.ance on'hancl Jan. 1..3 353 56 < ’oiinty wart-ant ’933’71 m<’ .................... 64’23 Io correct error ’Day Jordan.... 15.59 County warrant Y . 1,734.77 T ? !lm 7 ’..1,171.94 lu reived from treasurer ....... ./.1,548.49

.Total balance and receipts..B 904 92 ’*’! ITION FUND—Expenditures. V lima Peyton, teaching 35.00 Helen Meader, same ............. 40.00 Estella Finley. same ........... 2o’oo pay Jordan, same .... 4o'oo Stanilas Brusnahan, same ....... 30.00 Lois Meader, same .... 50?00 Estella Finley, same ........... 20-00 XVilma Peyton, same ............. 35.00 Helen Meader, same .............. 130 00 Moy Williams, same. .Josie. Dexter, same 60.00 Stanilas Bfijsnahan, same 30’00 XX ilma Peytcln, same . - 45.00 Josie Dexter, same.,... 50.00 Sarah Badger,.. same ............. 25 00 Moy XVilliams. same 75’00 Day Jordap, same 50.00 Luvie Gunyon, same 200 00 Same, same 35.00 Lois Meader, same 50.00 Estella Finley, same 20 00 Same, same ...... ..i"" &00 Same, same 15.00 Stanilas Brusnahan, same 15.00 Luvie Gunyon. same XX ilma Peyton, same Floy XVilliams,' same .............. 30’00 Luvie Gunyon, same X" 25 00 Day Jordan, same .............. . . Josie Dexter, same 50.0 th Stanilas Brusnahan, same 35’00 W McFarland, same Estella. r inifry, same ............. 10.00 Stanilas Brusnahan, same Lois Meader, same . 1.'.... . 35’00 Wilma Peyton, same ... 40’00 Stanilas Brusnahan, same 28 00 Hay Jordan, same . Josie Dexter, same 50 00 Saiah Badger, same 25’00 Floy XVilliams, same 15’00 Luvie Gunson, same 50.00 Efetella Finley, same 30 00 Day Jordan, same lo'sO Floy Williams, same ;... 25’00 XX’ McFarland, same. .\ . 135 06 Estella Finley, same 17L50 XX'ilma Peyton, same 143'0b Luvie Gunyon, same 110 00 Helen Meader, same ~............ 178 j)0 Dois Meader, same 200.00 Clara Andrews, same ~ ............ 15’00 Sarah Badger, same .. 265 00 Josie Dexter, same ..... .... ' 36.00 Stanilas Brusnahan. same ... 77.00 Floy XX'illiams. same .....'......... XX’ C Rosser, transfer 7 00 C 5 Kresler same ...' ....... ,S_H Brownell, same .. ........... 36.00 Wilma Peyton, teaching 15.00 XX R Fair, same ... 10 00 Nell Ryan, same ....» Lila Cooper, same .............. 25.00 Agnes Reider, same ’. i0?00 Sarah Badger, same <. XVilma Peyton, same 20 00 Josie Dexter, same 25.00 Stanilas Brusnahan, same ........ 40.00 John Bowie, transfer 28.20 Mae Reider, teaching ..; 25 00 XX’ R Fair, same Same, same Agnes Reider. same ’ ’ Nila Edmundson, same ........... 20 00 Josie Dexter, same 25’00 W R Fair, same <■.....;.. 25.00 XVilma Peyton, same 40 00 Nell Ryan, same 35.00 Mae Reider, same 40.00 Sylvia Robinson, satne XV R .Fair, Same 20 00 Nila Edmundson, same Lila Cooper, same 50.00 Nell Ryan, same ....... 25 00 W R Fair, same 20.00 Agnes Reider, same Josie-Dexteiy. same J 30 00 Sarah Badger, same"....'. 50.00 XV R Fair, same 40.00 Josie Dexter, same Stanilas Brusnahan, same 75.00 Sylvia Robinson, same 30.00 Wilma Peyton, same 60.00 XV R Fair, same ................ 20.00 Mae Reider, same 80.00 Nila Edmundson, same 40 00 Lila Cooper, same 50 00 Sarah Badger, same 25.00 ‘ I ~t , ■

Nell RyanZisame L;.....; .VTUY..... 60.00 Agnes Reider, same 60.00 Josie Dexter, same 50.00 Wilma Peyton, same 42.00 W R Fair, same .................. 30.00 Nell Ryan, same ... 30.00 Nila Edmundson, same 75.00 Stanilas Brusnahan, same 65.00 W R Fair, same .. 20.00 Sylvia Robinson, same 60,00 Mae Reider, same ~. 39:00 ■Wilma Peyton, same 24.00 Josie Dexter, same 20.00 Lila Cooper, same .... 60.00 Agnes Reider, same 65700" Nell Ryan, same 35.00 W R Fair, same ............... .., 25.00 /Total expenditures .'.........6,116 00 POOR FUND —Receipts. Balance (overdrawn) Jan. 1..... 48 98 County warrant .... ... ............. 339.30 Received from treasurer ......... Total balance and receipts 599.33 POOR FUND—Expenditures. G E Murray Co, aid for p00r.... 6.25 G H Hamerton, same ............. 15.00 Same, same 30.20 Same, same '.. ..... ’ James ' Wiseman, house rent...... 8.00 G II Hammertop, aid for poor .... 20.00 CL Eggleston, same.... 25.00 A J Abell, transportation Dr 11.90 E N Loy, medical aid 6.00 T J Mallatt, aid for poor 5.00 W J Wright, burial expense 25.00 J C Thompson, books for poor chil 1.30 Isaac Kight, aid for poor 9.00 C E_ggleston; clothes -15.50 Dr Rice, medical aid 4.00 .1 A Tjuers, aid for poor -w....... . 1000 F It Erwffl, coal, groceries .: 7.35 J A Luers, aid 10.04 G E Murray Co, clothing 15.60 R G Gassaway, relief 10.00 W J 'Wright, burial .............-.. 25.00 Warren Zellars, aid 15.00 C L Eggleston, aid 16.55 Total expenditures 311.99 DOG FUND—Receipts. ’ Balance on hand Jan. 1 71.20 Fay Schwanke, dog tax 1913 3.00 Collected dog tax. ;.. . . 3.00 Received dog tax from assessor.... 79.00 Deposited dog tax, collected 23.00 ’ Dog tax collected 5.00 Total balance and receipts .... 184.20 DOG FUND—Expenditures. Joseph Kosta, hogs killed ... 6.50 Total expenditure ....... i.... 650 SUMMARY. Bal. & Rec Expense Balance Township fund $3,741.51 3,403.08 338.43 Road fund 4.181.59 4,111.85 69.74 Special sc fpnd 5,650.92. 4,949.30 701.62 Tuition fund. ...'8,904.22 6,116.00 2,788.22 Poor fund.. 599.33 311.99 287.34 Dog fund..,.... 184.20 G. 50. 177.70 Totals ~23,261.77 18,898.72 4,363.05 ISAAC KIGHT, Trustee. Examined and approved this sth day of January, 1915. H. C. Pierson, Leslie Alter, G. A. Kessinger, Members of the Advisory Board.

[Under this head notices will be published for 1-cent-a-w’ord for the first insertion, 1-2-cent-per-word for each additional insertion. To save book-keeping cash should be sent with notice. No notice .accepted for less than twenty-five cents, but short notices coming .within the above rate, will be published two or more times—as the case may be—for 25 cents. Where replies are sent in The Democrat’s care, postage will be charged for forwarding such replies to the advertiser.] • . . FOR SALE For Sale—Pure alfalfa seed.- — RANSOM ELIJAH, Fair Oaks, Ind. ts For Sale—Pure timothy hay in stack, on the Wishard farm in Union tp., about 20 tons.—J. N. GUNYON, Parr, Ind., phone 907-L. jlB For Sale—Barred Plymouth Rock cockerels.—-M. I. ADAMS, pihone 9 33-L. - For Sale—Bo acres good corn land in cultivation, well located, splendid buildings. Price $75. Terms, SI,OOO down, long time on remainder.— ARTHUR G. GATT, Rensselaer, Ind. For Sale —A Webster’s International dictionary, indexed, full sheep binding, in good condition, at onefourth regular coSt. —THE DEMOCRAT. For Sale —Dry firewood, $1 for load of pole wood 3 feet high; $1.75 for cord wood; 11c for split white oak posts, 3y 2 miles south of Pleasant Ridge.—See John Sommers, Jr., or write Sol Guth, Washington, 111.

For Sale—6o acres, ten acres timber, remainder black corn land iff cultivation; on main road near school and station; fine outlet for drainage. New four-room house, barn and well. Price $75. Terms,’ SBOO down, long time on remainder. —Enquire at First National Bank.

For Sale—lo acres good black land, all in cultivation, fair builds ings, fruit, etc.; onion land close that can be rented, $1,500; SSOO cash, time on balance to suit; miles Rensselaer.—J. DAVISSON, Rensselaer, Ind.

For Sale — Farms of different sizes in this find adjoining counties, and some for exchange. Also city and town property for sale and exchange. List your property with me and 1 will promise a squ re deal. Choice alfalfa, wheat, corn and pasture lands for sale from $25 and up.— JOHN O’CONNOR, ex-sheriff Jasper county, Rensselaer For Sale— Southeast Missouri lands where they get two crops from the same land in the same year. Corn from 40 to 90 bushels. Wheat from 18 to 45 bushels, followed by a crop of cow peas which makqs from $25 to $35. Alfalfa makes from 4 to'6 cuttings and pays from SSO to. SBS per acre. Cow peas are sowed in cornfield' last cultivation and will produce as much hog fiestas an acre of corn. Go there and see if we have told the truth; if we have not we will pay your round-trip railroad fare, which is $.7.96 one way from Rensselaer. Unimproved lands can be -bought from $25 to S4O; partly improved from S4O to SSO; improved from SSO up, according to location and improvements. Terms: Onethird down, balance on time at 6 per cent. Charleston is the county seat of Mississippi county, Mossourl, and is situated in the heart of the,

Non-Resident Notice

State of Indiana, County pf Jasper;, ss. In the Jasper Circuit Court to Feb- * ruary Teran, 1915: Vivian Boicourt vs. Law r W. Baker, et al. No. 8357. The plaintiff in the above entitled cause, having filed her complaint and petition therein, together with an affidavit that the defendant, Lawrence W. Baker, is a non-resident of the State of Indiana. Now, therefore, the said Lawrence W. Baker is hereby notified that unless he be and appear on the 24th day of the next term of the Jasper Circuit Court, to be holden on the second Monday in February, 1915, in the Court House in the city of Rensselaer, in said Jasper County, State of Indiana, said 24th day of said term being March 6, 1915, and answer or demur to said, complaint and petition the same will be heard and determined in his absence. That the complaint and petition is an action brought under the laws of the State of Indiana for partition of real estate situated in the county of Jasper, State of Indiana. In witness whereof I have here[SEAL] ir<ito set my hand and affixed the seal of said court this 14th day of January, 1915. JUDSON H. PERKINS, Clerk of the Jasper Circuit Court j-16-23-30 -

Demand for the Efficient. Alert, keen, clear headed, healthy men and women are in demand. Modern business cannot use in office, factory or on the road, persons who are dull, lifeless, inert, half sick or tired. Keep in trim. Be in a condition that wards off disease. Foley Cathartic Tablets clean the system, keep the stomach sweet, liver active and the bowels regular.—A. F LONG.

finest farming* country in the world. Charleston has three railroad connections and ten trains daily. Mississippi 'county comprises 265,000 acres of fine black alluvial soil which grows in abundance corn, wheat, alfalfa, clover hay and in fact all kinds of farm products. It is a city of beautiful homes, churches (all denominations) and is not surpassed by any city of like size in the state for general neatness and an attractive appearance. It has a population of 4,500; has great thrift and enterprise. Three newspapers, three banks, large flouring mills and wooden ware enterprises. The farm products marketed in Charleston reach very large proportions and the general merchantile business v?ould be a credit to any city twice its size. The population is growing steadily and substantially. Most of the inhabitants own their own homes. They have excellent schools. There are no saloons. They have jhe finest water. A healthful climate the whole year round. Mississippi county corn exports, 1,500,000 bushels. Mississippi county wheat exports, 1,100,000 bushels.—JOHN O’CONNOR, ex-sheriff of Jasper county, L. B. 475., Rensselaer, Ind. WANTED Wanted— House to rent March I. ERNEST LAMSON, phone 238. anted—All kinds of raw furs. I J?ay more.—C. McCULLEY, Remington, Ind. ts Wanted—To borrow $4,000 on good real estate security on 5-year loan; will pay 6 per cent interest, semi-annually if desired.—Enquire at The Democrat office. LOST " Lost Last Monday, in town, a top a Ford automobile. Finder please report to Burch’s blacksmith shop. 6 MISCELLANEOUS Taken Up—A black hog, at the Indian School, phone 83.

Storage Room—Storage room for household goods, etc., on third floor of The Democrat building. Prices reasonable. —F. E. BABCOCK. Mutual Insurance—Fire and lights nlng. Also state cyclone. Inquire of M. I. Adams, phone 533-L. Get your sale bills printed at The Democrat ofllce. No charge made for running the entire list of property in the paper, where we print the bills. financial - Farm Loans— Money to loan on «7n m nnn r ° P £ rty n In any Buma «P to SIO,OOO.—E. P. HONAN. Farm Loans— I am making farm loans at the lowest rates of interest Tea y ??J loaas wlthout commission without delay.—JOHN A. DUNI Ont th/fl Wlthout Hl F W,thout Commlst on, I UUI IIIUI Without Charges for H Making or Recording Instruments. W. H. PARKTNBON