Jasper County Democrat, Volume 17, Number 83, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 January 1915 — Page 1

Jasper County Democrat.

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Public Sales. The Democrat has printed bills for the following public sales: Wednesday, Jan. 27, John Stibbe, 3 miles northeast of Parr. General sale of horses, cattle, hogs, farm tools, etc. Thursday, Jan. 28, Fred Schank, on the “Coon Island” farm in Gillam tp., 7 miles sofiithwest of Medaryville. farm sale of horses, cattle, hogs, corn in crib, farm tools,-household goods, etc. Thursday, Jan. 28, N. O. Chupp, % mile west of Surrey. General farm sale, including horses, cattle, farm tools, etc. Monday, Feb. 1, Clay Dewees, 5 miles north and 2 miles east of Rensselaer, on the old Renicker farm. General farm sale, horses, cattle, hogs, farm tools, etc. Tuesday, Feb. 2, Ed Barkley, 2% jmiles northeast of Aix. General farm sale, horses, cattle, implements, goods, etc. Friday, Feb. 5, Joseph Francis, 3% miles southwest of Rensselaer, on the Bunkum road. General farm sale, horses, cattle, farm tools, etc. Thursday, Feb. 11, Scott Bros., 4 miles north and 6 miles east of Rensselaer. General farm sale, horses, cattle, hogs, farm tools, etc.

Business Mens’ Organization Formed

At a meeting held evening at Collins’ shoe store, the final organization of a business mens’ association, which has been in progress for some time, was formed, with the following directors: George W. Scott, G. J. Jessen, Sam Fen dig, John Ramp, W. J. Wright, J. J. Montgomery, A. F. Long, H. E. Hartley and J. A. McFarland. George Scott was made president of thel association, and G. J. Jessen, secretary. The object of the association is to create a closer relationship between the Rensselaer merchants and the buying public and to endeavor to bring more trade to the city. “Bargain Days” will be held at which special reduced prices on various classes of goods will be given for that day only. Such organizations in other towns have resulted in much good, and is hoped will be of great mutual benefit here. Another matter that the association has taken up is that of looking after the street sprinkling and gar bage proposition. Nothwithstanding tthe fact that Rensselaer “enjoys” one |of the highest tax rates of any city in Indiana, the city treasury—or th& ' corporation and road funds, rather —is so hard up that the council has decided that the city can no longer stand the small additional expense of taking care .of the garbage in the business district. A committee was appointed to see the business men in regard to the matter and it is proposed that the latter contribute so much a month to a fund to be paid to the city and the latter wil. hire the garbage taken care of from this fund, while the city teamster, with the fire team, will look the keeping of the business streets cleaned up and flushed, or sprinkled, and thus keep the fire team within easy distance of the engine house at all times affording, as. the advocates of the* scheme contend, greater fire protection to the citizens in general. The amount to be paid by the business men for this purpose is expected to be but little in excess of what they have been paying in the past for street sprinkling only.

Mrs. A. A. Fell Undergoes Serious Operation.

Mrs. A. A. Fell, wife of County Treasurer Fell, who had been holding revival meetings at Shelby, gave up same Tuesday and returned home, and on Wednesday afternoon went to Indianapolis to consult a specialist in regard to a tiimerous condition of her breast, which had been bothering her for the past month or six weeks, it was decided that an operation was necessary or "that she could only live a few months, and Mr. Fell and Dr. E. C. English went down to Indianapolis on the midnight train Wednesday night and she was operated on in the Methodist hospital there Thursday morning. Mr. Fell returned home Thurldae night and reported her to be doing as well as could be expected. The operation was a serious one, but it is thought Mrs.' Fell will be restored to good health again.

Attention Redmen.

Annual banquet and smoker will he given in lodge ro6m nei£t Monday evening, Jan. 25. "'All members requested to be present.—SACHEM.

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 Porter, his brother, Thos. Porter, and Charles Harris were over from Carpenter tp., Wednesday. Deputy Clerk, Miss Ethel Perkins returned Wednesday evening from a pleasant ten days’ visit with old school friends at Terre Haute. Attorney J. A. Dunlap was in Kankakee Thursday on business pertaining to the case of Burris vs. Gifford, which is set for trial in the Newtoi* circuit court on Monday, Feb. 1. L. A. Bostwick, the civil engineer, has just completed a large new map of Rensselaer, brought down to date. It is a nice piece of work and is sold at a reasonable price, $1.50 on paper or $2.00 on cloth, mounted and taped, . . a New suits filed: No. 8359. State ex rel, Joseph P. Hammond, auditor, vs. William L Canary, et al; action to foreclose school fund mortgage. Demand $685. No.| 8360. State ex-rel, Joseph P. Hammond, auditor Jasper county, vs. Emerald A. Aldrich et al; action to foreclose school fund mortgage. Demand $435. Marriage licenses issued: Jan. 1-9, Walter F. Wiseman of Wheatfield, aged 25 Nov. 20 last, occupation hay dealer, to Maude Louise Smith, daughter of H. Smith, also of Wheatfield, aged 18 March 19 last, occupation housekeeper. First marriage for each. Married by Squire Delos Dean,” in the clerk’s office. A bill has been introduced in the legislature to repeal the law passed in 1912 extending the term of county superintendents to 1917, and requiring that they be elected in June, 1915, same as they would had not the 1913 act been passed. There is no Homer L. Cook at the helm now, and it may be that this wholly uncalled for and vicious piece of legislation will be repealed. The Democrat has just added to its fancy stationery department the N'eidich line of typewriter ribbons and carbon papers, and can supply ribbons for all the standard makes of typewriters, including the Under* wood, Oliver, Remington, Remington visible, L. C. Smith, SmithPremier, Royal and Wales machines, in both black and purple. Can also supply ribbons for Burroughs adding machines, and the best grade of black carbon papers. Any one of these ribbons will be mailed to any address prepaid for 75c, and at a less price where two or more are taken. The very best black carbon paper manufactured, we will sell at two sheets for 5c or $2.25 per box of 100 sheets. We aim to keep these supplies on hand regularly and hope to receive our share of the patronage of professional and business men in thi,s line. Remember that these ribbobs should not be confused with cheap grade of ribbons. They are the very best quality and wear two or three, times as long as the cheap grades, besides, giving much better satisfaction.

Attorney W. H. Parkison has recently installed a Dictaphone to his excellent ■ office equipment, a machine which perhaps, many of our readers have read about but f,ew have ever seen. This is a machine in which one talks or dictates business correspondence, law briefs, complaints or other legal documents, and the record is taken down on a hard rubber disc or record roll, To transcribe this to long-hand or manuscript, the stenographer places to the ear an attachment, practically the same as a receiver used by telephone .operators, moves a lever and the machine “talks” the dictated words to the senographer who writes

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them out on the typewriter. The copy may be “proofed” by running the disc through again, and following the typewritten copy with the eye at the same time. A small foot throstle is used by which the machine may be stopped or started at any moment during dictation or re-, ceiving. The “record” may be removed and kept for future use it desired. Each “record” will hold about 4,0 00 words, and may be repeatedly “cleaned” and used again. The machine does, away entirely with shorthand and is very inexpensive to operate, the records costing onlyabout 30c each. 5

Shower for Miss Gladys Coen.

The Rebekah lodge gave a miscellaneous shower at their hall on Wednesday evening for Miss Gladys Coen, daughter of J. W. Coen, whose marriage will take place tomorrow, to Mark Hoyes, son of Jack Hoyes, of northeast of town. There were about forty-five present, and Miss Coen received many pretty and useful presents. Refreshments were served and all enjoyed the evening very much. This evening the Rebekah lodge team will give a shower for Miss Coen at the home of Mrs. Toni' Hoyes, in Rensselaer.

Another Old Soldier Answers Last Roll Call.

Larkin Potts, an old resident of Rensselaer, died at about 11 o’clock Thursday forenoon, aged about 77 years. Mr. Potts suffered what was thought at first to be a light stroke of paralysis Monday night, and continued to fail until death resulted Thursday. He was an old soldier and the last surviving resident mem-: her of Co. G 9th Indiana, taken out of Rensselaer by Gen. Milroy.’ He also served in the 99th Indiana. At this writing arrangements for the funeral have not been completed, but it will probably be held Sunday.

Leo Reeve’s Residence Slightly Damaged by Fire.

The fire company was called out about 9:30 yesterday morning by a blaze at the home of Leo Reeve, at the west side of town. The fire was extinguished with a loss of probably hot to exceed SSO. The kitchen range, it seems, sits quite close to the wall, and a broom and some other articles between the wall and range caught fire and burned through the floor and thence up the side between the plastering and weather boarding, starting a blaze that soon would have destroyed the entire house. No one was at home at the time, Mrs. Reeve having built up a fire and then gone to the home of Ed Reeve, where they are staying most of the time while Mrs. Reeve is’in the hospital in Chicago. The household goods were all removed when the fire company reached the scene. -

Our “Bill” Has Lost None of His Smoothness.

The Chicago Herald of Wednesday contained the following mention of W. B. Austin, formerly of Rensselaer, and for the past4.welve or fifteen years a resident and prominent business man*of the Windy City: Chasing wrinkles before 40 is no longer a purely feminine diversion. The tired Chicago business man seeks the beauty doctpr and the fountain of youth at least a decade be fore the woman engaged in commercial life. The secret was revealed yesterday by the Chicago man himself, when William B. Austin, business man and former president of the Hamilton Club, addressed the members of the Woman’s Asociation of Commerce at the Auditorium Hotel. Husbands and brothers of members of the association heard the statement and upheld it. “The man in commercial business Sets wrinkled early in life,” declared Mr. Austin. “I’ve looked the situation over carefully,” he continued. “The woman in business retains her youth and her good looks much later than the man who follows the same pursuits.”

Jan. 21, to Mr. and Mrs. Joe Nesius of east of town, a son. Jan. 21, to Mr. and Mrs. John M. Ward of Rensselaer, a son. «

Notice to Potash Users. I have a.little of 50 per cent- Pot-' ash left, and -also Phosphorus. ? If you want it at the right price before it is all gone, don’t wait to write, but call J. W. FAYLOR, 926-F. ? 1-2* Our Prices of Shoes. 4 new shoes, common, $1.50; 4 new shoes, steel plugged, $2,25; 4 new never-slip shoes, $2.75; 4 old shoes sl. All shoes over No. 5 are 25 cents extra.—HEMPHILL BROS.

Birth. Announcements.

Free Illustrated Lecture at Ellis Theater.

Lecture and stereoptican views of the growth and development of the United States navy from the time of the Wooden warships to the present super-dreadnaught will be given free of charge at the Ellis opera house Wednesday night at 8 p. m„ Jan. 27. Arrangements also are being made to deliver the same lecture and views at St. Joseph college for the benefit of the teachers and students in the afternoon of the same day. The officers of the Navy League are as follows: Gen. Horace Porter, Pres.; Henry IH. Ward,' Vice-Pres.; Charles C. Glover, Treas.; Evans, Jr., Asst. Treas.; Arthur 11. Dadmun, Sec.; Wrn. M. Lewis, Field Sec.; RoLt. M. Thompson,, Chairman of Executive Committee. Honorary members are: Josephus Daniels, Sec. of the Navy; Franklin D. Roosevelt, Asst. Sec. of. the Navy; Sec. of the. Treasury McAdoo; Henry Watterson; Elihu Root; Rev. Lyman Abbot; James Cardinal Gibbons; Theo. Roosevelt, » and scores of other influential men. The Navy League of the United States opened its middle western campaign in November and since that time has gained a great amount of enthusiastic support, the Office Men’s Association of Duluth, Minn , joined the league in a body. The students of Illinois University have formed a junior section and scores of other business organizations ana institutions are about to take similar action. W. 1 M. Lewis, the field secretary, is having more calls to address meetings than he can fill, such is the interest in his popularrillustratod lecture on the navy. Among his next five weeks visits are: St. Joe, Mich.; Detroit, Mich.; Gary, Ind.; St. Louis, Mo.; East St. Louis,. Ill,; Omaha, Neb., and esveral other places of importance.

It should be remembered that the Navy League is not a society for the encouragement of war but for the advancement of peace? A fire department does not entirely prevent fires in a city but it decreases the number of severe conflagations wonderfully, A nation with adequate defense may sometimes be attacked by an enemy, but it suffers far less than a nation which is unprotected. George Washington once said, “To be prepared for war is one of the most effectual means of preserving peace.” The United States is not a military nation; our army is small in proportion to our territory and population; and, being so situated geographically that any fear of invasion need be anticipated only from the sea, oui main strength must necessarily be concentrated in the navy. With the Panama Canal and a coast line of nearly twenty thousand miles to defend, and with colonial possessions separated from us by a great ocean, it is but natural that the navy should be our principal protection. Mr. W. M. Lewis will present over one hundred remarkable stereoptican slides during his lecture in Rensselaer. These pictures give a fascinating history of our navy from tlhe sailing vessels of the revolution down to the most modern deadnaughts. Come and see and hear him. The Rensselaer band will furnish music free. xx Lyceum Course Latest February 25.—The Boyds. March 17.—Weatherwax Bros. April 7.—Baflgelt & Co.

Box Social at Neverfail in Jordan Tp.

There will be a box social and program at the Neverfail school house in Jbrdan tp., on ’Friday evening, Jan. .22, commencing at 7:30, for the benefit of the boys’ corn cIub—JORDAN TP. TEACHERS.

Biiy Harness Before March 1. * Owing to the great advance id the price of leathers we are compelled to raise our prices on harness, and will do so Mardh 1. All harness sold prlpr to March will be at the same old price.—SCOTT BROS., harness, buggy arid wagon dealers, Rensselaer, Ind. f-l.b Remember that The Democrat will furnish 100 envelopes and print a return card on the upper lefthand corner and mail same, postpaid, to any address in the United States, for only 50 cash witn order; 250, $1; 500, $1.50. These are not a cheap envelope, but a good qqality, 6% (regular business size), either white or colored, bond or plaii/„ paper.

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. Many Horses Being Shipped to Europe Some idea of the vast traffic in horses which is being carried on in the middle west as a result of the European war, may be gleaned from the fact that the value of the i animals inspected and loaded in. cars at the Calumet Park stock yards in the past two months will exceed two million dollars. More than 12,000 horses have already been loaded there. The average value per head is $165.’ Freight charges, tho cost of shipping via water and the salaries of men engaged in the purchasing, it is said, will make the cost of each horse to the English government nearly S3OO. . The next shipment from Calumet Park will be made the latter part of this week or the first of next. —Hammond News.

Former Francesville Man Found Dead.

A few days ago the body of Ed Hollett, a former railroad man ot Bloomington, 111., was found near Hoopeston. Hp was identified by papers in his pockets. The dead man is supposed to be Ed Hollett, formerly of Francesville, and a son of the, late L. N. Hollett, by his first wife. George Hollett, who is now located as a telegraph operator at Cayuga, went to Hoopeston but could not identify the man as his half brother, probably owing to the fact that be had not seen him for twenty-five years. Ed Hollett was formerly a passenger conductor on the C. & E. 1., and the Chicago & Alton. The Tribune has no| been able to ascertain information as to whether or not his relatives here were positive as to the identification.—Francesville Tribune.

How “Boss” Murphy’s and J. B.’s Broadaxe Policy Is Viewed.

In speaking of the ousting of republican Postmaster Daugherty at Crown Point before his term of office expires—contrary to all former precedent, either republican or democratic—but which has been the policy of our "Boss” Murpiiy, democratic district chairman, and bls man Friday, Congressman Peterson, to the great injury of the democratic party, the Crown Point Star says: The Star made reference to a matter which effected the postofflce in the last issue—in fact to certain charges that had been filed with the postofflce department at Washington, against Jostmaster Chas. Daugherty, charging him with political activity, and conferring with political bosses in the postoffice, which is usually the forerunner method of letting out postmasters by the opposing political party before the time of office expires. Mr. Dadgherty, it is needless to say, was considerably Surprised to hear that charges were filed, and denies them in every particular, and only recalls at one time during the campaign of “talking to political bosses,” and that was on the occasion of the day that Congressman Wood spoke in Crown Point, and that Wood metely called upon him to renew old friendship, and feels that the charges are unwarranted.

Nearly all pf the leading democrats In Crown Point have been mentioned for the office during the past few days in, connection with the move, but no one seems to be on the inside of the matter, and nearly every one of them believe that it would be a bad precedent to establish, spasmuch as heretofore every postmaster has served his time out regardless of which administration was in power. Mr. Daugherty only has a year to serve from the first of March, and should he be retired from office now, and the republicans would be successful in 1916, it would mean that the democrat would only serve the two years. On the other hand, if the appointment is held off until Mr. Daugherty’s time expires the democrat can reasonably be sure of his four years, as has always been' the custom. Mr. Daugherty,Jhas conducted the affairs of the office in a very satisfactory manner to the public, and should developments later on remove

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him from office, he can feel that everything is fair in jwer-jwjri politics. The precedent would\be‘a bad one to establish, as in future years it would be, no doubt, a case of “what’s ‘sass' for the goose is 'sass’ for the gander.”. At Fowler, where the same thing has been done with Postmaster ■Hampton, the Benton Tieview, the democratic organ of that county, has this to say: _■ • Chas. Hampton has resigned his position as postmaster to take effect tomorrow. Charges were filed against him by Congressman Peterson that he was not attending to his duties and the postmaster general demanded his resignation, and being an a<commodating old gentleman, he gave it to them immediately. Mr. .Hampton has not been in the best of health and lately was confined to his home for four or five days, and for some time has been going to Lafayette to take treatment from a specialist there, being out of the office for half a day each week. Outside of this he claims he has been on the job, and is now feeling better and able to plit in full time required. There has been no postoffice inspector here for some time, and the last one complimented Mr. Hampton very highly for the fine shape the office was in, so that the complaint must have been based on charges by local peftple. Mr. Hampton has run the office to the entire satisfaction of the community. There has been little friction, and every one will regret that he was compelled to relinquish the place under a cloud. .

LETTERS FROM OUR READERS

U. M. Baughman Merges His Business With Largo Concern. The Democrat received a personal letter a few days ago from U. M. Baughman of Oklahoma City, Okla., formerly of Rensselaer, in which Mr. Baughman states that he has merged his mortgage and loan business with that of the Oklahoma Farm Mortgage Co., of that city, with whom he will hereafter bo connected. This is one of the oldest and most relia ble concerns in the southwest, and Mr. Baughman’s many Indiana friends wish him success in his new venture. Among other matters touched upon in his letter, Mr. Baughman says: “I enjoyed the Christmas number of Jhe Democrat and especially the letters therein of old friends and acquaintances. It is wonderful (how we can get scattered in so few years to so many sections of the country. An amusing 0 and interesting feature of it all is, that about nine out of ten of the writers of these letters were quite confident that they had found the choicest spot on God’s whole footstool. And the most consoling thought of, the whole matter is, that ‘a contented spirit Io more to be desired than great riches.’ I think this letter proposition should be continued annually, and believe it will be not only a source of satisfaction to the readers of your valuable paper but that it will also have a tendency to increase its already large circulation.”

(ff-burcK vLxrcles Methodist Episcopal Church. Sunday school, 9:30 a. m.; preaching service, 10:4 5 a. m.; Epworth League, 6:00 p. ifi.; preaching service, 7:00 p. m. Everybody invited to attend.—REV. P. C. CURNICK, Pastor. Baptist Church. There will be preaching at the Baptist church tomorrow (Sunday) at 10:45 and 7:00 by Rev. U. M. Maguire, -a /ormer pastor of tho church here. Rev. Maguire would' like to meet all his old friends at these services. Presbyterian Church. 7'he services for next Sunday are as follows: Bible school at 9:30 a. m.; morning worship at 10:45 a.m., theme, “In Season and Out of Season.” Christian Endeavor at 6:15 p. m.; evening worship at 7:00 p. m. Theme; “The Passion of the King.” Everyone is most cordially invited to these services.-—J. C. Parrett, Pastor. Sale bills printed while you wait at The Democtßt office.