Jasper County Democrat, Volume 17, Number 89, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 February 1915 — Page 4

DEMOCRATIC NEWS LETTER.

% [By Lew Ellingham.]

Indianapolis, Feb. * 11.—Perhaps the most persistent—not lobbyists —that have haunted the legislative halls are those gentlemen interested in a pacing law. Such a bill has been introduced in the senate and it has made much progress and perhaps now is ready for third reading and passage. There is seemingly not much opposition either among the lawmakers or among those people who are always on hand to see that "the moral code of ethics is in no wise violated or given life by legislative enactment. The bill as presented creates • a racing commission, and all racing associations, agricultural fairs and racing meets will have to run the gauntlet of this commission and be commissioned by them should they-desire to engage in this line of business or entertainment. This racing commission would be surrounded by a law preventing all sorts of pool selling and race gambling. In the place of the pool •seller one would find what is known as s the Paris Mutual .Machines, and these machines permit the sporty in■clined to back bis judgment on a certain horse, and then the pool is divided among the first, second and third winners. These machines are now said to be in use in most of the leading countries of the world including Canada, and algo in the -tales of Kentucky, Maryland and Colorado. The one big card used,in behalf of this bill is the need of racing meets and racing events in order to strengthen and encourage the breeding of thorough-bred and standard bred harness horses, and this fact has brought to the defense of the pending bill many farmers, breeders and commission men. It is said that should this bill be enacted in, law it would enable the state, fair association to join the racing circuit and then would have nothing on Indiana when it comes ot breeding thoroughbreds and would have nothing on us, when it comes to pulling off a racing meet where there would be speed to burn. This is the side of those who have a burning desire to introduce racing in the state, and if there is any objector let him register a red hot intorogation before it is too late.

A registration bill is now under way. Should present plans work out there will be a permanent registration for the entire state. It was thought for a time that a permanent registration for counties under a certain population would- be constitutional, but in order to be certain upon this point those in charge of thir. legislation are upon the point of recommending that the permanent registration shall embrace the entire state. It is figured out that not over one-third of the voters of the state would ever have to register tiie second time. Those who do hot move from their precincts would be automatically registered for every election. This would be a great improvement over the present law which requires every voter to register. This new feature would also lessen the expense of registration and in all would be a welcome addition to the statutory laws of, our state. There is no desire to repeal the present law, because it is believed to have gone a long way in cleaning election -scandals and making it impossible tor the wholesale corruption that prevailed during the time when stealing elections, including the presidency, was thought to be more of a badge of honor than a violation of the .criminal laws of the state. What is needed more than any other one thing in Indiana is a constitutional law against the outrage perpetrated in Lake county, where they voted train loads of foreigners who were not even citizens of the l nited States and the state of Indiana. ' . , ■Th<> 'Constitutional amendments v ill likely find their way out. of committee and under discussion on the floor of the senate during the present week. There is a disposition to submit them to the people and let them exercise their right of suffrage in determining whether they shall Ce a part of our constitution or not. The democrats, especially those composing the general assembly,.are fast falling into line with their second’ greatest leader, in their belief that all the great questions-should go first to the people. It may be that the people of Indiana will be called upon to decide, a great many iinportant questions at the next election. Should all the constitutional amendments, some twenty in'" all, and in addition the fate of a primary election be submitted to the people, it would mean plenty of discussion in the next campaign. The candidates vVonld not be permitted to squat down in the center of the stage and enjoy the best ipusic only. They would be compelled to share the headlines with serious questions that call for an answer by the voting populace. - The three workman’s compensa-

tion hills and a bill for woman’s hours of employment are also interesting public questions calling fob legislative solution at this time. The committees will soon give the solans an opportunity to shine and spell bind upop these questions. Their outcome is uncertain, although it is expected that some sort of legislation will he passed during this session. '

LOW RAIL RATES DUE

PANAMA CANAL CAUSES COMMERCE BODY TO FAVOR CUT. Decision Permits Carriers to Make a Reduction in Long HaufNßates Second Victory for Roads.

Washington, Feb. 12.—Because of competition through the Panama canal, transcontinental railroads are permitted by the interstate commerce commission to charge lower rates from eastern points to Pacific coast terminals than to. intermediate points. With a few specific exceptions the decision permits a reduction in the long haul rates. The-decision was what is known as the Intermountain Rate case, and was regarded as second in importance only to the five per cent case. The decision was the second victory for tire railroads in their appeal for relief from threatened financial difficulties. , The commission recognized “the revolutionary effect of the Panama canal upon transportation,” and declared that “the shrinkage of rates via the canal from New York to San Francisco put the transcontinental carriers in serious straits.” The commission pointed out that In reaching its conclusions it recognized these salient points as presented by the railroads. That under existing rates the railroads could not compete with the water lines to the Pacific coast; that should the whole rate structure, including rates to intermountain points, be reduced to meet the water rates, the earnings of the railroads would be swept away;, that unless Some adjustment could be made, the great industries around Chicago and in the Mississippi valley would have to lose their . Pacific coast customers or migrate to the Atlantic seaboard. The new rates will become effective within Alt days after the filing, by the railroads of tariffs containing them. Th’e action of the commission permits the railroads to violate the long- and short haul clause of -4. be fourth section of the commerce- act.

Two Blocks Burned.

Independence, Mo., Feb. 12.—1-'ire, starting in a case in the downtown district, burned more than two blocks of buildings and threatened the entire busing section of the town. Fire companies from Kansas City assisted the local firemen.

THE MARKETS

Grain, Provisions, Etc. Chicago, Feb. 11. Open- High- Low- ClosWheafc— ing. est. est. ing. May ......,1.02H-% 1,62% 1,53% 1.59% July .......1.37-37% 1.3 t% 1.34 1.35 Corn— " ■•/ May ,80% -y 2 ,81%-% .80% .80% July .........81%-%. .82% .81% .81% Oats—. May ....01-01% .0,1% .00% .01%-% July , 57%-% .58% .57? .57% FT,OUR—Spring wheat, patent, Minneapolis, hard wood, $7.80 to retail trade; Minneapolis and Dakota patents, $7.00# 7.50; jute, straight, $7.25#7.50; first clears, jute, $0.75(170.90; second clears. Jute, $5.40# 5.80; low grades, jute, [email protected]; soft wheat, patents, $7.40(777.65; jute, rye flour, white, patents, $0.40(770.60; dark, [email protected]. HAY Market firm; choice timothy, SIS.OO@IS,SO; No. 1. $15,50#16.50; No. 2 and. No. 1 mixed, $14.00(1714.50; N<%. 3 and No. 2 mixed, sll.so(77l2.so;!thrashed timothy, SB.OO #11.00; clover, $10.50(7714.50; heated and no grade, $7.00# 10 00; alfalfa, choice, slß.oo®18,50; alfalfa, No. * [email protected]. BUTTER—Creamery, extra, 31c; extra firsts, 29%'fi 20c; firsts, 27(7728%c; seconds. 24 #2Ge; packing stock. 20%c; ladles. 22# 22%c.. EG(tS—Miscellaneous lots, eases included, 20#23c; cases returned, 19#22%c; ordinary firsts, 21%(7722c; firsts, 23c; extras, 2 Bc. ~ ■ ! T.TVE POULTRY—Turkeys, 15c per lb.; chickens, fowls. 14c; springs. 15c: staggy with spurs, T3%e; rbpstors, ll%c; ducks. !2#lGc:- geese. U#lse. , .; DRESS ED POTT f TRY—Dressed turkeys 197719%c: chickens, fowls, 12#16e; springs, 125716 c: roosters, ll#12c; ducks, 12%@15c; geese. 10(77! sc. POT ATO KS—Wisconsin, white stock, 40 (7748 c red. 40®43c; Michigan white, 40#4Sc; rod. 40#43c, New York. Feb. 11. WHEAT—Weaker, good tsade; No. 1 Northern. $1.72: No. 2 red; $1.69%; 17b. 2 hard. $1.72; May. $1.65%; July, $1.42%. j T ' CORN~*Flrmer, business quiet; export, 84%c; No. 2 yellow, SSc; No. 3 yellow, 86c. OATS—Steady, fair demand; No. 2 white, 65c; No. 3 white, 64c: No. 4 white, 63c. BARLEY—Steady; malting, 95c#51.02. Live Stock. Chicago, Feb. 11. CATTLE—Steers, gberl to choice, $7.50# 9.45: yearlings, good to choice, [email protected]: inferior steers. $7.00#7.75; medium to good beef cows, $5.00#5.'65: stock cows. $4.50# 5.35; fair tb choice heifers, [email protected]; stock heifers, [email protected]: good to choice cows, $5.00(776.25; common to good cutters, $3.00 574.50; butcher bulls. [email protected]; bologna, $5.00(776.00. HOGS—Prime light, butchers, [email protected]; fair to fancy light, $6.50@<*62%; prime medium weight butchers, -250#270 lbs, $6.50@ 6.60; prime heavy butchers, 270#340 lbs., $6.50#6.80; heavy mixed and packing, $6.45 @6.65; heavy packing,- [email protected]; pigs, fair 'to good. $6.00#6.25. 1 .

A Mental Feat.

Girls and photographers have one paradoxical quality in common " “What 13 that?’’ “Both c,an give a positive negative.’—Baltimore American.

INDIANA BREVITIES

New Albany.—Roscoe Cooms, twelve years old, while coasting near Byrnville, 12 miles from here, ran into a spring branch and was drowi ed. Goshen.—Goshen bakers have announced discontinuance of five-cent loaves of bread until further notice on account of the high cost of flour. Ten-cent loaves will be sold without an advance in price. Hartford City.—John Lake, proprietor of the Lake hotel, was fined SIOO and sentenced to jail for six months upon his plea of guilty to a charge of contributing to the delinquency of a seventeen-year-old girl. Columbus,—One hundred of the leading farmers of Bartholomew county are forming a co-operative grain company, which will,build a SIO,OOO grain elevator at St. Louis Crossing. Each farmer is taking a SIOO share of stock. Fort Wayne.—Fire, originating in the heating plant, destroyed the Catholic Parochial school at Besancon, nine miles east of Fort Wayne, and the Sisters’ home near by. The loss was SIO,OOO. Petersburg.—Sheriff Peter Miller prevented a jail delivery here when he heard hammering at about midnight and found a stone cut half way through. AH prisoners were locke3 in their cells. ■ .A : • Columbus.—Annie Dill has filed suit for SIO,OOO damages for personal injuries against the Interstate Public Service company, alleging that she' sustained injuries to her spine while alighting from one of the company’s street cars here. Anderson. —Having pleaded guilty to a charge of stealing t.wo chickens from the barn of Dr. W. P. Harter within forty-ejglit hours after the robbery occurred, John Helvie and Daniel Smith were sentenced to 90 days in the county jail and were disfranchised for two years. .

Hammond—Mrs. Charles Beebe, fifty years old, committed suicide by hanging in the Mba§ement of her home near here, leaving [a husband and three children. It is said she yearned for the farm life she had been accustomed to. A few years ago her husband retired and they moved to town. She found town life empty. Washington.—Charles Haywood of Indianapolis was sentenced to one to eight years in the state prison for obtaining money under false pretenses and petit larceny. Haywood called on local merchants, saying iie was a representative of a .Vincennes newspaper, and obtained a small amount on a subscription and advertising scheme. Lafayette.—Louis H. Meyers, thirtythree years old, has filed suit in the superior court in which he asks $15,000 from the Big Four railroad. He alleggs that he was employed as a fireman by the railroad company and that the cab of the engine on which he was riding was struck by a string of box cars and that he was caught in the wreck and crippled for life. Lafayette.— Robert Druen, the elev-en-year-old son of Thomas Druen of this city, drowned when he fell through the ice of a pond near Greenbush street, where he and several other boys were skating. The ice tvas very thin, and Druen went into six feet of water. After working an hour the police pulled the body of the bov out with drag hooks. Camden. —Arthur Eikenberry of Flora has employed an eastern agency to assist him in locating his father and other relatives, whom he believes are living in or near Boston, Mass. When he years old his mother died and he was sent with a carload of orphans to Peru, and was placed in the horAe of a family named Eikenberry. If he succeeds in finding his relatives he expects to adopt his real name, Harry Weeks. '

Shelby ville. —James H. Williams, trustee of Addison township, has begun a siiit against Mr. and Mrs. Oscar J. Gatewood of this city to get possession of a school building and site the township had been using continuously for 40 years when the school was abandoned and the children hauled to another school. Fire destroyed the. other . building and when the trustee wanted to resume use of the abandoned building the Gatewoods would, not yield possession of the property. The first deed for the property was lost many years 4t go before it had been recorded, and the description is faulty in a deed that was subsequently given to the township.

Lafayette—Mrs. Susan A. Taylor, age widow of William Tailor, a pioneer banker of Lafayette, j. who founded the present American National bank here, died. MrS. Taylor's maiden name was Susan Hubler. She was born in Miamisburg, 0., in 1833. She came to Lafayette 75 years ago, and was educated at the Wesleyan seminary at Fort Wayne. Mrs. Taylor was active in society many years. Two children, W. W. Taylor and Mrs. Thomas J. McCoy of Chicago, survive. Bodell, . twenty years old, was sentenced to the state reformatory when he pleaded guilty to a charge of stealing sls from Frank Anderson, who was unconscious and died a few hours later of apoplexy. David Davis, twenty-two years old, is awaiting ararigument on a similar charge. Lafayette—A diamond pin valued at SIOO, which was lost in a downtown street two months ago, has been returned through the mail to Miss Doris Pottrltzer. No message accompanied the pin. Advertisements had been placed in the papers. « '

l\ S. Sends Warning to Great Britain and to Germany.

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sels of war should act upon the presumption that the flag of the United States was not being used in good faith and should' destroy on the high seas an American vessel, or the lives of American citizens, it would be difficult for the government of the United States to view the act in any other light than as an indefensible violation of neutral rights, which it would be very hard, indeed, to reconcile with the friendly relations now so happily subsisting between the two governments. "If such a deplorable situation should arise, the imperial German government can readily appreciate that the government of the United States would be constrained to hold the imperial German government to a strict accountability for such acts of their naval authorities and to take any steps it might be necessary to take to safeguard American lives and property and to secure to American citizens the full enjoyment of their acknowledged rights on the high seas. Hopes Ships Won’t Be Harmed.

"The government of the United States, in view of these considerations, which it urges with the greatest respect and with the sincere purpose of making sure that no misunderstanding may arise and no circumstance oc-„ cur that might even cloud the intercourse of the two governments, expresses the confident hope and expectation that the imperial German government can and will give assurance that American citizens and their vessels will not be molested by the naval forces of Germany otherwise than by visit and search, though their vessels may be traversing the sea area delimited in the proclamation of the German admiralty. "It is added for the information of the imperial government that representations have been made to his Britannic majesty’s'government in respect to the unwarranted use of the American flag for the protection of British ship's.”

U. S. Note to Britain. The secretary of state has instructed Ambassador Page at London to present to the British government a note to the following effect: “The department has been advised of the declaration of the German admiralty on February 4. indicating that the British government had pn January 31 explicitly authorized the use of neutral flags on British merchant vessels, presumably for the purpose of avoiding recognition by German naval forces. ' .

"The department’s -attention has also been directed to reports in the jiress that the' captain of the Lusitania, acting upon orders or information received from the' British authorities. raised ‘the American flag as his vessel approached the British coasts, in order to escape anticipated •attacks by German submarines. Today’s press reports also contain an alleged official statement of the foreign office defending the use of the flag of a neutral country by a belligerent ves; sel in order to escape capture or attack by an enemy.

Opposed to General Use of Flag. “Assuming that the foregoing reports are. true, the government of the United States, reserving for future consideration the legality and propriety of the deceptive use of the flag of a neutral power in any case for the purpose of avoiding capture, desires very respectfully to point out to his Britannic majesty's government the serious consequences which may result to American vessels and American citizens if this practice is continued.

“The occasional use of the flag of a neutral or an enemy under the stress of immediate pursuit and to deceive an approaching enemy, which appears by the press reports to be represented as the precedent and justification used to support this action, seems to this government a very different thing from an explicit sanction by a belligerent government for its merchant ships generally to fly the flag of a neutral powder w ithin certain portions of the high seas which are presumed to be frequented with hostile warships. •

Would Jeopardize Neutral Ships. “The formal declaration of such a policy of general misuse of a neutral’s flag jeopardizes the vessels of the neutral visiting those waters in a peculiar degree by raising the presumption that they arq of belligerent nationality regardless of the flag which they may carry. / “In view of the announced purpose of the German admiralty to engage in active naval operations in certain delimited sea areas adjacent to the coasts of Great Britain and Ireland, the government of the United States would view with anxious solicitude any general use of the flag of the United States by British vessels traversing '{hose waters. A policy such as the one which his majesty’s government is said to intend to adopt would, if the declaration of the German admiralty be put in force, it seems clear, afford .no protection to British vessels, while it would be a serious and constSnt menace to. the lives and vessels of American citizens.

Urges Practice Be Stopped. “The government of the United States, therefore, trusts that his majesty’s government will do all in its power to restrain vessels of British nationality from the deceptive use of the flag of the United States in the sea area defined in the German declaration, since such practice would greatly endanger the j vessels of a friendly power navigarting those waters, and would even seem to impose

upon the government of Great Britain 1 a measure of responsibility for the loss of American lives and vessels in case of an attack by a German naval force. "You may add that this government is making earnest representations to the German government in regard to the danger to American vessels and citizens if the declaration of the German admiralty is put into effect.”

Champion Runner Retires.

New York, Feb. 12.-—Melvin W. Sheppard, Olympic hero and former middle distance runner, announced his retirement from track athletics. Sheppard received a heavy fall and painful injury when a board in the Garden floor gave way during the running of a race Wednesday night.

Col. W. A. 1 McCurtain’s Sale Dates. Feb. 17, Charles Pullins, general sale. 1 eb. 18, George Hoosline, general farm sale. leb. 19, Nim Hopkins, general farm sale. Feb. 22, William I. Hoover, general farm sale. Feb. 24, Harvey Austin, general farm sale. P eb. 23, Louis Whicker, general farm sale. Lyceum Course Dates. February 25.—The Boyds. March 17.—Weatherwax Bros. April 7.—Bargelt & Co. Another new supply of Ideal Account files received in The Democrat’s stationery department. These are much cheaper and more convenient for keeping moderate-sized accounts than a cumbersome ledger.

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FOR SALE For Sale—Southeast Missouri lands w T here they get two crops from the same land in the same year. Corn from 40 to 90 bushels. Wheat from 18 to 45 1 bushels, followed by a crop of cow peas which makes from $25 to $35. Alfalfa makes from 4 to G cuttings and pays front $5 0 to SBS per acre. Cow peas are sowed In cornfield last cultivation and will produce as, much hog flesh as an acre of com. 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, Mossouri, and is situated in the heart of the finest farming country in the world. Charleston has three railroad connections and ten trains daily. Mississippi county comprises 265,000 acres of finl 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 would 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 the 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* 4 75., Rensselaer, Ind,

For Sale—l 4 0-egg incubator, $5; 1 40-chick brooder, $2.50; S. C. White Orpington pen, 1 male, 3 females, S.»;R. I. Red pullets, 75c each.— J. M. ALLEN, Fair Oaks, Ind. f-28 —For Sale—Remember, I have a nice lot of Barred Rock cockerels foi; sale yet; can not be excelled, for $2 apiece.—A. D. HERSHMAN, Medaryville, Ind. m _i - For Sale—Choice timothy hay in 'barn; also team of young mules, wt. 2300 CLARENCE GARRIOTT, Parr, Ind., R-l, phone 953-D. For Sale;—2 Berkshire male hogs, wt. about 125 pounds each; also some white oak and red oak posts.— Phone 935-D, Rensselaer, Ind. f-7 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— 10 acres good black land, all in. cultivation, fair buildings, fruit, etc.; onion land close that can be rented, $1,500; SSOO cash, time on\ balance to suit; 7t4

Girl Dies of Dancing.

Hammond, Ind., Feb.-9.—“ Did you have a good time at the party?” Mrs. William Krueger asked her daughter Gertrude, 18 years old. "Yes, had a dandy time. I danced every dance, but I feel queer.” The young woman was found deaa in bed soon afterward. The coroners verdict was heart failure, brought on by excessive dancing.

Buy Harness Before March 1. Owing to the great advance in the price of leathers we are compelled to raise our prices on harness, and will do so March 1. All harness sold prior to March 1, 1915, however, will be at the same old price. SCOTT BROS., harness, buggy and wagon dealers, Rensselaer, ind. f-15 Notice to Heirs, Creditors and Legatee's. » In the matter of the estate of Mary B. Kays, deceased, in the Jasper .„ ;'^ c r Qlt Court, February term, Notice is hereby given to the creditors, heirs and legatees of Mary B Kays, deceased, and all persons ini terested in said estate, to appear in the Jasper Circuit Court, on the 6th day of March, 1915, being the day fixed and endorsed on the final settlement account of Harvey E. Parkison, administrator of said decedent, and show cause if any, why such final account should not be approved; and the heirs of said decedent and all others interested, are also hereby notified to appear in said court, on said day and make proof of their hearship, 0 r claim to any part of said estate. HARVEY E. PARKISON, ... T , Administrator, vv. h. Barluson, attorney for estate.

miles Rensselaer.—J. DAVISSON Rensselaer, ind. For Sale—6o acres, ten acres timber, remainder, black corn land In cultivation; on main road near school and station; fine outlet for drainage. New four-room house, barn and well. Price $7.5. Terms, SBOO down, , long time on remainder.—Enquire at First National Bank. Lor Sale—s head of work horses consisting of 2 mares 7 and 8 years old, with foal, wt. 1300 each; 2 geldl"** 4 aad 5 years old, wt about 1200 each; l mare wt. 1200, 8 years old. HARRY HIBBS, Rensselaer, K-J, 10 miles due north of Rensselaer - - . m-6 l or Sale—lo 7 acre farm in Otsego county, N. Y.; 8 acres maple, beach and hemlock timbejr, including sugar grove, balance in good state of cultivation; good living springs in pasture lots, good well of water at fiouse, land is gently rolling but not hilly and is easy to work. House recently remodeled, and practically good as new; 2 large barns in fair condition, and other outbuildings; farm well fenced, wire fencing; on ft* F. D., and telephone. New evaporator and sap buckets goes with farm, all for $2,100. Reason for selling, poor health and too old to arm.-Address L. J. SHELLAND, Worcester, Otsego county, N. Y,

FOR RENT Tor Rent—Bo-acre improved farm. A. G. CATT, Rensselaer, phone 232. WANTED Wanted— To borrow at once S3OO. .Leave word at Democrat Office. 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. MISCELLANEOUS Oak Lumber—All kinds for sale, or sawed to order, at farm, 2 miles south and 4 miles west of Rensselaer.— ARTHUR POWELL, Rensselaer, Ind., phone 29-M Mt Ayr e» change. . Auto Livery—“Frenchy” Deschand, J , A new car Just purchased. \ ill drive any where at any time. Phone 319. Storage Room—Storage room for household goods, etc., on third floor of The Democrat building Prices reasonable.— F. E. BABCOCK. Mutual Insurance— Fire and light! ° In S- Alo o state cyclone. Inquire es M. L Adams, phone 633-L.

Farm Loans—Money to loan on farm property in any sums nn SIO,OOO—E. P. HONAN? Farm Loans—l am making farm lt } 6 lowest ratea of intereet. Te “ y ? ar loaßa without commission and without delay.— JOHN A. DUNLAP * N?n hftl Wlthout Utlay, fr p Without Commlsl on, . U IIU [Without Charges for HI Makjng or Recording Instruments. ~ J W. H. PARKINgOU Calling cards, the correct sizes, both plain and linen finish, constantly in stock in The Democrat’s fancy stationery department.