Jasper County Democrat, Volume 18, Number 11, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 May 1915 — Page 3

Prohibition and Temperance By James C. Kelly The failure of prohibition to decrease either intemperance or the quantity of alcoholic liquor consumed is shown by official government and state reports. This fact, often used by the liberals assn argument against the “dry” propaganda, has caused the prohibitionists to ask: “If prohibition decreases neither intemperance nor the quantity of liquor consumed, why do those interested in the liquor business oppose prohibition?” On the surface this question is a poser, but like many prohibition arguments, it is all on the surface. Prohibition by its own admission, aims only at the licensed and legitimate dealer or manufacturer of alcoholic beverages. It worries not over the intemperance of man or the manufacture and consumption of strong drinks by the individual. Its one purpose is to wipe out the legal and licensed industry, and quite naturally that industry fights back. Yes, it has been demonstrated that prohibition does not promote temperance, and no proof is needed to show that legitimate liquor industry is fighting prohibition. Recently my attention was called to the case of a man who, ordinarily liberal, was assisting a prohibition movement in his town. An investigation disclosed the fact that this man was selling flavoring extract which, if added to raw alcohol, would produce “real liquor”. - That is one reason why the legitimate manufacturer opposes prohibition. Again the legitimate trade does not relish the prospect of being forced out of business only to have the local demand supplied by mail order houses which operate without interruption. The heavy shipment of strong and, in many cases, adulterated liquor into prohibition territory is a matter of common knowledge. The legitimate liquor trade is not fighting temperance for it realizes that intemperance is it worst enemy. It is fighting prohibition as a matter of self-preservation. The opposition of legitimate manufacturers and licensed dealers in liquors to prohibition measures which do not decrease drinking is not so strange as the professional “drys” would have us believe. —Adv.

NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS ITEMS

GIFFORD. Pearl Davis and wife were Megoqrs Thursday. ’ Mr. and Mrs. Fred Thomas visited with the latter’s parents, B. Lowry and wife, Sunday. Mrs. Clyde DaVisson of Possum Run, called on Mrs. W. A. McCurtain Saturday afternoon. Everybody seems interested in getting a church built here, and about SBOO has been subscribed. Mr. Walker and wife of near Rehsselaer, spent Sunday with their daughter, Mrs. Lon Daniels. Little Ruby and George Smith visited from Thursday until Sunday with their grandma, Mrs. Long. Mrs. Marie Cavinder of Seafield, came Saturday for a few days’ visit with her parents, Theo. Smith 'and wife. The quarantine on Sheridon Lo gue’s house was raised last week, but another case of scarlet fever is at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Daniels of southwest of Gifford, then 17-year-old son, Ira, is sick. On returning from Sunday school at Oak Grove Sunday, W. A. McCurtain was given a complete surprise on finding a~bout 115 of his friends gathered at his home to remind him that it was his brithday anniversary. An elaborate dinner was spread and a grand time was had by all.

Danger to Children. Serious illnesses often result from lingering coughs and colds. The hacking and coughing and disturbed sleep rack a child’s body and the poisons weaken the system, so that disease cannot be thrown off. Foley’s Honey and Tar Compound has eased coughs, colds and croup for three generations; safe to use and quick to act. There is no better medicine for croup, coughs and colds.—-A. F. LONG.

FOUR CORNERS.

F. W. Fisher and family and Jas. Spry and wife took in the show at Rensselaer Thursday. Mrs. Orville Fisher and babe visited with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Nate Keen, Wednesday. Charles Peregrine has purchased a new Studebaker Six car and now Vic is trying to master the “critter.” The river dredge is moving down stream, and expects within a week to pass through the C. & E. 1., bridge at Dunn’s siding. Mrs. Fred Wasson of Demotte, came to see the new boy and visit her sister, Mrs. James Keene, of Wheatfield, Wednesday. Gifford is making an effort to build a church. Two ladies were soliciting money from the good people of Wheatfield for the purpose Wednesday. The play at tM opera house last Wednesday evening, as predicted,

proved a success and crowned the actors with glory and stuffed the treasurer’s receipts S7O. The Wheatfield high school commencement Tuesday night was well attended. There were six graduates, and the address by Charles H. Platteburg was both entertaining and instructive. Mrs. Ed Jessup of Lacross, is with her daughter, Mrs. James Keen, of Wheatfield, who presented her husband with a 11-pound boy Tuesdaj eve. All doing well, even James, who only hits the high places about town. Thomas Jensen has an eye open to the welfare of the farmers in this community. He has made arrangements to handle cream, for which he pays the and, the farmers are saved the trouble of purchasing express tickets and shipping. An auto truck from Kouts takes the cream from his store. Wheatfield has organized a real ball team, with James McColly, president; W. B. McNeil, manager; Robt. Mannan, secretary, and Simon Fendig, treasurer. The business men ana citizens are back of the team and will make an honest effort to give the public some real baseball. Now, everybody, “play ball.” Mr. Vonasch, while driving his team of steppers out of Wheatfield Tuesday evening, had an exciting runaway in turning the corner onehalf mile south of town. The team overturned the buggy and in some way Mr. Vonasch got tangled in th< line and was drug about 80 rods. When all was over the buggy was demoralized and the driver looked as though he had been and was on his way home from Europe.

This Will Interest Mothers. Mother Gray’s Sweet Powders for children relieve feverishness, headache, bad stomach, teething disorders, move and regulate the bowels and destroy worms. They breakup colds in 24 hours. Used by.mothers for 26 years. All druggists, 25c. Sample free. Address, »A. S. Olmstead, Leßoy, N. Y. —Advt.

FAIR OAKS.

Anna Erwin visited relatives at Brook over Sunday. Charles Halleck’s are spraying their orchard this week. F. M. Goff had a telephone put in his housp the first of the week, on the Bruner system. Health continues good in these parts and everybody is busy planting corn and cleaning house. S. C. Brokus of Rensselaer, is here making quite extensive repairs on C. A. Gundy s house, this week. Mrs. Al Moore and little son of Lafayette, came up the first of the week and made her sister, Mrs Bringle, a visit for a few days. , Grandpa Erwin, who had been down at Brook with his daughter,

Mrs. Vonder smith, returned to Fair Oaks the first of the week, feeling fine. v • Will Wen del and Mildred Bozell went to Edinburg Wednesday, the former to visit his parents a couple of weeks and the latter to stay with an uncle this summer. “Stub’’ Gundy came home from his job at Gary a couple of weeks ago and took down with an attack of pneumonia. He has been having a pretty tough time of it since, but is some better. Tom Parks, who lives on the fruit farm over in Newton county, was in the firs! of the week having some blacksmithing done and reported the serious accident that befell one of his bbys, who is staying with his grandfather at Cherryville, 111., and going to school, but which might have been more serious. At their place there was an old dug well, 8.0 feet deep, walled up with brick, and which they had discarded and thought they had filled it up a number of years before, and in which had been left a 1 % inch well pipe. While working about the boy stepped onto the filling of the well, which had settled, perhaps a foot, when he fell through down a distance of 3b feet breaking one leg and was considerably bruised and cut. The lad took hold of the well pipe and climbed the entire distance to the top, where his sister, who was the only one that witnessed the accideni, grabbed him as he was just in a collapsing condition, and with all of the strength she could put forth, succeeded in pulling him out. It certainly was a close call.

“Stowed Up at Middle Age. The hard working kidneys seem to require aid sooner than other internal organs. At middle age many men and women feel twinges of rheumatism, have swollen or aching joints and are distressed with sleep disturbing bladder ailments. Foley can be depended on to give relief.— A. F. LONG.

Real Estate Transfers. Joseph W Price et al to John William Price, March 15, un y 2 e pt n pt w % sw, 29-30-6,'50 acres, Barkley, $2,115. Dale O Bowman et ux to Sarah Bowman, May 8, Remington, pt ne, 25-27-7. Carpenter, SSOO. Joseph H Smiley et ux to Charles Scott, Oct. 30, s % nw, 19-31-5, 165.70 acres, Walker, $12,000. Northern Indiana Land Co. to Lendert Mak, KTarch 1, pt 15-32-7, 157 acres, Keener, $6,285. Charles D Nowels et al to David E Grow, Jan. 28, IT 11, bl 26, Rensselaer, Weston’s add, $75. Emerson M Gordan et al to Lucy Wickersham, April 17, sw frac, 18-27-7, Carpenter, sl. q. c. d. Judson H Perkins to Ethel C Perkins, May 11, It 9, 10, Rensselaer, Benjamin’s add, SSOO.

Don’t Visit the California Expositions withopt a supply of Alien’s Foot-Ease. It gives instant relief to tired, aching feet and prevents swollen, hot feet. One lady writes: “I enjoyed every minute of my stay at the exposition, thanks to Alien’s Foot-Ease in my shoes.” Sold everywhere, 25c. Don’t accept any substitute.—Advt.

Hiking Best Grip Killer.

The epidemic of influenza that has been troubling the city for nearly a month continued last week, according to a mortality bulletin issued yesterday by the board of health. The statement says there were 35 deaths in the city last week from this cause, or 20 more than the number for a single week in 1914. Deputy Health Commissioner Emerson says the best way to avoid catching influenza is to walk a mile in the open air twice a day. It will add 10 years to a person’s life, the doctor asserts. The number of deaths reported during the week was 1,778, compared with 1,566 in the corresponding week of 1914, the death rate increasing from 14.63 to 15.98 per thousand of population. Despite the epidemic of influenza the death rate for fne first 16 weeks of the year, 14.66, is .81 below the mortality for a similar period of 1914.—New York Sun.

Our “Jitney” Offer—This and sc. Don’t miss this. Cut out this slip, enclose with five cents to Foley & Co., Chicago, 111., writing your name and address clearly. You will receive in return a trial package containing Foley’s Honey and Tar Ccm pound, for coughs, colds and croup, Foley Kidney Pills, and Foley Cathartic Tablets.—A. F. LONG.

Sea Gave Up Old Car.

A unique instance of the sea giving up its dead—although in this case the fullest allowapce must be made for poetic license —came to light recently at Newport Beach, on the southern coast of California. The “dead” took the form of a Southern Pacific flat-car, which was washed into the ocean a quarter of a century ago, and ever since had lain at the bottom of the sea; In 1890 a terrific storm washed part of the pier away, three flat-cats thus being lost. Two were later washed up on the beach, but the third was never seen again until a recent storm of unusual violence brought it to light not far from the spot where it had disappeared so many years ago. Though covered with rust, the iron ' truss rods and couplings are in fairly good condition, and the wooden beams do not appear to be much the worse for their long immersion.—Argonaut.

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“TOUCH NOT MINE ANOINTED”

1 Samuel 26.—Slay 16. King David’s Trying Experiences—Ths Cave of Adullam— King David’s Nephews Water From Bethlehem. David Twice Spared King Saul’s Life. Lessons of the Hour. "Love your enemies, do food to them that hate you.”—Luke 6:21. OUTLAWED ain| hunted by King Saul, David was joined by unfortunates ostracized from society, and soon found himself at the head of a company of about four hundred men, more or less armed. It was a great training for his future kingdom work. Amongst these were three of David’s nephews. One was Joab, who became captain of the host Ablshal and Asahel were the others, who afterward became renowned. For a time David and his company occupied the cave of Adullam. It is

greatly to his credit that he refused to plunge his nation into civil war, as he would have been abundantly able to do. But he remembered that the Lord, through the Prophet Samuel, had anointed him to be king; and that it was for him to abide God’s time for overthrowing

Saul and making him his successor. It was because David was thus full of faith in God and possessed the spirit of obedience to Him that he was called a man after God’s own heart—not that he was perfect, but that the Lord's will was his real heart’s desire, and whenever through weakness he took a different course, he promptly repented on seeing the mistake, Implored Divine forgiveness and changed his course. While sojourning at the cave of Adullam, David, In a fit of homesickness, referred to the fine well-water of his Bethlehem home, intimating how much he would relish It. Thereupon three of his followers undertook the perilous journey, unknown to David. They were outlaws, and Bethlehem was In the hands of the Philistines; yet these brave men obtained a waterskin from the favored well. When they presented It to David, he declared that the water was gotten at too great a cost to be lightly used. Then he poured It upon the earth as a sacrifice of thanksgiving to the Lord for the blessings they enjoyed and for the support of such loyal associates. Surely David’s devotion to the Lord and his faith were well manifested! Training For Kingdom Work. When David and his followers w’ere at Nob, Ahlmelech the priest showed him kindness. King Saul, learning of this through a spy, slaughtered the priests of that place and their lineage. This brought to David one of Ahlmelech’s sons with the priestly ephod. A prophet had also joined David. All this convinced King Saul the more that God’s favor was departed from him. Nevertheless he continued to fight against the Divine Program. On one occasion David and his company were occupying a cave on the west side of the Dead Sea, when King Saul and his men entered the cave for rest and refreshment David and his associates were further back in the cave; and when Saul’s company entered, David’s band desired that Saul be killed, that thus their trying experiences might be ended. But David would not consent. However, he cut a piece from Saul’s robe as a demonstration that he could have killed the king had he been disloyal. After the king and his company had gone a certain distance, David and his men showed themselves and protested that Saul was not appreciative of their

Saul Spared In the Cave.

On this occasion, David and his nephew entered Saul’s camp and took from beside his head his spear and his water-bottle. Then from an opposite hill, a ravine between, David pointed out to the king that he was not only more vigilant than Saul’s soldiers, but more loyal to the king’s Interests; and that to pursue him was a mistake. A Profitable Lesson. David’s explanation of his unwillingness to take his enemy’s life was that Saul’s was the Lord’s anointed, and that to assault the king was to attack the Almighty's arrangements. This he could not conscientiously do. “Touch not Mine anointed.” It Is well to have this principle in mind. We are not to think of the kings of today as the Lord’s anointed, however. They are their own anointed. Their kingdoms are kingdoms of this world. On the contrary, Israel was God’s special kingdom, under a special covenant arrangement. By Divine authority King Saul bad been anointed with the special anointing oil, typifying the Holy Spirit. David’s anointing with the samp oil was not to give him a right to Interfere with the Lord’s anointing previously accomplished in Saul, but to assure him” that he was to be Saul’s successor. /

David Spares King Saul.

loyalty and sought their lives when they would not take his. Saul’s better nature was aroused; and he wept, saying, “Thou art more righteous than I.” For the time the hunting of David was abandoned. Nevertheless, there was a similar experience later.

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