Jasper County Democrat, Volume 18, Number 68, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 November 1915 — Page 2

For Your Baby. The Signature of is the only guarantee that you have the Genuine

ICASTORIAI

prepared by him for over 30 years. YOU’LL give YOUR baby the BEST O Your Physician Knows Fletcher’s Castoria. Sold only in one size bottle, never in bulk or otherwise; to protect the babies. The Centaur Company. Pr«t

BIG PUBLIC SALE. As I am going to Oklahoma I will offer at public auction at my place, ’ mile west and 4 miles south of McCoysburg; 8 miles west and % mile south Of Monon; 7 miles north and V, mile east of Wolcott, and 6 miles east and 5 miles south of Rensselaer, commencing at 10 6 clock a. nt., on Wednesday, December 1. 1915. 7 Horses—l bay mare 7 years, wt. 14 50, in foal; 1 bay mare 4 years, wt. 1500, in foal; 1 black mare 2 years, wt. 1250, in foal; 1 roan mare G years, wt. 1200; in foal; 1 bay mare io years, wt. 1000, a good driver; 1 bay horse 11 years, wt. 1 1200; 1 spring colt, a good one. | 23 Cattle—l black cow with calf by side; 1 "black Jersey cow 4 years,' with calf by side; 1 red cow, will be i fresh in April; 1 black heifer 2 years, will be fresh in .March; 1 yel-i low Jersey 8 years, fresh in February, giving milk now; 1 white faced yearling bull; 1 red cow 7 years, fresh in Feb.; 1 black Jersey, 4 years, fresh in April; 1 red cow 6 years, ires'll in Jan.; 1 red cow giving good flow of milk, fresh in April; 1 red cow 7 years, giving milk, fresh in spring; 1 line backed cow, 8 years, giving 3 gallons milk a day, a. good one; 1 red yearling steer; 9 good spring calves, all steers. 12 Hogs—Two good Poland China brood sows; 5 fat shotes, wt. about I'o lbs. each; 5 shotes, wt. about 40* lbs. each. Farm Implements, Etc.—l John Deere corn planter, in good order; 1 U. S. cream separator, good as new; 1 hay ladder; 1 set work harness; 1 single harness; 800 good white oak fence posts and other articles too numerous to mention. Terms—A credit of 12 months will be given with approved security, with 6 per cent interest from date if paid when due; if not paid when due 8 percent interest will be charged from date; 2 per cent discount where entitled to credit. $5 and under cash in hand. H. E. LOWMAN. Hepp & Son, auctioneers: .C..G. Spitler, clerk. Hot lunch by Ladies' Aid.

BIG PUBLIC SALE. I will offer at public auction, at rny residence, 7 miles southeast of Rensselaer, 4 miles due* south of Pleasant Ridge and 2 miles west and 8 miles north of Wolcott, Monday, November 29, 1915, commencing at 10 a. m., the following property: 15 Head Horses —1 roan mare, wt. 1600, 10 years, in foal; 1 gray mare, wt. 1 500, age 5, in foal; .1 gray mare, wt. 1400, age 4, in foal; 1 bay mare, wt. 1500, age 6, in foal; 1 black mare, wt. 1100, age 3, in foal; all exceptionally well bred mares. 1 bay gelding, wt. 1400, age 8; 1 bay gelding, wt. 1400, age 7; 1 gray gelding, wt. 1300, age 3; 1 gray gelding, wt. 1200, age 6; 1 black mare, wt. 1000, age 6; 1 black mare, wt. 1 400, age 9; 1 bay gelding, wt. 1000, age 6; 1 gray gelding, wt. 1100, age 5; 2 mare colts, an exceptionally fine black pair. 4 Head Cattle—l black Jersey 1 red Shorthorn cow, 2 yellow Jersey cows. An excellent bunch of cows. rT - 4 head of goats. 5 sets of heavy breeching harness; 1 set single work harness; 12 good leather halters; 12 stable blankets. 41 Head Hogs— 3o head of shotes, wt. from 90 to 150 lbs.; 10 thorough bred Duroc sows; 1 thoroughtired Duroc boar. Farm Tools— 4 wagons, three with triple beds; 1 rack end wagon; 1 7-foot binder; mowing machine; hay rake; 2 discs, 1 8-foot and 1 7foot; weeder; manure spreader; 2 gophers: 2 cultivators; 2 harrows, 1 4-section and 1

plows, 1 Case and 1 Good Enough; John Deere corn planter, with 140 rods of wire and fertilizer attachment; Case corn wire; 1 4-inch walking plow; 1-horse wheat drill with fertilizer attachment; 4horse Acme harrow; sawing outfit, with 6-horse gas engine; 2 oat seeders; three scoop boards; single shovel plow; 1 1-horse drill; 1 woven wire stretcher; GO gallon gas tank: 1 5-horse evener; 4 14-foot log chains; 1 post digger; 2 tile spades; 1 brush scythe; road scraper; cream separator, in good shape, and other articles too numerous to mention. Terms—-A credit of 12 months w ill be given with approved security, with G per cent interest from date if paid when due: if not paid when due 8 per cent interest will be charged. $lO and under cash in hand 3 per cent off for cash where entitled to credit. No property to be removed until settled for. J. H. SOMMERS. Col. Fred A. Phillips, auctioneer; C. G. Spitler, clerk. Hot lunch on grounds.

HERE THERE and EVERYWHERE

ballas, Texas, has offered SIOO,000 for the next Democratic national convention. There will be no rural mail delivery tomorrow, the carriers being allowed Thanksgiving as a. holiday. The Hamomnd Times says that all building records in Hammond were shattered last Tuesday when building permits were granted at the city hall totaling s2l 1,350. The Methodist congregation at Mo rocco contemplate the erection of a more commodious house of worship, and will visit Monon, Royal Centei. Remington and Brook to get ideas, says the Courier. ~ The Newton County Enterprise says that the corn in that vicinity is not turning out so w-ell as anticipated, and the average is now placed at about 40 bushels to the acre. The bulk is there, the Enterprise states, but it is light in weight. Lawrence Becker, solicitor of the treasury, has written the Hammond Chamber of Commerce that he will act with Jesse Wilson on the local delegation at the fourth annual convention of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States at Washington, February 9 and 10.—Lake County Times. Mrs. Laura Watts of Knightstown, Ind., was burned I .to death Saturday evening when she was trapped in a wrecked automobile after a collision with o street cars on East Washington street, Indianapolis. The gasoline tank exploded enveloping the machine in flames. The woman's husband, George Watts, who had been driving the machine, trieu in vain to extricate her from the flames. Albert Noble, 25 years old, of Lafayette, who was bitten on the right

IK JSSPER coiisn OMII 1.1 MBCOCI, EDITOR 118 PUBLIgHtR OFFICIAL DEMOCRATIC PAPER OF JASPER COUNTY Entered as Second-Class Mall Matter June 8, 1908, at the postoffice at Rensse- !? e , r -_„ Indiana > under the Act of March I, 1879. Published Wednesday and Saturday. Wednesday Issue 4 pages; Saturday Issue 8 pages. z ADVERTISING RATES Display Display, special position, 15c Inch Readers, per line first insertion,.. 5c 1 Readers, per line add. insertions. .3c \\ ant Ads —One cent per word each insertion; minimum 25c. Special price if run one or more months Cash must accompany order unless advertiser has open account. Card of Thanks—Not to exceed ten lines, 50c. Cash wuth order. All accounts due and payable first of month following publication, except want ads and cards of thanks, which are cash with order. No advertisement accepted for first page. WEDNESDAY, NOV. 24, 1915

hand by a dog eighteen months ago, was attacked Sunday with a sudden and violent attack of hydrophobia and it required three policemen to subdue him. He was placed in chains and taken to the jail hospital. He was to be taken to Indianapolis Monday for treatment. Noble attempted to bite several persons on the streets before he was-taken into custody.

The grand jury which was in session last week,- failed to indict Leon Long and Charles Wagner of Boswell tor the death of Burton Arthur, the fourteen-year-old son of Rev. Arthur, who is supposed to have drowned while swimming in a gravel pit last July. About forty witnesses were examined. The jury also failed to return an indictment against the young men accused of setting fire to a hay stack on Will Harrington’s farm near Otterbein on Hallowe’en night. The only indictment returned was against Wesley Chatham charging rape.—Benton Review;

The Rogers Brothers, attorneys, who have been located at Morocco ’or several years, last week disposed of their business there to Attorney Fred Richmire and returned to their former home state, Ohio, where they will engage personally in farming a large tract of land which they recently purchased, near the town of Cortland. Messrs. Rogers are able lawyers, and during their residence here had attained a volume of business that extended to all parts of the c-ounty. A party of twenty-five of their friends served them a fine banquet at the Newton hotel. Morocco, Wednesday evening of last week, in token of their high esteem o’’ them.—Kentland Democrat.

The Lafayette police received a message Saturday from Syracuse, N. Y., that John Voelker, the diamond thief who escaped from Sheriff M hitaker of Lake county by jumping through the window of a Monon passenger train in that city, Sept. 23, has been captured in Syracuse. He is nursing a bullet wound received while attempting to escape from the Syracuse police after being arrested in a pawnshop. Sheriff Whitaker had offered a reward of SSOO for Voelker’s arrest. Voelker was being taken to the Indiana reformatory to serve a sentence for robbing a jewelry store at Crown Point of SSOO worth of diamonds. Sheriff McColly of Jasper county, was with Sheriff Whitaker when Voelker made his getaway.

Congressman Will R. Wood of Lafa'ette, left Monday for Washington to get in readiness for the opening of congress. Mr. Wood and wife will have quarters at The Willard. His secretary will be Miss Myrtle C assel, whose father was superintendent of the Goodland schools some twenty years ago. Miss Cassel has been Mr. Wood’s stenographer for the past ten years, and is a very bright young lady. Congressman Wood announces that he will stand by President Wilson in his national defense preparedness program, and among the things he will work for, that will be of benefit to his district, "’HI be the improvement of the Wabash river to make it navigatable.

WANTED—Two girls to work in laundry.—McKAY’S LAUNDRY.

Top Prices Paid FOR POULTRY. EGGS. VEAL. HIDES AND PRODUCE BRING YOUR STUFF TO ME A. C. Warran Fancy Produce Market Parr, - - Indiana

THANKSGIVING DAY! Above all other days, every man and young man should be ambitious to look his best. If you want to feel the appetizing stimulation of good apparel, drop in here between now and Thanksgiving and view our showing of CLOTHU' Q WwfeSh lipp/ ( v''W /I\ \ j i 11 1 7/ \ WzO -iW Wil/ r lr MOI JM WllMfci'' [I r*® R iWI & * MPBHHb Hr We’re making exceptional displays of perfectly tailored, smartly styled suits and overcoats most appropriate for Thanksgiving. They have snap and character you’ll like, and they’re positively wonderful values, Duvall’s Quality Shop C. EARL DUVALL Phone 411 Rensselaer, Ind.

(fesifieaAd roepe-imenti [Under this head notices will be published for 1-cent-a-word 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 tor forwarding such replies to the advertiser.]

FOR SALE For Sale— >ls yearling steers and some heifers.—C. M. PAXTON, Rensselaer, Ind., phone 930-B, For Sale— My residence property on Franklin street, can. give possession Nov. 20, 115. —C. W. EGER. For Sale— A good carriage with top and side curtains; sls if taken this week.—PHONE 251. n 22 For Sale— -50 one and two-year old S. C. Brown Leghorn chickens.— W. H. WORTLEY, Rensselaer, R-4, phone 949-H. n-30 For Sale— High grade Shorthorn bull calf, 6 months old, out of good dairy strain.—W. H. Wortley, Rensselaer, R-4, phone 949-iH. For Sale— No. 14 Ida Monitor round stove, burns either hard or soft coal, all in good shape, will be sold very cheap.—THE DEMOCRAT. For Sale— Seasoned cordwood, 7 2-year-old steers and R. c. Rhode Island cockerels.—REUßEN YEOMAN, Rensselaer, R-3, phone Mt. Ayr exchange. d-1 For Sale— An armload of clean old newspapers for a nickel at The Democrat office. Just the thing for putting under carpets, on’ pantry shelves, etc. ts For Sale— Oak lumber, bridge plank, slabs and topwood. 6 miles southwest of Rensselaer.— ARTHUR POWELL, Rensselaer, R-3. Phone 29-M, Mt, Ayr exchange. d-17 For Sale— 8-room modern house, with furnace and bath, barn and chicken house, all good as new; reasonable.—MßS. MARY ALEXANDER, 704 Napoleon st., Valparaiso, Ind. For Sale— Red, white or bur oak lumber, sawed to any dimension desired; 4 miles west of Rensselaer, on county farm road.— A. M. YEOMAN, Rensselaer, R-3, phone 87-G,

Mt. Ayr; Vance Collins, Rensselaer phone 935-1), or see John Zellers, sawyer. For Sale— 4 or 5 highly improved farms in Walker township; also 100 acres in S. E. Marion; partially improved; also a small business house in Kniman for sale or rent. Any one doing business with me will avoid paying a commission.—ROßEßT MICHAL, Kniman, Ind. d-1 For Sale—A choice lot of pure bred Hampshire boars, sired by State Fair winners. My herd is cholera immune by use of the simultaneous method. Pedigrees furnished with each hog.—JOHN R. LEWIS & SON, Rensselaer, Ind., R. D. 1, or phone 912-J. WANTED Wanted— Second-hand cook stove, must be cheap.—Enquire Democrat office. FINANCIAL Mutual Insurance— Fire and light ning. Also state cyclone. Inquire of M. I. Adams, phone 533-L. Farm Loans— We can procure you a five-year loan on your farm at 5 per cent. Can loan as high as 50 per cent of the value of any good farm. No delay in getting the money after title is approved.—CHAS. J. DEAN & SON. Farm Loans— l can procure you a five-year loan on your farm at a low rate of interest. See me before placing your loan. Office, west side public square.—P. R. BLUE. Farm Loans— Money to loan on farm property In any sums up to SIO,OOO.—E. P. HONAN. Farm Loans— l can now furnish 5 per cent money on good farm loans, and with the least possible delay.—JOHN A. DUNLAP. I flnt fhnl Without Delay ’ I nil Illi Without Commission I Uvl 111 VL Without Charges for n Making or Recording Instruments. W. H. PARKINSON CEE and BEE TAXI SERVICE. Rensselaer’s new taxi service is now in operation. All city drives 10c. To the college 15 cents. Long distance drives at reasonable rates Phone 360.—E. M. BAKER, Location Nowels’ Restaurant. ts Whenever you hear a man jingling money in his pant’s pockets, you knew he’s Hamillized and bought an $lB Clothcraft suit for $15.75,

■ Sfflf 1 Auto Repairs and Parts of All Kinds. Defiance Tires Oils and Gasoline Experie ced Mechanics insuring prompt services with satisfaction. Garage just east of Republican Office PHONE 78 Mark Schroer, Hugh Kirk, Sam Carroll M. V. BROWN Building Contractor Have just returned to Rensselaer to live. Am open for building contracts of any kind or size, or work by the day. Fine interior finish, stairways and hard-wood floors my specialty. MY MOTTO: I Try To Please PHONE No. 445. \

RADIATORS REPAIRED Frozen auto radiators repaired and put in good condition at the Rensselaer Garage. Extra Ford radiators on hand to replace radiators while being repaired. RENSSELAER GARAGE