Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 63, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 November 1916 — Page 8

HAPPENINGS IN OUR NEIGHBORING VILLAGES

PARR Politics is the order of the day, and sometimes pretty hot. The new school house will be completed in about two weeks. And it is going to be a fine building for this little burg. The new church at Parr is nearing completion and will be dedicated November 19. Everybody come out and hear a good sermon. The John Bowie and Clark brigade passed through Parr Thursday morning distributing cards and smiling upon those they chanced to meet. They look pretty good. There will be a Democratic speaking at Center school house, Union township, Saturday night, November 4, by Hon. A. A. Roghengass of Chicago. He will speak in German. Everybody invited. The Ladies’ Aid will serve luncheon Or square meals at W. H. Myres’ ice cream parlor on election day. They are going to have everything from a toothpick up to roasted ox. So there will be no danger of you not getting enough to eat if you only have the “mon.” Now, remember, at the ice cream parlor of W. H. Myres. Spooks were out right on Halloween night. At W. J. Platt’s some twenty-five or thirty ghosts or goblins, dressed in the most hideous way, appeared upon the scene about 8:30 o’clock and was a ghostly sight to behold. All had a good time. Luncheon was served about the time the imps and goblins were most numerous. But they departed at an early hour, about 1 a. m.

FASHION PARK CLOTHES

Wherever you find •well dressed young men congregated, there you’ll find Fashion Park suits and overcoats, S2O to S4O. Drop in and look at the new modeIs.—'HILLIARD & HAMILL.

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The scarlet fever patients are all getting better now. Arthur Stewart and wife spent Sunday here with H. C. Anderson and wife. Rev. Olin Stewart and family of hear Crawfordsville were here last week visitihg his relatvies. J. H. Culp and family went from Sunday school to his brother’s, William Culp’s, for dinner Sunday. We are surely having ideal autumn weather now. Several farmers begun cribbing their corn this week. John Ringin of Montana was here during this week visiting his brother-in-law, Clarence Brooker, and other friends. Mrs. Simon Parcels’ mind has been affected for several months and it has become so bad recently that application has been made to take her to Longcliff as soon as there is an opening. Mrs. Leroy Noland died early Wednesday morning, November 1. She had been sick for a long time, mention of which had been made in these columns from time to time. The funeral will be held Saturday forenoon and interment made in the Osborn cemetery. Deceased was a daughter of John Leach of Illinois, who came from England. She had long resided in this country and was highly respected for her nobility, of life. Besides her husband the following children survive: Rev. D. E. Noland of Russellville, Mrs. Lillie Whittaker of Hammond, Mrs. Susan Fisher of Tefft and John and Roy of Alaska.

BUCKSKIN GLOVES

For driving, lined and unlined $1.35 and $1.50; genuine Mocha gloves $1.25 to $1.75; auto gloves, work gloves, unlined fur or silk lined, all sizes, colors and kinds.— HILLIARD & HAMTLL.

POSSUM RUN

T. J. Parker was a Rensselaer goer Wednesday. Mrs. Otto Ritter called on home folks Wednesday. Mrs. Jasper Cover and son were Rensselaer goers Thursday. Mrs. Brouhard and daughter Hazel spent Friday with Mrs. Cover. Mrs. V. M. Peer and children vrere Wheatfield goers Wednesday. Albert Hurley and Ores Cunningham were among the Rensselaer goers Tuesday. - Misses Orgha and Myrtle Parker

GENUINE *• • Round Oak HEATERS C. W. Eger Hardware and Plumbing RenssHier, - Indiana

called on Mrs. Jasper Cover Tuesday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Wilcox and damghter of near Aix spent Sunday with Jasper Cover and family. G. H. Comer and family spent Saturday night and Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Lewis GTUbe.

SPECULATE IF YOU WILL

But invest your clothes money with Hilliard & Hamill and you’ll get a big interest return in satisfaction.

REMINGTON MEN DEFENDANTS

John R. O’Connor Files Answer to Suits Filed Last Week. John R. O’Connor of Gilboa, who was made a joint defendant with '. George Chappell of Remington in two suits filed by the Continental | and American Eagle Insurance companies for $l,lOO alleged to be due the companies from Chappell in premiums collected and not accounted for, has filed an answer each suit in three separate paragraphs. The complaints in the suits filed by the insurance companies allege that Chappell, a well known insurance agent, has absconded with sl,and they are holding Mr. O’Connor liable on bonds he is alleged. to have signed. Mr. O’Connor in his answer filed yesterday by his attorney, Elmore Barce, states that he did not sign the bonds but that he did sign his name to a blank bond but that afterwards the names of the companies, amount of the bond were filled in by Chappell and that the signature of notary and his seal were afterwards attached, all of which is fraud. According to Mr. O’Connor, he was in Chappell’s office and was asked to sign his name to the paper which he did but immediately afterwards he told Chappell that when he had the bond properly filled out he would then decide whether he would go his surety or not. The signature of 8. H. Cornwell, a notary, is said to be a fraud and Mr. O’Connor prays for judgment for costs and all other proper relief.—Benton County Review.

STORED EGGS ROOST PRICES

Chicago Alderman Says Combine Conspires Against Consumers, Chicago, November 3.—After hearing charges by Alderman Pretzel that there were 37,500,000 dozen eggs in Chicago in cold storage while the price is soaring at about 45 cents a dozen, the council health committee today invited United States District Attorney Clyne to attend the next meeting of the committee at which an effort will be made to show collusion on the part of middlemen and producers to control the price of foodstuff?. Henry I. Coghlan, a Michigan farmer, testified that half a dozen Chicago operators control egg prices through the middle West. Their agents buy up the supply, he said, contending that it w r as not profitable for farmers to ship direct.

HAS CAUSE FOR MICH THANKS

There have been times in the history of the country when Thanksgiving day was rather the occasion of expressions of hope for blessings to come than of gratitude for those being enjoyed, but even so the nation has n.ot been unmindful of its peculiar position as the most fortunate of the countries of the earth. Much more, then, should there be thankfulness on every .side today when not only are the people of the land enjoying peace while thousands mourn abroad, but with peace is plenty in contrast with the hunger that stalks elsewhere to carry out the horror that shot and shell did not complete.

TURKEYS WILL BE HIGHER

Shortage in Supply Said to Be Cause of Increasing Price. Indianapolis, November 3.—Turkey for the Thanksgiving dinner is going to come high, according to poultry dealers, who have made investigation of the supply in different sections of the state. The east always makes a high bid for the Indiana bronze turkey, and while enough of other breeds will be left probably to meet the demands, the price will be up from 10 to 12 .cents a pound over former years. Texas, Kentucky and Missouri, which generally provide a surplus, report a shortage.

NOT EXPECTING HARD TIMES

Large Corporation Is Making Many Permanent Improvements. Gary, November 3. — The general office of the American Sheet and Tinplate company of the United States Steel corporation, has awarded to the Thompson Starrett company of Chicago a $1,000,000 contract for the erection of 215 houses in Gary. Officials and skilled operatives of the new tin mills will live in these. houses, which will be the finest In the city.

G. E. HERSHMAN AT MT. AYR

Candidate for Congress Will Make Address Monday Night. George E. Hershman of Crown Point, Democratic nominee for representative in congress from the Tenth Indiana district, will speak to the voters of Newton county at Mt. Ayr next Monday night. There will also be other speakers, and plans are being made for an oldfashioned Democratic rally. This will be the only real political rally held at Mt. Ayr this campaign, and it is intended in this one to make amends for time lost before. An effort was being made to secure the services of some good musical organization, and it is safe to say that all who go to Mt. Ayr on the closing night of the campaign will be well paid for their time and trouble.

Hoosier News Briefly Told

PLANS FOR THE DUNES PARK Association Starts Campaign to Get sloo,ooo Hope to Get 100,000 Membership at $1 Each Throughout the Entire Nation. Gary. Plans for a nation-wide campaign to raise SIOO,OOO by popular subscription to aid the government in the conservation of the Indiana sand dunes developed following the federal inquiry, conducted at Chicago by Assistant Secretary of the Interior Stephen T. Mather, to determine the advisability of making the dunes Into a national park. The campaign will be conducted by the National Dunes Park association, organized several months ago at a Joint meeting held here by Chicago and Indiana societies interested in the dunes project.

Joy Riders Take Car From Church.

Columbus.— Thomas Brand, who lives near this city, drove here to attend services at. the Tabernacle Christian church and left his car standing in front of the church. Joy riders stole a key from a machine owned by Willard Ault, started the Brand car, and drove away. The police were notified after the cur was missed and late at night it was found several squares from the church. Brand said It had been driven about ninety miles.

Dies From Loss of Blood.

Jeffersonville. —Edwin * Fisher, sixteen, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Reinhart Fisher, living two miles east of Jeffersonville, died in a hospital eight hours after his shotgun had been accidentally discharged when he was out hunting. The load struck above the knee, cutting the main arteries and he died from loss of blood and shock after the leg had been removed. Nine brothers and sisters of a family of twelve survive.

Ten Places in Hillsboro Robbed.

Covington. Robbers broke into seven business houses, the post office and two garages at Hillsboro. Money seemed to be the only thing the robbers . were after. The Hillsboro Hardware company lost S7O, and smaller sums were taken from all the other places, including $7 from the post office. The robbers escaped in an automobile stolen from a garage, driving to Veedersburg, where the machine was found in the main street.

Mrs. Fairbanks Burled.

Indianapolis. Charles W. Fairbanks, Republican nominee for vice president, accompanied the funeral train bearing the body of* his mother, Mrs. Mary Adelaide Smith Fairbanks, to Springfield, 0., where the funeral was held Wednesday afternoon. Newton H. Fairbanks of Springfield had charge of all funeral -arrangements.

Enraged Bull Loses Life.

Alexandria.—-An angry bull on the farm of the Alexander Paper company, south of the city, jumped two fences in pursuing a dog, and attacked a traction car on the Indiana Union Traction line a mile south of the city. The animal, which was valued at SSOO, is dead. The street car was derailed and traffic was delayed for several hours.

Dr. B. S. McClintic Transferred.

Peru. —William B. McClintic es this city is in receipt of a letter dated October 16, from his son, Doctor Brown S. McClintic, of the Red Cross service in Persia, announcing that he had been transferred and was on his way to Petrograd, Russia, for orders. Doctor McClintic has been with a hospital corps accompanying the Russian army.

Bread Price Goes Up.

Marion. The Middletown and Feist bakeries, which sell in many northern Indiana towns, announced raises in the price of bread of one cent on a flVe-cent loaf and two cents on a ten-cent loaf. Cakes and cookies also were advanced in price.

Train Kills One; Hurts Another.

Gary.—Charles McPherson, • twenty, was instantly killed and Dell Richardjon, seventeen, received fatal injuries when a Wabash train struck a Gary motor truck near Miller.

JKB Kuß LpJV IBiCTlii ■ frarirtg Sranh (Ciotfrrß Hundreds of Grand Old Party men, hundreds of followers of the Democratic Donkey make this, The Clothing House of Wm. Traub, their clothes headquarters. They know satisfaction awaits them here in fullest measure. We play favorites in clothes. We insist on selling them only America's best makes. Society Brand Clothes «j S2O to $35.00 Styleplus $17.00 Suits ||| and Overcoats fljtt Clothcraft Garments rflT $10.50 to $16.50 'JL The way they come back and tell us how well pleased they are shows that we’ve got the right clothes at the right price. We are headquarters for clothes tailored in good style for regular shapes, stouts, short stouts, longs and slimsin every size. Correct shapes in Hats and Caps 50c to $3.00., Stetson Hats $3.50, $4.00, $5.00. The nobby furnishings await you here. Make no mistake in place or house. The Clothing House of WTrai Odd Fellow Bldg. Rensselaer, Indiana I [Visit Oiit Custom Tailnriing Uppaitmenf- I I * lS *T. aut^ori Qf^ resideritlfeaferjbr '■■■■■ - to-Measure Suits aiuf Overcoats j

At a state K. of P. meeting held in Terre Haute, T. C. Blinkley of Gary was elected deputy for this district. The district meeting will be held at Indiana Harbor November 21. The Indiana Federation of Women’s clubs, in session at Indianapolis this week, adopted resolutions urging club women to _aid in preserving the sand dunes of northern Indiana for a national park. Mrs. S. P. Cowger, aged 88 years, died at Wolcott Saturday last. She was the widow of Bart Bunnell, who was a “Forty-niner,’’ as-those were called who went to California at the time gold was first discovered there. The thread mills at Monticello are to be enlarged one-fourth at a cost of $35,000 to $40,000. Another Important evidence that the Marshall Field Co. of Chicago, who own and operate these mills, fear a “slump after the war ends!’’ Articles of incorporation have been filed with the secretary of state by the Fowler Grain company of Fowler. The capital stock is $22,000, and operating grain elevators is the business contemplated. The directors are A. F. Johnson, Lemuel Shipman and F. E. Cones. Fred Granger and his wife and five children and Miss Celia Curtain of Hammonj narrbwly. escaped death Sunday when Granger’s car turned over near Demotte, after having been side-swiped by another car going in the opppsite direction.

The machine was badly damaged. •The Purdue university agricultural experiment station has just issued a very interesting bulletin on commercial feeding stuffs. The pamphlet will be of much value to the farmers. The work was compiled by State Chemist W. J. Jones, Jr., F. D. Fuller, E. G. Proulx, C. Cutler and J. H. Roop. Charles Taze Russell, known as “Pastor” Russell, an independent minister, editor of The Watch Tower and prominent author of studies on the scriptures, died Tuesday afternoon on an Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe train, enroute from Los Angeles to New York. Heart disease was given as the cause. He was 64 years of age. David Byroad, aged 83 years, a prominent farfirer of near Wolcott, died Monday from injuries received Saturday night when with his wife he was returning from attending a lecture at the U. B. church and the horse he was driving became unmanageable and upset the buggy, throwing the aged couple to the ground. Mrs. Byroad wag also badly hurt, but it is thought she will recover. W. B. Harpole of Momence, Illinois, formerly of Morocco, where he owned the electric light plant there and at Kentland, was recently sued for SIO,OOO in a personal damage suit instituted by Emil Mohberg of Chicago, who alleged Harpole’s auto ran into his car on the road near Cedar Lake. After being out three.hours the jury returhed a verdict for the defendant. The case wag tried at Kankakee, Illinois, this week. The progress of 100 years of Indiana’s statehood was reviewed Tuesday afternoon and evening at Purdue university in commemoration of

Indiana’s centennial. A pageant in which hundreds participated was the feature of the program, many tableaux presenting historical incidents. The evening’s program included an address by the Rev. John Cavanaugh, president of Notre, Dame university, on “What Constitutes a State,’’- and the singing of old-time melodies. DEUTSCHLAND IS AGAIN HERE Captain Paul Koenig in Undersea Boat Reaches New London. New London, Connecticut, November 1. —Germany’s first commercial submarine, the Deutschland, arrived here early today, completing her second voyage through the warships of Great Britain and France on both sides of the Atlantic. Under Captain Paul Koenig, who was in command during her first trip to Baltimore, the Deutschland left Bremen on October 10, and tied up at a berth prepared for her here at 2:35 o’clock this morning. Ten million dollars worth of dyestuffs and drugs and, it was said, “possibly stocks, bonds and precious stones,” comprise the cargo of the submersible, according to a statement tonight by the captain. The Bremen, which started a voyage from the city after which she was named on August 26, Captain Koenig said, has been given up as lost. He thought she “must have struck a mine,” but he added, “she has not fallen a victim to this almost blockade. lam sure of that.”

Ideal Account Files, $1.60 each. The Democrat’s fancy stationery de* partment CEMENT WORK OF ALL KINDS Including sidewalks, cisterns, basement work, foundations, building blocks, etc. Let me figure on your work before you place the contract elsewhere.—E. B. SMITH, ’phone 490-Red, Rensselaer, Ind. o-25