Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 64, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 November 1916 — Page 5

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Victor Hancock was over from Morocco on business Monday. Don’t forget the Ford party next January, at HILLIARD & HAMILL’S. James Babcock, who is attending Purdue, spent Sunday with home folks at Parr. George Mauck of Hammond spent Saturday evening and Sunday with friends in Lafayette. Soft and good work shoes, $4, are the limit in foot comfort and shoe vaIue.—HILLIARD & HAMILL. John Duvall came down ffom Chicago Saturday for a short visit with his parents. Me, and Mrs. C. W. Duvall.

Mr. and Mrs. F. X. Busha and child of Lafayette spent Sunday here with Mrs. Busha’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Beam. Miss Bessie Taliferro of Chicago, who had been the guest of Miss Cinda Mecklenburg for a few days, returned home Monday. l Andy Ropp-, the Buick agent, has recently sold a four-cylinder Buick touring car to Hall Zimmerman of near Remington. Edward M. Honan came up from Depauw Saturday afternoon to remain until after election and put ' his first X underneath the rooster. Mrs. Simon Parcels of Hanging Grove township was taken to Longcliff Saturday by Sheriff and Mrs. McColly and Joseph Stewart of Hanging Grove. V' Watson Plumbing Co., puone 204. The only reliable concern drilling water wells in this part of Jasper county; tfill drill wells any size and anywhere. ts Cope Hanley, who is attending the Vanderbilt university at Nashville, Tennessee, came home Saturday and remained until Tuesday to cast his first vote. Miss Mary Sprague returned to her home at Bridgetown Saturday after spending a couple of weeks here with her brother, Ralph Sprague, and family.

A necktie, a shirt, shoes, hat — little things in every man’s wardrobe that should be right, and they’re always-, right when from HILLIARD & HAMILL’S. Miss Mable Worland, who is attending the state normal at Terre Haute, came home Friday evening for a short visit with her parents Mr. and Mrs. D. M. Worland. O. G. Baker and Misses Carolyn and Ruby Baker of Barkley" township autped to Rossville, Illinois, Sunday and spent the day with tjieir sister, Mrs. John H. Klmberlin, and family. Harry Kelley, whose death was mentioned in The Democrat Saturday, was buried in the Catholic cemetery south of town that afternoon. An effort to locate relatives was without result. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Francis accompanied home their son, J. W. Francis, of Ogden, Illinois, Tuesday and will visit Mr. Francis’ sister at Ogden - Who is very ill. The son came over by auto a few days previous.

The Moose lodge certainly appreciates the interest that Earl Reynolds is taking in 'his old home town in becoming a member of this lodge and also giving a talk to the boys at the Moose home Thursday evening at 8 o’clock, entitled “My Experiences in My Trip Around the World.” Earl says, “I am for the town teeth and toe,’’ and he shows by his conduct that he means what he says. xx - Don Wright, David Leatherman, Omar Osborne, S. M. Haas and Sherman Parks were at Wolcott Friday night attending a White county K. of P. meeting. Delegations were present from Monticello, Brookston, Chalmers and Remington. Following the work of conferring the rank of Page and Esquire on two candidates, a luncheon and smoker was enjoyed by the large crowd present. A number of toasts served to, enliven the occasion, which proved a /most -enjoyable one throughout- J

Tone Overton was up from Lafayette yesterday to vote. Ransom Sawin came up from Purdue university yesterday to cast his vote. You can buy fine, large sweet potatoes at RHOADS’ GROCERY at 3c per pound. nl2 Rev. Keicher of Momence, Illinois, was here Monday for a short visit , with O. L. Calkins. Mrs. George Daugherty and Mrs. A 1 Padgett and daughter Esther spent Sunday with relatives in Monticello. Mrs. Lesta Snively of Indianapolis and Mrs. Bert Rich of Goodland are visiting the former’s sister, Mrs. George W. Hopkins. Yesterday’s markets: Corn, 76c; oats, 49c; wheat, $1.60; rye, $1.15. The prices a year ago were: Corn, 58c; oats, 31c; wheat, 90c; rye, 75c.

Mrs, Julius Huff and Mr k. R. E. Scott were at Medaryville Monday to attend the funeral of the er’s mother-in-law, Mrs. Lottie Huff. Why do you fellows kick on highpriced coal? Just call on me for wood. Delivered to any part of the city. Prices right.—JAMES E. WALTER. Phone 337.' ts There’s more to a pair of shoes than leather. Crawfotd shoes give every wearer a full money’s worth of style, comfort aftd ’Wear, at HILLIARD & HAMILL’S. - • George H. Healey arrived home from the Mexican border Monday night on a twenty-day furlough. On returning south he will probably be accompanied by his family to sp'end the winter there. Mr. and Mrs. F. B. Learning and Mrs. M. L. Spitler left yesterday for Oklahoma City, the former to spend a few weeks with their son Harry and the latter to remain through the winter with her son King and wife

While cutting wood down the river Monday Landy Magee struck his left foot with an axe, cutting off one toe and making a deep wound in the foot. He was givqn medical attention and then removed to his home in this -city. Mrs. Frank Hamilton and baby of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, came Thursday to visit her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Bott. Mr. and Mrs, Hamilton are moving from Pittsburg to Lafayette, where Mr. Hamilton with his father will conduct a garage Citizens of Mt. Ayr have been active in trying to have electric lights installed there, and Saturday a committee met with C. S. Chamberlain of this city and discussed the project. On account of the high cost of all kinds of material the matter has been postponed indefinitely. Letters remaining in the Rensselaer postofficp for the week ending November 6: Clara Marion, Miss Edna Hainer, Hazel and Bessie Hall, Frankie Hickinger, H. H. Whittier, A. E. Kirby, H. M. Johnson, James Patterson, Mrs. Emily Lindsay, O. A. Jones, Mrs. S. A. Woods. The above letters will be sent to the deadletter office November 21 if not called for.

Tuesday’s Chicago Tribune stated that sixteen automobiles were stolen in Chicago Sunday. The .names of the owners were given and among the number was “Joseph Davis, Rensselaer, Indiana.” This probably is Josiah Davisson, who is understood to have driven to Chicago Saturday night or Sunday in his Ford. Three of the cars were recovered, but Davisson’s was not among the number. In writing from Shreveport, Louisiana, where he is showing his Hampshire hogs, John R. Lewis states that his breed is regarded the most-popular hog in the South, His herd is showing up quite well, winning a first wherever shown, and to date his prizes have aggregated nearly SSOO. Next week his herd will be exhibited at Macon, Georgia, and from there will go to Chicago for the International Stock show, after which he will probably bring them home.

v Kenneth Groom, who Is now working at Goodland, was home yesterday to vote. Mrs. Walter Hopkins and Mrs. Vern Robinson spent yesterday at Surrey with Mrs. Clint Brown. Edson Murray was home from Wisconsin university this week for a short visit with home folks. Miss Mattie Hemphill, the trained nurse, went to Parr yesterday to care for Mrs. Dennis Healey, who is ill. Miss Mary Daniel of Tiffin, Ohio, came Monday evening for an indefinite visit with her brother, Rev. Father Daniel. Alfred Thompson, who attends school at Ann Arbor, Michigan, was home to to his studies yestercS£. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Webber returned home Tuesday from a week’s vhsit at Lafayette, Crawfordsville and Waynetown. It costs nothing to look at the clothes in HILLIARD & HAMILL’S windows. It’s clothes education to drop in and look around a bit. Clothcraft clothes sl2 to S2O. Fashion Park clothes S2O to s3o.^y The members of the Dorcas class of the M. E. church will give an informal reception at the church parlors on Friday evening, November 10, for Rev. Strecker and wife, instead of having the class party at the home of Agnes Platt as previously planned.

W. H. Barkley is preparing to move to town from Barkley township and for the present will occupy the J. H. S. Ellis property on Front street. His brother Earl, who occupies the Mrs. William Daniels property at the north side of town, will move onto the farm vacated by Will. Two Monticello stores started an egg war Monday, each boosting the price paid by the other 1 cent a jump. Before subsiding the price had reached 45c a dozen. Several dozen were taken in at the inflated prices, and the warring merchants will now have to dispose of them at the regular market value. Ray Adams, son of Walter Adams, who resides on the D. L. Halstead farm in Newton township, ran away from home last Wednesday in company with Mike Bibolar, who had been working in the neighborhood. Mr. Adams telephoned to the Chicago police, where the boy was apprehended, and he «went to the city after him on Thursday.

ARRESTED FCR INTOXICATION Webb Hyatt and Wife and John Platt All Pay Fines. Officers were called to the home of Webb Hyatt, who lives in the Ira Norris property on the north side of the railroad, Sunday morning on complaint of neighbors that a drunken fight was in progress. Mr. and Mrs. Hyatt were landed in jail and Monday morning were ar-' raigned before Squire Dean, and on a plea of intoxication were each fined $1 and costs, amounting to $8.55 in each case. Mrs. Hyatt was considerably bruised up, and Sunday said that her husband had done the beating. She denied this, however, in court Monday and said-that she had scratched her face from the trees out in the yard. Hyatt is an old soldier and drew his pension Saturday, it is said. Asked where they had got the liquor Mrs. Hyatt said she had bought it at Handley’s drug store in Monon. Both were quite badly intoxicated. After paying up some little debts about town and buying a quart of whiskey there was only about $lO of the pension money left, and they decided to lay out their fine and costs rather than pay any part of it, consequently both were returned to jail. John Platt, also of Rensselaer, was arraigned before Squire Dean Monday morning on a charge of being intoxicated in a public place the day before, and on a plea of guilty was assessed the minimum of “one .dollar and,” $9.05 in all, which he paid.

, FLANNEL SHIRTS Some more of those elegant flannel shirts, $1 to $3, that you liked so well last year.—HILLIARD & HAMILL. RECENT lURTH ANNOUNCEMENTS November 1, to Mr. and Mrs. George Blaze of near Pleasant Ridge, a daughter. November 2, to Mr. and Mrs. Fred/ Feidhaus of Barkley township, a daughter.

CASTOR IA For Infants and Children In Use For Over 30 Years Always bears _ SigrJmre of

THIEF enters STOCKTON HOME Also Attempted to Steal Horse from Mrs. Ell Critser. Some sneak thief broke into the home of Mrs. Almira Stockton on Division street Tuesday night about 9 o’clock by breaking in ohe of the windows in the rear of the house. Mrs. Stockton was at the home of her sister, Mrs. J. W. Williams, at the time but Miss Hope Hurley, who stays at the Stockton home, was upstairs and heard the noise but thought it was something falling on the porch and did not go to investigate. On Mrs. Stockton’s return from Mrs. which was about fifteen minutes later, the would-be thief went out the front door. Nothing was found missing, however.

Some one took Mrs. Eli Critser’s horse from her home at the east side of town Tuesday night, but the animal was evidently turned loose and returned home later in the night. Two men were seen with the horse by members of the family who were awakened by the barking of the dog. The thieves evidently became alarmed and turned the animal loose. WORK CLOTHES Genuine Cherry Valley flannel shirts, $1; corduroy trousers, $2; work shoes of solid leather, $2.50; soft, warm, fleecy underwear, $1 to $2.50. —BILLIARD & HAMILL. THE WEEK’S FOOTBALL NEWS

Local High School Boys Get Short End of Saturday’s Score. The Rensselaer high school suffered- a most humiliating defeat Saturday at the hands of Hammond, the final score being 13 to 0. It is not so bad to lose a game to a team that outplays you but, according to many of the Rensselaer boys, Saturday’s game belonged to them by all the ethics of good football However, being given the short end of all side line considerations, the game was lost. Purdue suffered its annual humiliation at the hands of foxy old Amos Alonzo Stagg’s Chicago Maroons on Stagg field Saturday, the final result reading 16 to 7 in favor of the Midwayites. The Boilermakers crossed Chicago’s goal line for the first time since 1910, when Frank Hanna caught a forward pass and ran twenty yards for a touchdown. Ao usuaL the Old Gold and Black eleven journeyed to the Windy City, followed by a large delegation of followers; both the team and the rooters entertaining visions of victory, but as per custom, returned home with the short end of the score.

Pine Village also went down In de'eat again Sunday before the Ft. Friars, the final score being 7 to 0. Pine Village gave the Friars the hardest tussle of the season and the latter did not score until just'a few minutes before the close of the third quarter, when Dorias went over from the two-yard line and then kicked goal. The two teams battled on even terms in the first half, but in the third and fourth periods, the Ft. Wayne offense began to puncture the center of the Pine Village line and dash ofT tackle for long gains, but with one exception, the defense of the visitors stiffened when their goal line was threatened and the Friars could only score the one touchdown, although they had the ball on Pine Village’s five-yard line thirty seconds before the game ended. Indiana university was also defeated Ejaturday by Northwestern, the latter team scoring a goal kick and touchdown and allowing the Hoosiers nothing. Next Saturday Rensselaer will meet the high school team from Watseka, Illinois, at Riverside park.

The Rensijflaer high school team, through the efforts of Principal J. I. Coe, will play the curtain raiser at the Furdue-Indiana game at Lafayette on November 25.| Their opponents will be the Sheridan high school team, and the game will be called at 10 a. m. on account of the necessity of an early departure of the state unlveYsity team. It la quite probable that a large number from this city will accompany the team and rooters tp Lafayette.

BOX SOCIAL There will be a box social at the Burr Oak Center school house in Newton 'township on Friday evening, November 10. Everybody invited. Ladies please bring boxeß.—Edna Christenson, teacher. DATES OF LYCEUM COURSE Iris Concert company, Novem r ber 16. Roy Smith, lecturer, December 18. SCTiildkret, orchestra, January 7. Hagerman, lecturer, February 8. Rob Roys, quartet, March 5. An armload of old newspapers for i nickel at The Democrat office.

WEEK’S WEATHER FORECAST Washington, D. C., November 4. —ln its forecast of weather conditions for the week beginning Sunday, the weather bureau today issued the following predictions: North Atlantic states: Fair except unsettled weather with probable local rains at beginning of tb§ week and again about Thursday. Moderate temperatures until near end of week, when it will become considerably cooler. Middle Atlantic states: Fair first half of week, unsettled with probably rains latter half. Moderate temperatures until near end of week, when it will become considerably cooler. South Atlantic and east gulf states: Generally fair and mild, although local rains about Thursday will be followed by cooler weather. West gulf states: Generally fair, moderate temperatures. Ohio valley and Tennessee: Generally fair weather, except local rains are probable Wednesday and Thursday. Moderate temperatures followed by cooler latter part of week.

Great Lakes , region: Overcast with probabilities of occasional rains, moderate temperatures with considerably colder weather after Wednesday. Upper Mississippi valley and plains states: Generally fair, except local rains Tuesday or Wednesday in northern portions. Mjoderate temperatures with change to considerably colder after Wednesday or Thursday. , Rocky mountain and plateau region: Unsettled, with probably rains or snows over northern portions of the first half of week; latter half generally fair. Considerably colder weather Wednesday and Thursday. Pacific states: Unsettled, with general rains; temperatures moderate.

IjHK IIIMETh During the month of October the federal free employment bureau at J Indianapolis found work for 370 men. Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Robertson of j this, place went to Lafayette yesterday to visit Mrs. Mary Karn, a former neighbor and dear friend of the Robertsons. Mrs. Karn is confined in the hospital suffering from the poison of a spider’s bite, in-1 curred ten weeks ago. The physicians hold out little hopes for her recovery. She is a resident of Hoopeston, Illinois.—Crawfordsville 1 Review.

Everett Macey, the 12-year-old boy who recently tampered with the switch on the Clover Leaf track at Greentown, causing the wreck of a freight train and the death of a negro who was stealing a ride, went before Judge Purdum and entered a plea of guilty. Judge Purdum sentenced him to a term in the Indiana School for Boys at Plainfield. Under the law he can be kept there until he is 21 years old. The little town of Foresman in Newton county was threatened with total destruction Friday evening when the gasoline light plant in the Pierson & filler store exploded. The town is without fire fighting apparatus and only the distance between buildings kept the fire from spreading. The entire building, which was a double- front and besides the above store contained the Perry Brown restaurant, was destroyed, together with all contents.

CEMENT WORK OF ALL ffcINDS 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-26 SPECIAL STATIONERY BARGAIN The Democrat has a special bargain in fine correspondence stationery, nice bond papers In several shades of color, that It can sell fifty sheet of paper and fifty envelops for 30 cents, your choice of shade. This paper Is In bulk, and we can sell it In larger quantities at a slight reduction over the above price—250 sheets of paper and 250 envelops for only $1.25. This Is an exceptional price and the stock will not last long at the figures we are offering it. Call in and see the paper and you’ will be sure to buy a supply of it for your future needs. Use a Grabler Check Protector on the checks you issue and you need have no fear of the amount being raised. Nicely nickle-plated, simple and convenient. Only 20 cents each in The Democrat’s fancy stationery department. ts

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ECHO OF TITANIC DISASTER

Researches of Ice Patrol Boats Explode Many 1012 Theories. After the loss of the giant White Star liner Titanic in April, 1912, by striking an Iceberg there was much discussion In Europe and America as to the possibility of adopting measures to lessen the likelihood of such disasters in future. An ’’international conference for the saving of life at sea,” which was held at London, resulted, among other things in an undertaking by the principal marine powers of the world to maintain an ice patrol on the north Atlantic from February to June in each year. It was agreed that phis ice patrol Should be carried out by the United States on behalf of the various countries represented, the cost to be borne by them pro rata, Britain to pay 25 per cent of tho total, Germany, France and the United States 15 per cent each, and Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Italy, Holland, Norway, Russia and Sweden from 4 to 2 per cent each. The American authorities inaugurated this patrol service with the naval scout cruisers Birmingham and Chester, but later assigned the revenue cutters Seneca and Miami Ito this duty, which ships have since 'continued it. The first season St. Jfchns was chosen for tbe work, but ■ultimately it was found more conI ventent to utilize Halifax, Nova Scotia, because the area patrolled was south of St. Johns and extended farther south as the season .advanced and the armadas of icebergs became nfore numerous. | A theory exploded by the ice patrol ships is that the proximity of ice is marked by a notable lowering !of air temperature. Experiments covering three years have proved that such is not the case, and that as a rule there is little or no change in the temperature of the air near an iceberg. Equally fallacious Is 1 the idea that the presence of a berg is denoted by a lowering of ( the temperature of the water. As a matter of fact the very contrary is the case. Other theories, as that echoes Indicate the presence of bergs, that Ice discloses Itself through what is known as the “ice blink,” and that submarine “ears” on ships will reveal the nearness of Ice by its peculiar motion through the waves have been proved equally unfounded. In truth, the testimony of the ' commanders of these ships is that ( the only safe way to navigate re- . gions of icebergs is to stop during ■ thick weather and to run very slowly on dark nights.

POTATOES SAID TO BE WASTED

If Housewives Are Not Gainful Sup* ply Will Run Short. ; With the potato, crop of the United States 46,000,000 bushels less than the estimate of a month ago, experts say housewives must economize or many will go without. The crop estimate gives bushels. “It ie rare to see a family meal in any community in which the housewife has not included, so generous a portion of potatoes that from half to a quarter of the cooked tubers are left over,” a potato handler said. “Some of this surplus is, of course, used for warming over, and some hS fed to household pets, but a great part of it in wasted. “It would work no hardship on the houeewife to calculate a little more accurately the amount of potatoes that will be eaten. If this were done in the 20,000,000 households of the United States, the present figure of fifteen bushels year consumption could be maten rially reduced without, in fact, affecting the amount of potatoes acn tually used for food.”—New Yorlq Herald. *

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