Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 71, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 December 1916 — NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS ITEMS [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS ITEMS

Miss Mary Detriek of Goodland spent Sunday in Remington. Mr. and Mrs. Ellis Jones and Miss Katharine Besse visited Chester Besse and wife at Wolcott Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Willard, Newman of Cayuga spent last Thursday night with the latter’s brother, Charles Reeves, and family. Bruce Peck and Harry Howdrd students at Indiana university* are spending the Thanksgiving vacation with their parents. Mr. and Mrs. VHomer Babb and baby arrived from New York Saturday evening to visit their numerous relatives, the Clarence Babb and Belcher families. Among those attending the Purdue football game Saturday were Mr. and Mrs. Frank Howard, Keith and Dorothy Spencer, Fred and Laura Peck and Robert and Edith Little. Mrs. Henry Klein of Dayton Ohio, Mr. and Mrs. B. R. Pruitt of Gary, Mrs. Earl Clouse and Mrs A. G. Lucas of Rensselaer attended the funeral of Mr. and Mrs. Tony Vallinski’s babv Vivian. ■ 7 George Hascall spent a part of last week with the Vincents at Newton, Kansas, and visited Kansas City and other points before returning. He reports the Vincents all well and doing fine. He also crossed Billy Shepherd's trail' at that point. Lewis and Ben Williams have been visiting their parents here the past week. Ben has been farming in Illinois and Lewis has been about all over the East and South during the past year, working at different places as he went. Ben returned to Forrest Monday morning.

Mrs. Cora Rosenbrook of Madison, Wisconsin: Mrs. Harry Jacobs of North Vernon: Mrs. Bert Beaver of Larimore, North Dakota, ana Mrs. Maurice Besse of Hayward, Wisconsin, are visiting their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Dewey, at the home of their sister, Mrs. 'Mary Meyers, north of town. John Forrv of Laurens, lowa, who came to Chicago last week with three carloads of cattle, took advantage of his nearness to Remington to run down and spend a short time with his mother and other relatives, arriving Friday, and returning to his home Monday, after a night at Brook with his sister, Mrs. Stonehill. The Brook Reporter announces the marriage of Miss Blanche Cour*right to Joseph Stephens, which took place on Saturday last at the residence of Rev. 'Snyder, who pronounced the ceremony. The bride formerly lived in Remington, but Temoved her parents some years ago. She is a niece of Bert Courtright of this vicinity.

PINE GROVE Warren Galbraith’s butchered hogs Monday. Miss Minnie Ritter is working tfor Mrs. Vern Odle. Mrs. Harry Gifford is improving from a seige of tonsilitis. Mrs. James Britt and daughter Nile were Rensselaer goers Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Warren Galbraith were shopping in Rensselaer Saturday. James Britt,-who is working at

Attica, spent ‘Sunday "with home folks. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Shroyer called on Will George’s Sunday afternoon. Margaret Gifford spent Sunday and Sunday night with Alice Galbraith. (Harry Britt and Charles Torbet are huskiny corn for Roy Torbet this week. Mrs. James Torbet, Mrs. John Dale and Mrs. Bluford Torbet called on Mrs. Vern Odle and baby Sunday afternoon. Miss Lora George returned to her work at Harry Gifford’s Sunday evening after a week’s stay at the home of her sister Erma, who has been very ill but is better at this writing.

POSSUM RUN Everett Parker was a Rensselaer goer Saturday. Mrs. T. J. Parker was a Monon goer Saturday. William Hurley called on Clyde Davisson Sunday. Ores Cunningham was a Rensselaer goer Tuesday. Lena Hurley spent Saturday night with Orpha and Myrtle Parker. Oder Groover of Lizton is visiting T. J. Parker and family at this waiting. Mrs. Roy Bawling spent a couple days last week with Simon Cooper and family. Miss Golda Hurley and Roy Boicourt took dinner with the latter’s parents Sunday. Orpha Parker helped Mrs. Clyde Davisson with her work Tuesday and Wednesday. Mrs. Ores Cunningham was taken quite sick Friday night, but is able to be about now. O. M. Thomas of Toledo, Ohio, spent Sunday night with T. J. Parker and sons. Mrs. Roy Bawling returned home Monday after a week’s visit with her parents and other relatives. .T. W. Smith and family, William Hurley, wife and son, Mrs. Roy Bawling of Goodland and O. M. Thomas of Ohio spent Sunday with T. J. Parker and family.

VIRGIE James Wiseman and sons butchered Monday. Miss Elizabeth Wiseman spent the week-end with home fplks. Turkey dressing # has been the topic of the day around Virgie. Miss Minnie Hamfeld spent Thanksgiving with home folks near Valparaiso. Mr. and Mrs. George Goland spent Sunday with Charles Harrington and family. Charles Wiseman, who is working

near Francesville, spent Sunday with home folks. Miss May Shook and brother of Gifford spent Sunday with the Florence young folks. Mr. and Mrs. William Wilcox of Rosebud spent Sunday with George Cover and family. The box social at Virgie was well attended Saturday evening, and everyone enjoyed a good time. Miss Opal Schreiner is slowly improving from typhoid fever. Her sister Florence is sick at this writing, which, we fear, may be the fever also. Charles Florence and sister Dora have returned home from Remington, where they had been visiting their sister, Mrs. Ernest Mischer, for four weeks, Ardeth, the 12-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Cover, fell Sunday morning and strained the muscles in her neck severely, but is slowly recovering at this writing. John Q. Lewis and son Leon moved out of the Virgie store Monday and will occupy a new store building at Kersey, which he has recently built. We wish them success in their new location.

CRAWFORD SHOES?. IF YOU haven’t worn a pair of Crawford dress shoes, $3 to $6, you’ve missed something. “Ask the man who has.’’ —HILLIARD & HAMILL. WH EATFIELD Everybody is husking corn. James Cooper is busy hauling his Jiay off the marsh.. Lou doesn't, go to pay his taxes as often as he used to. Debs and Col. Thomas are cutting pdsts for Salisbury and Payne. James Clark and family of Kersey visited their son Ira family Sunday. William Mutchler sold a large consignment of poultry to Kouts buyers Friday. Mrs. B. F. Funk is Visiting with her daughter, Mrs.' 11. K. Remley, at this writing, ♦ Our wheat looks good, and you can bet the north end of Jasper has the largest acreage ever put in. We are always in line. When this leap year makes its debut into the vale of death we hope that all of the marriageable young men are hung in the matrimonial halter.

John Stewart and Murray Jensen loaded their household goods in a car last Monday, preparatory to moving to Muncie. We wish them great success in their new home Did you ever stop and think how the north end of Jasper has progressed in the past twenty-*five years? You know people used to allude to this section as swamps, and when some little two by four editor wanted to fill up a little space he would write up a chartclass classic on the Jasper county marshes and the tall grass region. But they don’t chant those old chesnuts any longer, for where the bullfrog used to make love to his greendressed mate we can raise the best corn in .Jasper county or any other place. Where the dog fish and carp used to hold swimming contests and dodge the spear of the bare-footed fishermen, you see the tractors pulling from fhree to four plows, turning over soil that is the equal of any land on earth. We can raise eighty-five bushels of corn, forty bushels of wheat and' sixtyfive bushels of oats to the acre any normal year, and the end is not yet.

MT. AYR (From the Tribune) Gilbert Stucker was a Goodland visitor Monday. Dr. Martin reports the arrival of a boy baby at the home of Clarence Geary at Fair Oaks. W. R. Lee went to Monon Tuesday evening to visit his sister, Mrs. J. W. Overton, over night. Earl Huntington, who has been driving a bakery truck in Gary, is home for a short vacation. A new porch and some other needed repairs are soon to be made at the M. E. parsonage here. George Lynch went to Monon Monday. George is somewhat under weather with the lumbago. A. P. Huntington and Rev. A. G. Cragun motored up to Mr. Huntington's farm near Wheatfield Tuesday. Riley Ashby, who makes his home in Gary, came Monday to visit his

grandfather, J. 8., and other relatives, Mrs. J.j)hn Murfitt went to Chicago Monday for a several days’ visit with her mother and other relatives. Jasper Wright had as his guests last week Mr. Whitaker, sheriff of Lake county, and Mr. Graham of Crown Point. Levi Stutzman, who had been husking corn here the past t month, left for his home at Sugar Creek. Ohio, Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. J. Chupp of Exchand, Wisconsin, came Wednesday for a week’s visit with Mrs. Chupp’s relatives, the Miller’s. Laurina Shriver, daughter of Stephen Shriver of Chicago, returned Thursday after spending a week’s vacation with Louis Shriver. Tom Inkley" received a telegram Wednesday from Lansing, Michigan, tha% his wife, who went there some ten days prior, was seriously ill Mr. Inkley left for there at once. Mrs. Otto Bengston and grandsfin Delos, . Mrs* A. J. Huffy and two sons, Robert, and John, went to West Union, near Veedersburg, Saturday, returning in the afternoon Our old friend, Scott. Brenner, left Tuesday for Alabama, where he will spend the winter with his daughter, Mrs. Ray Adams. His son-in-law has a great deal of carpenter work awaiting Scott’s arrival. Mrs. Anna Baker, ,who has been staying at. Henry Lee’s since her return from Canada some two years ago, states her intention of again going to housekeeping in the part of her 'house which she reserved when she leased it to Ernest Huntington, ' ; ,

Joe Warbritton, who has been employed by Louis Whicker on the farm five miles north of town and who Mr. Whicker discharged Thursday evening, became angered over the dismissal, arose early Friday morning, went to the Whicker home, rapped on the door and when Whicker opened the door exclaimed, “Now, T’ve got you,” at the same time raising a double barreled shotgun, which only the quick move on Whicker’s part in catching the gun, would probably have discharged it squarely in Whicker’s face. As it was, the charge only nnssed close to Whicljer, leaving him unharmed .except for slight powder burns about the face. A warrant w r as sworn out for young Warbritton’s arrest and Sheriff Hess and Constable Ronsler went for him. He was not to be found and it was generally supposed that he had made his getaway, but. he was seen in Mt. Ayr in the evening ahd the constable began a search for him at once. Ho disappeared as suddenly as he had appeared, and the search was abandoned until Saturday. Early Saturday morning he walked into town and gave himself up. Joe escaped from the penal farm last, mimmer, where he had been sent for abusing hig mother, and as he Is still wanted there, will not he prosecuted on this charge until he is released from the farm. His breaking aw-ay will, in all probability, cause an extension of his senfMee there, and it looks now as if Joe was in for a rather indefinite period. After his escape from the penal farm last, summer he hid around the vicinity of Fair Oaks until the troops were called to the border, when he joined them and went South. He soon grew tired of border army life and made several unsuccessful attempts to get away from it but was apprehended each

time, until as a last resort, wounded Ii i ill self and secured a discharge. He is a lad of less than ordinary wit and a strain of family insanity hack of that. It is a case of the. unfortunate hut it is also to be hoped that "he #ill he better guarded at the penal farm this* time tlian ho was before, _ Hale Baker and wife are in Logansport, where they went Monday •to attend the funeral of a lady cousin of Mr. Baker. The message apprising them of the death came Sunday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Baker left, early Monday morning, going by auto to flood land in time for the east, bound passenger train, which arrives in Hoodlum! between 7 and 8 o’clock. They will probably visit a few days before»returning .home, as they have a number of retail ves there. ; * . - . , •' ' . I

FAIR OAKS John Dean moved Tuesday into ('. A. Gundy’s bouse. • t Health is still pretty good in our town, with the sick a little bet ter. Lou Moflitt begun working on the Lawler ranch near here the,first of the week. Charles Manderville came home the latter part, of the week to stay until after Thanksgiving. .'Born, last week, to Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Geary, a bouncing baby boy. All concerned are doing fine. Mrs. C. A. Gundy moves this week to Rensselaer to live this winter with her mother, Grandma McGlynn. Mrs. Isaac Kight, after a couple months’ visit with her son John at Indianapolis, returned the latter part of the week. Mrs. C. ,T. Gilmore, who moved about a month-ago from the KeeVer property into the Wilson property, moved hack into the former property Tuesday. .1. G. Liggett and a couple sports from East Chicago came down last week for a few days’ hunting. John did the piloting. The bagging of game was light. Clarence Goff, who had lived on McConnell’s poultry farm the past two years, moved a few days ago up near Demotte. Mr. Overton of Rensselaer moved onto the farm vacated by Goff. We have been having very nice weather. A good many are done husking and some will soon be done, and others later on. We were visited by a very gentle shower, which begun Tuesday afternoon. It is reported that Joe Warbritton, after attempting to shoot Lou Whicker, who- lives over near the Tolin ranch,' was caught after a couple days’ hunt by the sheriff and landed in the reformatory for deserting the ptenal farm, where he had been taken a year ago to serve a term for abusing his mother.