Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 73, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 December 1916 — Page 5 Advertisements Column 4 [ADVERTISEMENT]

OPEN EVERY NIGHT BEGINNING . MONDAY, DECEMBER 11 UNTIL CHRISTMAS BERT JARRETTE’S VARIETY STORES Rensselaer, Ind. Motion, ind.

Mayor C. G. Spitler made a business trip to Kewanee, Illinois, Thursday.' Don’t be afraid of knocks. The harder you are bumped the higher you bounce. Miss Katharine Ahler of Francesville came Thursday for a visit at the home of Thomas Callahan. BUYING THE NEW OVERCOAT suggests HILLIARD & HAMILL, where good quality plus style and a fresh, large assortment of coats awaiits your selection. John Schultz, who is employed at the Rensselaer garage, was taken quite suddenly sick Thursday morning and is still quite ill at the home of his employer, John Marlatt. L. L. Lefler has Instructed us to change the address of his Democrat from Lafayette to Medaryville. Mr. and Mrs. Lefler have moved to their farm near Medaryville for the winter, we understand, and Mr. Lefler will superintend the cutting ’of considerable timber on the farm this winter. The Chicago, Indianapolis & Louisville railroad has declared a dividend df 1 5-8 per cent on the common stock. Six months ago a dividend of 314 per cent on that stock was declared, being the first dividend declared since December, 1913, prior to which the rate was 1 5-8 per cent semi-annually. An electrical storm Thursday forenoon passed over northeast of Rensselaer and struck John B. Wolfe’s barn, one mile east of Newland, killing two horses and totally destroying the barn and most of the contents. The loss was perhaps SI,OOO to $1,200, partly covered by insurance.

Ben Smith, who has the contract for putting in the cement curb and gutter on Washington street, in Falrview addition, and the cement curb on Juno and Grove streets, will not start same until spring, he tells us, on account of the probable damage that might result from freezing before the concrete had fully dried out. In fact, Ben has "pulled in” for the winter on all outside work, but he has a number of contracts to begin work on as soon as the weather will permit in the spring. Parties are soliciting advertising for a "rural route directory” of Jasper county, The Democrat is informed, and the "directory” is no doubt a good thing for the. promoters but it is difficult to see wherein it is of much advantage to anyone else. The Democrat knows by actual experience that nearly one-third of the patrons of most of our rural routes move each year, or that r about one-third of the present pafrons of these routes will change their address when spring comes. At least this has been the history in past years. There are many people, however, who prefer to blow in their money on every advertising scheme that comes along, instead of spending it for legitimate newspaper advertising, the only class of advertising for which one gets value received. KNIFE WEELDER IS SENTENCED Will Go to Reformatory for From Two to Fourteen Years. Hobart Davis, who ran amuck and slashed several people with a knife at the Indiana State Soldiers’ home on the night of November 13, was arraigned before Judge Caldwell in the Tippecanoe circuit court Thursday. He denied knowledge of his crime, saying he was drunk and did not know what he wa? Icing, but entered a plea of guilty. Judge Caldwell assessed a fine of $25 and costs and sentenced Davis to serve from two to fourteen years In the Indiana reformatory at Jeffersonville.