Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 76, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 December 1916 — Page 8

State Happenings

FORT BRANCH IN A PANIC Discovery of a Case of Leprosy Causes Great Excitement in the Village— David Bayer Contracted Disease in Panama. Evansville.- —The. entire village of Fort Branch was thrown into a panic when an Indianapolis health officer returned here Secretly with David Bayer, sixty-nine, who was declared by Indianapolis physicians to be suffering from leprosy. A few’ weeks ago Bayer joined the Methodist'church and was given a handshaking welcome. Local authorities plan to slaughter all cats In the town, to quarantine Bayer, his aged wife and daughter and deliver supplies to the house. Bayer contracted the disease in Panama.

Red Tape Is Criticized.

Indianapolis. Adjt. Gen. Frank Bridges of the Indiaifti National Guard hotly criticized the excessive “red tape” of the war department, which may possibly prevent the mustering out of the Tlrird Indiana before Christmas. “Of course, it takes time to check the equipment,” said Mr. Bridges, “but it is ‘red tape’ that causes delay. I have had a field ambulance company at Fort Harrison for weeks, awaiting equipment before going to Texas.” Officers of the company expect their men to eat. Christmas dinner at home.

Muncie Breaks One Combine.

Muncie.-—Retail coal dealers sued for peace and the city, represented by Mayor Rollin 11. Bunch, formallywent put of tiie coal business. The mayor has been selling coal at $4.50 and succeeded in wrecking the local combine, w hich was charging $6.50. By the agreement reached the dealers agree to sell soft coal, delivered, at $5. Mayor Bunch now will turn his attention to food prices and as the first experiment has ordered a carload of potatoes which will be sold at cost

Paroled Prisoner Arrested.

South Bend. Alexander Herzog, twenty-one, of Hamilton, Canada, a paroled war prisoner, is under arrest here charged with violating:■ the Mann white slave act, iiT bringing Airs': John Zsida, twenty-two, and her baby, eight months old, from Guelf, Ontario. Police are holding them for extradition to Canada. John Zsida, the woman’s husband, and Louis Lepkovits of Hamilton arrived Saturday and put the case before the police.

Charged With Embezzlement.

; Indianapolis. William H. Burkhart, forty-seven, was arrested by the police and held on a warrant charging him with vagrancy, but he is really wanted to face a charge of embezzlement of S3OO from the L. J. Root company of Peru. The warrant was sworn out by H. Jay ,Root of Shelbyville. Burkhart was bookkeeper in the Peru firm for two years. He has been in Indianapolis a month.

Will Fight for Peace.

Newcastle.—The pastors of .Newcastle churches have expressed their willingness to fight for peace ami unity. They have notified Rev. E. S. Shumaker, director of the Antisaloon league in Indiana, that if lie persists in his refusal to join the Indiana Dry federation in its tight for statutory prohibition that they will refuse to support his organization.

Propose Many Resolutions.

Elkhart. —Res<>l ut ions fa voring statewide prohibition, woman suffrage and the calling of a constitutional convention and opposing the proposed embargo on food stuffs, in addition of some seventeen other resolutions are in the hands of the committee to be threshed out in the closing session of the Indiana State grange.

Contest Is Quashed.

Terre Haute. —The case of George W. Krietenstein. Republican, who is contesting the election of Joseph Dreher, Democrat, by nine votes, as sheriff, was (plashed by the county commissioners, who decided the defendant had not had legal notice. Krietenstein will appeal to the circuit court.

To Sail for England.

Spencer.—Dr. and Mrs. Donald A. Bartley of Spencer will sail from New York December 16 for England. Doctor Bartley has a six months’ contract with the British government for military hospital wonk.

Settles Out of Court.

Sullivan. F. J. Williams has paid SI,OOO as a settlement out of court to William Riggs for cuts he-ln-tflicted on Riggs at a blacksmith shop In Hymera several weeks ago.

Proclaimed Hospital Day.

Evansville.—Mayor Benjamin Bosse proclaimed Monday Hospital day in Evansville and urged everyone financially able to make a donation to the campaign to raise $75,000 for a new addition tu St. Mary’s hospital.

Stricken With Paralysis.

Logansport.—James Marshall, sixtyfive, trustee of Jackson township, Cass county, is in a serious condition at Ns home near the Howard county line following a stroke'of paralysis.

BETTY’S LIFE SAVED BY USE OF RED CROSS SEALS

She Was Taught How to Care for Herself After Her Mother Had Dieo. “She was real pretty, and so full of fun that the dimples were always showing in her round, ’ red cheeks.” The visiting nurse of the Anti-Tuber-culosis Society was talking. “Her eyes were big and brown and nut-col-ored hair curled naturally in little ringlets over her forehead and ears. She was just eighteen when we first met her and so neat and attractive that one would think she belonged to the well-to-do class of working people, but when we followed her to her home one day we confronted startling facts. “The red in her cheeks was the flush of unnatural inward fever, the high spirits were a pitiful antidote to pitiless conditions, and the big brown eyes saw oniysqualor when they were not fixed upon typewriting machine or closed persistently to any view but an imaginary bright one. “The room we entered was a general living space, used also as an eating, cooking and sleeping apartment. There was but one bed and Betty had to sleep in it with her mother, who was too weak to sit up. An open cuspidor sat where it would be conveniently near the bed, which placed it by the stove where their food"\was cooked. The mother, who was suffering in an advanced stage of tuberculosis, did not like cold air, and her querulous demands caused Betty to keep the door and windows closed. “ ‘Well.’ said cheerful Betty, with a laugh, ‘that isn’t so bad as not having any windows or doors to close, is it? Things might be worSe.’ “ ‘lnfinitely worse,” said I. ‘You m ight even take a not ion to stuff the windows and doors with, rags to cut out what oxygen comes in through the cracks.’ “Red Cross Christmas Seals, with their cheery message of hope, gave Betty a chance to get well after her mother died. Is it worth while to save tiie Bettys? Buy your share today.”

HOW RED CROSS SEAL IDEA CAME INTO BEING

Originating In Norway, Method Was Taken Up Here Nine Years Ago. Over $3,250,000 has. been raised by Ried Cross Christmas Seals in pie-last eight years, and yet many people who will buy these holiday stickers at this ninth annual sale do not know how this idea originated. While Red Cross Seals really date back to the Civil War when “Charity Stamps” were first used, the first campaign to sell holiday stickers for the tuberculosis fight was only nine years ago in Delaware. Miss Emily P. Bissell of Wilmington, read an article by Jacob Riis describing stamps used for tuberculosis work in Norway, and she conceived the idea of a similar plan here. Single handed, she launched a sale which resulted in $3,000 clear money. When Miss Bissell tried to convince the American Red Cross that this idea should be made national as a peace activity of that society, she met with opposition, but finally persuaded the authorities, with the result that on an investment of a few hundred dollars $135,000 worth of Seals was sold in 1908 and the great national campaign was launched. Since then the sale has gone forward by leaps and bounds, until now the Red Cross Seal is an institution in the United States, and offers to every one a chance to help in the people’s fight against the people’s disease. year over 76,000.000 Seals were sold, and this year the American Red Cross and The National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis, who conduct the sale, are out for a 100,000,000 sale or $1,000,000 for the Tuberculosis War. The policy on which the sale is conducted is that the money, except for ifhe deduction of legitimate expenses, shall remain in the community where the Seals are sold.

RESTORED TO HEALTH BY RED CROSS SEALS

Holiday Messengers Bring Happiness to Homes Burdened With Tuberculosis Deserted by her husband, suffering from tuberculosis in a double form and supporting herself and voting boy by her needle, the Anti-Tuberculosis Association in a Western city found an unfortunate consumptive, living in one room with two little beds—one for hersalf and one- for her boy. Everything was clean; but, oh, so poor! That was a year ago. This morning she took a train for the state sanitorium. where she will have a chance to get. well, while her boy is being cared tor by the AntiTuberculosis Association with funds derived from the Red Cross Seal Sale. Here is the story of another family where happiness and health were brought through the medium of Red Cross Seals: Tuberculosis had made heavy demands upon the family, and the income had entirely stopped for several months. It was inevitable that they should run into debt for grocery bills as well as the rent.’ With such worry, anxiety' and depression it is not always easy to find a silver lining in the clouds. The condition was recognized, however, by the visiting nurse, and the sick father was sent to a hospital. and proper care was provided for the others. Relief was also obtained, and now both rent bills and grocery bills are being gradually lessened each week. Each member of the family has had nursing care for some ailment or other. Every Red Cross Seal sold helps to better conditions like these.

FOOLING A GUARDIAN

By ETHEL HOLMES

Kate Phillips was an orphan; and her Aunt Rachel Harding was her guardian. Kate surely needed a manager for her estate, for she was a spendthrift. She was also full of high spirits and bent on having a good time. Kate went to college, not because she wished to learn all about the Greeks and Romans, conic sections and philosophy, but because she had heard that college girls have lots of fun. and she wished to see something of college life. Her guardian was willing that she should spend aa ordinary sum while a student, but did not approve of extravagance. The old lady was very fond of her niece—her sister's child—and felt responsible for her bringing up. She therefore limited her ward to a list of reasonable expenditures. But there was a weak spot in Miss Harding’s efforts. Kate was twenty years old and would come into her estate when she was twenty-one. This fact enabled her to borrow at an exorbitant rate of interest dr to buy things for much more than they were worth. Among these was the purchase of a $5,000 automobile, all on credit The car could have been purchased for $4.500 cash, but Kate was charged $6,000. and the seller kindly agreed to wait a year for his pay, charging 6 per cent interest and a bonus of S2OO for the accommodation. The possession of an auto is not an easily kept secret One can more readily own a gold mine without its being known, for- a car is of no use except for riding purposes, and that is exactly what Miss Phillips wanted it for. She was an expert driver and fond of taking her fellow students for a spin. The consequence was that everybody knew she owned the handsomest car in college, and the fact was reported to her aunt. Kate's alma mater was but a dozen miles from her aunt’s residence, and the old lady resolved to go over and learn if the report were true and if it was how her ward had obtained the purchase money. Miss TTard’ng possessed a mare and a vehicle called a rockaway, and in this she set forth in quest of the truth about her niece's extravagance. She chose a Saturday afternoon, since Kate would not be engaged in her studies at that time and there would be no interruption to the investigation. That Kate did not study on Saturday afternoon was as true as that she studied only enough to keep up with her classes. And that was very little, for she learned easily. On this especial Saturday afternoon she invited as many of her classmates as her car would hold to go for a spin, and about the time the old lady set out for the college Kate touched the starting button. la. her auto. Kate, in order to reach the road she wanted, took one that led to a point a few miles from her home where the two roads crossed. Shortly before reaching the crossing she caught sight of the familiar rockaway, every part of which was as familiar to her as the jog trot of Nancy, the mare. “Oh, heavens!” she exclaimed. “There comes my aunt!” At the same time she pulled on various levers with her hands and shoved certain brakes with her feet, and the car came to a standstill, while every eye in it was fixed on the distant face in the rockaway, lighted by the sun striking the glasses of a pair of spectacles. “What shall I do?” “Here." cried a girl in the seat behind, “take my veil! The sun is shining directly in the old lady’s eyes, and she couldn't see you even without a veil;” ... Kate took the veil, or, rather, it was put on by the lender; then she started her car and whirled by her guardian so fast and so near the rockaway that Miss Harding was altogether too frightened to take a good look at the driver. Nevertheless there was Suspicion in the glance she did take, and it made Kate uneasy, “We must get back to college before she arrives." she said, “and prepare for her coming.” Oil reaching the crossroad she turned, but instead of taking a fifty mile drive, as had been intended, she went back by the first road sue came to leading collegeward, and while the aunt was joggiug along at seven miles au hour her niece was doing the distance before her in ten minutes. The car was put in the garage under lock and key. and Kate and her friends, having changed their costumes to innocent white, went out on to the campus, and when the old lady drove up to the dormitory where Kate roomed Kate ran to meet her and, leading her to her friends, gave her a formal introduction. During the ride back to college it had been arranged that every girl was to show the old lady some attention, thus taking up her time so that she would have none for inquiries. “I met an auto on the road,” said Miss Harding to Kate, “and the driver’s figure was just like yours. I couldn’t see her face for a veil she wore. I didn't know women driver? of cars wore veils.” “That’s to keep the dust out of the eyes,” suggested one of the party. Miss Harding spent twenty-four hours with her ward and saw no signa and heard nothing of the motorear. But every one she came in contact with was coached.

MONEY NEXT CHRISTMAS Yes, it takes money Christmas time. No matter what your circumstances ma Y be you are apt to find it inconvenient, when the time comes to buy all the presents you feel under obligations to give, as well as to meet other expenses incidental to the holidays. UNLESS YOU ENROLL IN OUR Christmas Savings Club which happily solves the problem of money for Christmas, by enabling you to accumulate a fund sufficient for your requirements by making Small Deposits Weekly The dimes, nickels and pennies that slip through your fingers for trifles and things unnecessary, will easily keep up the payments and when Christmas time comes You Will Be Sure to Have Money Join yourself and encourage the children to SAVE by having them become members. First National Bank REN DIAN a”''""

Christmas Customs

THE Russian working people seize Christmas as an occasion for ceasing work for a lengthy period —sometimes for a month. The clergy call upon their dock and receive substantial presents, not infrequently grudgingly presented. “Kolenda” is the celebration of Christmas eve. when the peasants gather about the houses of the nobles, sing carols and scramble for the coins tossed to them from the windows. Then comes a great masquerade, when peasants of all ages dress themselves to represent animals, the idea being to perpetuate the memory of the lowliness of the Saviours birth in a stable. In Koumania it is the custom to bless the, Danube at Christmas, and a procession consisting of priests and peo pie dressed to represent Biblical characters moves through the streets singing chants and so to the banks of the river, the me on the stream is broken and a small wooden cross thrown into the water. Any one who can recover this cross is regarded as extremely fortunate and suie of good luck for the remainder of the years he spends on earth. A quaint and impressive ceremonial is observed in Holland on Christmas eve. At midnight the men of the towns and villages meet, dressed in varied costumes, in the public, squares. One is selected, and into his charge is given a large illuminated Star mounted upon a pole, and with this star as a guide—as the wise men were guided to Bethlehem—a procession winds through the streets, the men chanting the ‘ Gloria In Excelsis.” After the parade a great supper is served, and the Christmas day has been well begun.—Harper’s Weekly;

For Christmas Day. rpHERE S a bustle in the kitchen And a rattle and a din And such peculiar goings on 1 You’d best not venture in. The eggs are being beaten. And the butter’s being dripped; And the flour’s being shaken. And the cream is being whipped. The nuts have had their heads cracked; The jelly’s all aquake. Outsiders keep your distance— Daisy’s making Christmas cake. Don’t say she’s lost her ribbon And her apron’s all awry; Don't speak of flour upon her nose And smut above her eye; Don’t tell her that the pans aren't greased. The powder’s quite at fault, Wiat the heaping cup of sugar Was a heaping cup of salt; Don’t mention that the Are is out, Twould be a grave mistaka Onlookers, keep your distance When Daisy’s baking cake. —Maney Byrd Turner in St Nicholas

A vest with lapels that turn up and button to form a throat and chest protector has been patented by an Englishman. When you want a real good lead pencil—something better than you can get elsewhere—try the pencils for sale in the fancy stationery department at The Democrat office.

IMPORTANT NOTICE. By laws of injustice we can not ask more for our goods like the grocer, shoe man, garage, doctor, lawyer, clothier, newspaper, farmer, and other lines of business. Our average advance in material and labor to date in 08 per cent, which compells us to operate at a loss until prices return to normal conditions. which seems distant, therefore we are compelled to make our collections in full each month and to discontinue all service in arrears, as one loss is sufficient. Please settle your account before December 25, and greatly oblige.—JASPER COUNTY TELEPHONE COMPANY. d 23

PUBLIC SALE I will offer at public auction at my farm, 5 miles north and 1 mild west of Rensselaer and 2% miles east of Parr. Friday, December 22, about 40 head of cattle, cows and calves; 6 per cent discount for cash will be given; no interest. — D. V. YEOMAN.

HAPPENINGS IN OUR NEIGHBORING VILLAGES

ROSELAWN Mr. Jones of Chicago was down Saturday attending the sale of Mr. Edwards, who lives on his farm here. Preaching services next Sunday morning at 11 o'clock; Sunday school at 10 o'clock. Everyone is invited to attend these services. Mrs. S. M. Benjamin of Saint Anne, Illinois, sister of Otis Phillips. came Wednesday evening to visit with her aged mother a few days. Miss Bertha Bess has secured a school near Ade, in Washington township, and began her work teaching her first school last Wednesday. Real winter weather is with us at this time with prospects for

plenty of snow for Christmas, and everybody enjoying good health in our community. Work on the stone road east of the Otis ranch is being rushed by Contractor Keen, and gll having teams and wagons can secure work at good wages. J. \\. Crooks made another of his flying trips to Rensselaer Friday evening, returning Saturday morning, after spending the night with the family circle. Nick Hickson has resigned hi?position at the Nelson blacksmith' shop and garage and has started a. blacksmith shop in -the shop building of J. R. Mulder. Fred Nelson is assisting in his brother's blacksmith shop the last of the week as the cold snap has brought an extra amount of horses to the shop to be shod. John Horton, the barber, was compelled to close his shop Saturday and go to Rensselaer to recover from a well developed case of grip, but was able to return Monday to his work. The public sale of horses, cows., farm implements, etc., held at the home of Mr. Edwards Saturday afternoon, was poorly attended probably owing to the inclemency of the weather and prices were hot up to the standard. It is reported here that the subagent, who absconded with some S2OO of the railroad and express companies' funds here last fall, has been apprehended down in Arkansas. where he was trying to pull off a stunt similar to the one here.

Sale bills printed while you wait at The Democrat office.

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