Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 84, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 January 1917 — Page 5

The WEEKS'S DOINGS

ROCKFORD SOX, 8 l-3c.—HIL-LIARD & HAMILL.* White cups and saucers, 60c set. - —JARRETTE HAS IT. • 30 doz. large pieces -white enameled 25c and 29c. —JARRETTE HAS IT. BALL BAND RUBBER FOOTwear, last year’s pricek—-HIL-LIARD & HAMILL. \ T. J. Harrington was up from Lafayette Monday looking after business interests here. The Van Rensselaer club will hold another of its popular cluh dances at the armory this evening. MOTHERS — TRY BOY SCOUT stockings for your boys and girls, 3 for sl-—HILLIARD & HAMILL. George Mauck came down from Hammond Saturday to sipend Sunday with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lee Mauck. White & Lee Commenced Monday noon to fill their third and last ice house. The ice is about 8 inches in thickness. Mrs. W. L. Wood of Parr deceived a telegAm Monday announcing the death of Mr. .Wood’s uncle at Denisop, Ohio. A CONUNDRUM —IF GEORGIA should wear her New Jersey . what would Delaware? Answer — a HILLIARD & HAMILL suit.

Miss Gladys Pierce; who .teaches domestic science til the public schools at Dana, Indiana, was here over Sunday visiting relatives. The St. Joseph basket-ball team will play the Indianapolis Law school team at St. Joseph, college Sunday afternoon, January .21, 'At 3 o’clock. - - Mrs. S. C. Irwin returned Saturday from Minneapolis, Minnesota, after" a three weeks’ visit there with relatives. Mr. Irwin went to Chicago on Friday to-meet her. The Standard Oil truck caught fire near the C. P. Moody farm one day last week from the back-flring of the engine, but the prompt work , of Ross Ramey, the driVer in using a couple of fire extinguishers sbon put out the -flanjes. . . / Dr. C. E. Johnson, who has been with the Indiana troops down on the Mexican border for the past six months, returned to Rensselaer Saturday a n< i has resumed his practice. Dr. Johnson was with Ambulance corps No. 1 of Frankfort while on the border. Vincent Hinningford, a student at St. Joseph college, fell into a bath tub filled with scalding water Saturday and was quite severely burned. A physician was called at once and gave him prompt treatment,* and the young man is now recovering nicely.

I. N. Hemphill received' a message Monday stating that his brother Preston was very sick at his home at Greensburg, Kansas. He left Monday evening for his brother’s home. Miss Mattie Hemphill, the trained nurse, left here Tuesday morning for Greensburg, expecting to join her uncle in Chicago. .. 'A ' Roscoe Nelson and family are preparing to move to Steubenville, Ohio, where Mrs. Nelson’s people reside and where Nelson, will be’employed in the coal mines of which his father-in-law is superintendent. Roscoe tells us that there is some 200 acres of practically surface mine territory there, where, after removing a few feet of earth the coal is ' exposed and is broken up with dynamite and scooped onto the cars with steam shovels. Wages are good and he thinks he can do better there than here.

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$1.50 English decorated plates, special, SI.OO set. — JARRETTE HAS IT. CRAWFORD SHOES WILL SOLVE your shoe probIem.—HILLIARD & HAMILL. • Dr. I. M, Washburn and Grant Warner were among the Chicago visitors Monday. CORDU ROY COATS,' TROUS ERS and vests, last year’s prices.— HILLIARD & HAMILL, MrsCWilliamßarkley was in Lafayette Friday to attend the funeral of her uncle, John Starr. -* , . MOTHERS —CUT THE H- C. OF living by outfitting the boys at HILLIARD & HAMILL’S. Ed Rose came down from Chicago Saturday for a Short visit with his parents in Barkley township. CORN DOUBLED IN PRICE, BUT those good flannel shirts at last year’s price.—HILLIARD & HAMILL.

Yesterday’s markets: Corn, 91c; oats, 51c; wheat, $1.70; rye, $1.15, The prices a year ago were: Corn, 65c; oats, 41c; wheat, $1.08; rye, 85 c. Rev. B. Miller of Mt. Ayr arid daughter, Mts. Levi Miller, of near Fair Oaks were in Rensselaer Monday, en route to Windfall to vigit his son. ■ * Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Landis and children of jvfonticello visited here over Sunday with his two sisters, Mrs. Mell Abbott and Mrs. Floyd Robinson. Mrs. J. F. Mitchell entertained a number of friends Friday afternoon in honor of her niece. Miss Joanna Mitchell, who is visiting, here from Monmouth, Illinois. Mrs. A. Eib of Barkley township went to Joliet, Illinois, Monclay to attend the funeral of her cousin, Marshall Higgins, 28 years old, who died Sunday evening of tuberculosis. Ross Hufford was in Rensselaer a few’ hours Saturday visiting friends. Mr. Hufford is now operator at Gosport, Indiana, and was -i his way to his home at Rossville.

C. A. Tuteur, employed/ by the public service commission at Indianapolis, and D. D. Dean, a cle£k in the legislature, were home Saturday and Sunday, returning to Indianapolis Sunday evening.

Misses Marie Kohley and Charlotte Kearns, who had Been visiting here with their uncle, Stephen Kohley, and family, returned ; to, their home at Naperville, Illinois, yesterday, accompanied by Mr. Kohley, who will visit relatives there for a week. I . The St. Joseph college basketball went to Indianapolis Saturday and that evening went, down to defeat before the heavier and older team from the Indiana Dental college, the scdhe being 59 to 12. The Sunday Star complimented the St. Joe boys very highly on their clean cut playing and recognized ability. Auctioneer Phillips reports a fine sale out at Tony Keiper’s Monday. Tony had placed the total at $2,500 as the top notch he expected the sale to aggregate, but he had advertised it well and had a good crowd out, and the sale totaled a little better than $3,000. Qne black mares brought $430, a pair of mules $4lB weanling colts brought as high as S7O. The stallion sold at $374. Mr. Phillips says it was the best sale this season. .

C. C. Pattee of Lowell, aged about 75 years,, was Struck Friday afternoon by Monon passenger train No. 33, which passes here at 1:58, at that place' and instantly killed. His body was "thrown many feet into the air and came down on the track and was horribly mangled before the train could be stopped. A flagman saw' him approaching the track and warned him of the approaching train, but it. is believed that he did not hear either the flagman ot the train. He leaves two children, A. C, Pattee of Denver, Colorado, and Miss Nora, who lived at home with her father- His wife died only about six weeks ago. ... • ; •. a ‘ op , ■ V*’

Mrs. Alda Parkinson was a Chicago visitor Friday. Keep out the cold —felt and rubher strips.—JARRETTE HAS IT. George Zea was home from Hainmond Sunday visiting his family. ' OVERCOATS ?5 CHEAPER NOW than next faII.—HILLIARD & HAMILL. Mys. C. G. Spitler went to Wheatfield Monday for a short visit with her daughter, Mrs. Malcolm Clark. MEAT AND GROCERIES ARE higher, but work clothes at last year’s prices.—HILLIARD & HAMILL. , Misses Edna Robinson and Margaret Kay of Morocco visited here over Sunday at the home of Daniel Robinson. Emil Hanley came up from Purdue Saturday to visit oyer Sunday with his parents. Judge and Mrs. C. W. Hanley. , Miss .Mabel Stocksick, employed as clerk in Logansport, returned there Monday after a short visit with her mother here,.

ID. H. Yeoman, accompanied by a local physician, went to dhicago Monday to consult a specialist regardirfg the cancer on his face. * John Scott and Mrs. Newton Sunderland and daughter visited at Delphi over Sunday wittf Mr. Scott’s daughter, Mrs. Myrtle Bunnell. Herman Lange, who is working in Chicago, spent Sunday here with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. R. Lange, and other near ’ relatives. Miss Florence Allman went to Evanston, Illinois, Saturday for a short visit with Jier sister. Miss Aileen, a student at Northwestern. r. , - Marion Corbin of Stonewood, Michigan, took the train here Monday for his home after visiting relatives at Mt. Ayr and Kentland. Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Bellows are sojourning at" St. Petersburg, Florida, and Mr. Bellows directs us to send The Democrat to them there. Mrs. A. F. Long and daughter, Mrs. Russel Strawbridge, add the latter’s baby returned Saturday from a week’s visit with friends in Chicago.

An enjoyable dance, was given at the armory Friday evening, about twenty-five couple being present. Music was furnished by a Chicago orchestra.Mrs. ‘Henry Hildebrand came down from ChicQzo the last of the week for . a visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. .John Kellner, and other relatives. Misses Lulu and Lois Hayworth left Monday for Elwood, Nebraska, for a visit with friends, and from there will go to Casper, Wyoming, to their home. Ben Oglesby, who is employed as a conductor with the *Gary Interurban Railroad company, returned to Gary Monday after a Short visit 'here with his family. Purchase your calling cards, correspondence cards, correspondence stationery and envelopes from The Democrat’s fancy stationery department. We carry the most complete line to be foilnd outside the large cities. . -

George Tullis t of Parr, who has been seriously ill, for some time, continues to, show no improvement. His daughter, Mrs. Jesse -Fox t of Comptom, Illinois, came Sunday to remain with him indefinitely, and two other daughters, Mrs. Frank West of Hammond and Mrs. Harry Stubb of Erie, Illinois, who had been at his bedside, returned to their homes for a few days. Leon Kresler, the two-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Kresler, who was operated on at Wesley hospital in Chicago Friday for a telescoped bowel, was brought home Monday afternoon. The little fellow stood the operation and the trip home good and his condition is quite satisfactory. He was -accompanied home by his parents and his uncle, Dr. A. R, Kresler. Rev. E. W. Strecker of the Methodist church gave a very interesting and instructive lecture Sunday night on Palestine and the holy land, as viewed by himself upon the occasion of a visit there some three years ‘ ago, . His' lectnre was illustrated with stereopticon views of the country. The Presbyterian .congregation, joined- with the Methodist congregation in this service.

FORD DAY Thursday HilliardHamill. DATES OF LYCEUM COURSE // ' • 1 • Hagerman, lecturer, February ,8. Rob Roys, quartet, March 5.

HERE THERE and EVERYWHERE

The Booth hardware store, the lumber yard and the Wabash depot at* fiuc'k Creek were destroyed by fire at 3 o’clock. Saturday morning. The estate of the late Williafti F. Cody; “Buffalo BiH,’’ is valued at $65,000. It consists in the main of three ranches near Cody, Wyoming, and an equity in a hotel in Denver, Colorado. Rev. C. A. Sickafoose, pastor of the United Brethren church at Brook, has just received his certificate of election by the St. Joseph conference as delegate .to the general conference which meets Tn Wichita, Kansas, in May. In the case of the State of Indiana vs.' Jesse Crump, charged with the murder of Donald McGreggor, last Jun©. Judge Wasson of the Carroll-White circuit court, has been appointed special judgq, to try the cause. The case is set for hearing February 5.

Weldon H. Wells, who was arrested at his former home in Hiintington, Indiana, last Friday as a suspect of the murder of Mona Simon, a member of the demi monde of Columbus, Ohio, in a room in a Columbus hotel last week where he had registered under an assumed name, has conr fessed to the murder but says that hq killed the girl in self defense.

Mrs. Sherman Davis, aged 47, wife of the professor of chemistry of Indiana university, died Friday of pneumonia. About a week previous she had attended the funeral of her brother, Waldo VanZant, clerk in a hotel at Goodland, who had died from pneumonia, and she contracted a cold which later also developed into pneumonia. She is survived by her husband and two children.'

The final government crop-figures /show that our yield of wheat this year actually is 32,000,000 bushels larger than earlier estimates. One explanation is said to he that the farmers of the West in giving statements of yield to government officials made them as low as possible to help feeling that the shortage would be acute. Either that or the experts are poor guessers.

Benton circuit court item: In the matter of the receivership of the Bank of Fowler, Goodland and Ambia, the security company that furnished the bond for the receiver, George Elliott, paid into court the sum of $6,000. This will pay the depositors of the three banks in full; and will be the final settlement of the litilgation that has been pending for something like twelve

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Our 9c Sale IS STILL ON. This is another of the great opportunities we have offered the people of Rensselaer and Jasper county to buy at a great saving. In view of the great increase of prices, perhaps, ' J It is the Greatest Opportunity to Save That You Will Have for Years Our stock of specials is still very nearly complete and we are having a new shipment today. So come now while real genuine bargains may be had. In addition to the hundred other specials announced on handbills we are offering alt numbers of R. M. C. CROCHET COTTON at 9c per ball. Buy a box of it at this price. It is , sure to go higher.

POULTRY ASSOCIATION REPORT

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Kellner & Callahhn, same. . 5.30' Cunningham Co., ribbons.. 12.93 Rensselaer Republican, adv. 7.25 Jasper County Democrat; adv. and printing 72.75 F.~W. Travis, judge ...... 25.00 J, A. McCarty, ,corn judge. 2.80 11. B. Tuteur, hall rent ... 25.00 Labor 16.25 A. E. Wallace, supt. salary. 12.00 J. 11. Webber, secretary sal 25.00 Lumber ...... 3.80 Miscellaneous supplies .... 17.09 E. Warne, drayage • 4.00 W. J. Wright, rocking chair 8.00 D„ M. Worland, same .... 7.00 11.. J. Jessen, silver cups .. 112.45 Long & Hardman, same, etc. 73.35 Premiums paid on poultry. 38.55 Total 474.52 ' [ BMance on hand . .. . . 117.86

J. H. WEBBER, Sec’y.

ROSELAWN.

Mrs. O. Phillips was a Rensselaer visitor Saturday. • - - C„ M. Rice was a Chicago visitor Sunday and Monday. Miss Martha Bess, who is teaching in Washington township, was home over Sunday. Y Mary Jane Phillips and Dorothy Rodfcers were taking their music lessons in Rensselaer Saturday. Archie Leach, an old-time resident of Roselawn and vicinity, who left here hbotU a year ago, died at the home of a sister in Missouri about two weeks ago. T. M. Gephart was a Roselawn visitor a day or two ago. He reports the condition of his wife, who has been ailing for the past month, as about the same. Corn is still being marketed at the elevator here in large Quantities and the receipts will no doubt surpass that of any previous year in the history of business at Roselawn.

F. C. Nichols of Hammond was in Roselawn Monday showing a sample of a patent step-ladder which is being manufactured 'at Hammond, Mr. Nichols being a member and stockholder of the manufacturing company. .* The report camp hero last week that William Faran, an old-time resident here, had died in Chicago where he had been living with a nephew the last two years. Mr. Faran was 96 years old at the time of his death, it is reported. Humphrey Barbour is still holding down the big arm chair at the drug store, and patiently waiting the coming of spring when ho says he is going to Montana to work. Mind" you, he says to work. Now we know Humphrey Is not afraid of work. Yea, verily, we think he could lie down beside It and go to sleep, but aside from this •we think Humphrey is alright.

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—i Kellner A, Callehan OBITUARY OF ALBERT SUMMERS Albert Summers, son of George and Nancy Summers, was born in Coshocton, Ohio, November 26, 1849, and died January 8, 1917, at his home near Wheatfield, Indiana* at the age of 67 years, 1 month and 13 days. He was the third child of family of fiye, Sarah Knight (deceased), Reason. Emma, Record and Henry. He came to Indiana with mis parents at the ago of 16, where he resided until his death. (He was married to Miss Catherine Freels in 1873. To this union was born three ehildren, Jessie of Wheatfield, Mollie and Henry deceased. He again married in 1880 to Miss Julia Record. To 'this union was born one daughter, Mrs. Ruth„ Moreland, of Indianapolis. He was again united in marriage in 1896 to Mrs. Mary Jane Spriggs. To this union was born'one set of twins, Emma (deceased) arid Emory at home. He leaves to inpurn his loss a wife, two sons and one daughter, and. a host of friends. The funeral was held at the house, the services being conducted by Rev. G. A. Emerich, and the remains laid at rest in the Hershman cemetery. ••

PUBLIC SALE A't residence of the undersigned, 2 miles west of Frapcesville, 6 miles north and 2 miles west of Monon, commencing at 11 a. m., on MONDAY, JANUARY 22, *1917, 15 Head Horses and Mules —Consisting of mares, gelding and colts, ranging in age from 1 to 10 .years. A good bunch. Id Head Cattle— Consisting of 5 good milk cows; 11 head of calves, 5 heifers and 6 steers. 17 Head Hogs—3 good brood sows and 14 shotes. ~50 Plymouth Rock Chickens. Fann Etc.—Consisting of wagons, binders, mowers, hay rake, gang, sulky and walking plows, corn planter, cultivators, gasolipe engine, corn sheller, milk troughs, 4 sets heavy tug harness, set double driving harness, set single harness, saddle, horse blankets, fly nets, 3 tons of fertilizer, some hay and numerous other articles. Terms— A credits of 11 months on surns over $lO with 6 per cent interest from date; 2 per cent off for cash where entitled to credit. WORLEY’ M. MYERS. J. H. Hepp, Auctioneer. Ed Finnegan, Clerk. Hot lunch on ground.

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