Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 92, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 February 1917 — COURT HOUSE NEWS IN BRIEF [ARTICLE]

COURT HOUSE NEWS IN BRIEF

Interesting Paragraphs From the Various Departments OF JASPER COUNTY CAPITOL The Legal News Epitomized—Together with Other Notes Gathered from the Several County Offices. Attorney Jasper Guy was over from Remington on legal business yesterday. —1; t Attorney W. W. Lowry of Indianapolis came Monday for the opening of the February term of court. i' Homer Lakin of Union tow’nship was arrested Saturday night by Nightwatch Critser on a charge of drunkenness, and when taken before Squire Spitler Sunday was assessed a fine of $1 and costs, amounting to $9.05 in all. Judge C. W. Hanley was at Lafayette Friday sitting as special judge in the superior court hearing a remonstrance in the McLaughlin ditch case. The ditch is a very extensive one, beginning in Clinton county and running through Tippecanoe and Montgomery counties.

The slander suit of Ochs vs. Zirainerniaa,froinliemington, taken to/Newton county on change of venue from the Jasper circuit court, will come up for trial, it is expected, at the March term. Judge Berry of the Benton-Warren circuit has been agreed upon as special judge to sit in the cause. The Democrat understands that an affidavit w-as filed ‘by Prosecutor Hess Monday against Jay W. Stockton in the old perjury case which ended abruptly in White county recently when Judge Wason held the indictment, bad after the jury had heard part of the evidence, and that the arrest was to be made yesterday afternoon. * Commissioners’ court Item in Kentland Democrat: Purchased ten new voting machines —one for each of the ten townships in the county—from the Automatic Registering Machine company, of Jamestown, N. Y., for SB,OO0 —or SBOO per machine —less SSOO that had been paid as rental for the use of the machines in the last November election and $450 allowance for the nine old machines which they took in (at SSO each) in the deal. The remaining $7,050 are to' be paid in ten equal annual payments, beginning next year.

~ Marriage licenses issued: February 10, Joseph Murdock Yeoman, son of R. J. Yeoman of Newton township, aged 23 July 17 last, occupation farmer, to Jennie Merle McColly Johnson of Rensselaer, aged 22 February 10 last, accupation ‘ housekeeper. First marriage for male, second marriage for female, first marriage dissolved by divorce in November, 1916. Married by Rev. F. H. Beard at his residence. February 10, Gustave Schultz of Walker township, aged 26 October--27 last, occupation farmer, to Edith Blanche Wenrick of Jasper county, aged 24 August 25- last. First marriage for each. Married in clerk’s office by Rev. Edward W. Strecker. February 13, George' W. Peart of Roselawn, aged 23 February 2 last, occupation railroader, to Viola E. Baker, also of Roselawn, aged J 8 November 28 last, occupation housekeeper. First marriage for each. Married in the clerk’s offiae by Squire Spitler. New suits filed:’* No. 8733. Robert Burris vs. A. H, Hopkins and other members of the Rensselaer public school board and C. R. Dean, superintendent; injunction. Plaintiff sets out that his granddaughter, Lucille Richardson, and her mother, have been members of his household in the city of Rensselaer since October, 1915, and that he expects to have her continue as such until she shall have reached her majority; that she was enumerated among the school children of Rensselaer and attended

the <?ity school until a few weeks ago when she was sent home after plaintiff had refused to pay tuition upon the demand of Superintendent Dean; that C. B. Steward, attendance officer, served notice demanding that child be sent to school: that plaintiff then again sent the child to school, but the defendants continued to threaten and make demands for the payment of tuition. Plaintiff therefore asks that the case be heard and defendants enjoined from cpllecting any tuition money or preventing the aforesaid child from attending school.

The Jasper county schools, presided over by Superintendent Ernest Lamson of Rensselaer, have made some long jumps along the road of progress this year. The items we have in mind, in particular, are as follows: The extensive remodeling of the Remington high school, a new two-room building in Jordan township, nt which five schools are consolidated, a new modern two-room grade building in Marion township, in which seven rural schools are consolidated. At the latter point ample provision has been made for teaching agriculture and domestic science, and an auto bus is used in hauling children to school. Further improvements are a modern three-room grade building at Parr and two-room grade buildling at Virgie, in Union township, two years’ high school work started at Fair Oaks, in same township. This is an old building, but the intention is to erect a modern building there for high school purposes next year; a modern sevenroom grade and high school building at Tefft, in Kankakee township—the . entire township is consolidated here and a full four-year high school course is given. Rupils of the township have heretofore been transferred to other townships* for high school work, but now they have their own high school and they are a much pleased community of people. Plans for doubling /the size of the Demotte grade and high school building in Keener township have been made. The old building was built two years ago with only four rooms. It was then thought to be too large and the trustee wife censured for erecting so large a building, but it is already too small to meet 4 ? the demands. Jasper county now has three new high schools and thus the number in the county has been doubled. —The EducatorJournal.