Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 97, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 March 1917 — Page 5

The WEEKS'S DOINGS

Last month for fruit and ornamental trees from Pefley.—Advt. Simon Fendig, the Wheatfield druggist, was a visitor in Rensselaer Thursday. R. D. Thompson, Fred Phillips and Ernest Comer were Chicago visitors Wednesday. My phone number is 416, and I don’t care who knows it.—LEE RICHARDS. Phone 416. m-3 A new supply of vegetable parchment butter wrappers just received at The Democrat office, 30c per 100. George W. Healey and Miss Vera Healey returned home Wednesday from a couple of months’ visit in Texas. • ... Joseph Luers, who had been living in the Remley property on Vine street, has moved to Kouts where he owns a store. Among the Chicago visitors Tuesday were Dr. I. M. Washburn, D. M. Worland and Mr. and Mrs. William Waymire. ■> ' Mr. and Mrs. John Kellner and Conrad Kellner went to Chicago - Wednesday to attend the funeral of a relative on Thursday.

R. W. Carder of Chicago, a member of the commission firm of Hitch & Carder, was here Tuesday, the guest of W. C ; Babcock. Harry Eger moved Thursday from north of town to the Mrs. George Stoudt tenant house vacated by Carl Duvall, on Weston street. Floyd Meyers left Wednesday for Miami, Florida, to spend a few weeks with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. G. F. Meyers, who are spending the winter there. Mrs. Charles Grow, who recently underwent an operation -for the removal of her tonsils, is still confined to her bed. Her throat is badly ulcerated and seems sidw in healing. Carl Duvall expects to leave next week for Michigan, where he contemplates establishing an insurance business. He is undecided as to where he will locate, but in all probability will be at either Flint or Jackson. Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Stackhouse went to Wabash Thursday on account of the serious condition of Mrs. Charles Spain. A baby born to Mr. and Mrs. Spain earlier in the week lived but a few hours and Mrs. * Spain’s condition was -critical. , . W. S. Parks was in Lafayette Wednesday visiting his sister, Mrs. Howard Brooks, of near Remington. Mrs. Brooks recently underwent an operation at a hospital in Lafayette for appendicitis and for several days her improvement was slow, but she is now reported somewhat better. The First Presbyterian church of Hammond,’ of which Rev. J. C. Parrett, former pastor of the Presbyterian church of this city, is the pastor, was destroyed by fire last Friday night. The fire was caused by an over-heated furnace.. The building and contents were insured for $5,500. It is probable that a. new building will be erected at once, the fire having damaged the old church beyond, repair.

WHAT MAX does not like tools? Good tools, A pair of pliers, brace and bit, screw driver bit, a plane, a chisel —we have them all, and whether you are an amateur or professional you will enjoy going over our stock. Come in and see it. C. W. EGER.

Henry Grow was a Logansport visitor Thursday. The Home Economics club will meet this: afternoon with Mrs. J. J. Eigelsbach. John A. Millman,; aged 59 years, died at Remington last Saturday of Bright’s disease. Mrs. C. F. Sheetz of Lafayette, Who had been the guest for a week of her sister, Mrs. Perry Washburn, returned home Thursday. Frank Alter returned to Pullman, Illinois, Wednesday after a short visit here with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Q. Alter. Mrs. Walter Bozell of Edinburg, Indiana, is visiting her son Herbert at Fair Oaks and daughter, Mrs. Arvel Bringle, of Remington. i Among the Chicago visitors Thursday were Dr. Emil Besser of Remington, S. C. Irwin, F. E. Warne and E. L. Hollingsworth. Yesterday’s markets: Corn, 97c; oats, 56,c; wheat, $1.70; rye, $1.25. The prices a year ago were: Corn, 57 c; oats, 35c; wheat, 90c; rye, 75 c. George H. Healey, H. B. Tuteur and Jerry Garland were at Monticello yesterday afternoon attending the inspection of the militia company at that place. Mrs. Mary Lane of Kansas City, Missouri,- who is visiting at the home of her grandmother, Mrs. Mary Pullin, is sick with the measles at the home of the latter. The Democrat has on hand a f ew hundred small scratch '‘pads, made from scraps of bond and flat papers, suitable for use in making memorandums or figuring on. Only 1 and 2 cents each while they last. H. W. Kiplinger went to Gary Wednesday afternoon to begfn his duties as a clerk in the routing department of the offices of the steel company. His family will remain here until after school is out at least.

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. Place your want ads in The Democrat if yo u want to get results! Miss Vera Caruthers, teacher of a Cass township school, near Headlee, is sick with smallpox at Monon. She had taught, school all last eek and attended a movie show at Monon Saturday night before the nature of her ailment was known. Henry Tribby a former well known citizen and businessman of Remifigton, passed through Rensselaer Thursday afternoon on the 2 o’clock train with the body of his wife, who had died at their present home in the West, enroute to Ohio for burial. - Col. Carl Reichmann of the U. S. army was in Rensselaer Tuesday and Wednesday and on Wednesday evening made the regular inspection of company M. Forty-two of the fifty-four enlisted men and all of the officers were present. Some of the men were unable to attend and others were obliged to come quite a distance in order to be present. The last number of the lecture course booked here this winter will be held at the Presbyterian church next Monday evening, March 5, commencing at 8 o’clock. The Rob Roy quartet will furnish the entertainment for the evening. This quartet is one of the best on the lyceum platform today, and is sure to please all. One of the features of, the evening will be the production of a musical drama entitled “The White Cockade.” ' The members of the local chapter D. A. R. met Monday afternoun with Mrs. ■ IT. L. Brown and officers for the ensuing year were elected s as follows: Regent, Mrs. A. P. Burton; vice-regent, Mrs. E. P. Honan; secretary, Mrs. A. J. Bellows; corresponding secretary, Mrs. J. ,H. Chapman; treasurer, Miss Esther Padgitt; registrar, Mrs. Charles Porter; historian, Miss Harriet Shedd. The ladies also suggested that the American flag be displayed about our homes and places

Mrs. George W. Hopkins went to Indianapolis yesterday for several days’ visit ■with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Tedford.

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■ < ~~ William 'H. Barkley was in Lafayette on business Thursday. Mr. Barkley and family are preparing to move to Chicago in a few days where he will be employed by Edward Deßar, owner of the MontJoy stock farm at Dane, Wisconsin. . While the public sale season usually ends .in February, with a few -scattering sales in March, this year they are hanging on longer, and The Democrat printed bills Wednesday for four sales to take place this month. County Superintendent W. O. Schanlaub of Kentland was here over Tuesday night visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Schanlaub. Mr. Schanlaub was making his final visit for the term of the district schools and, being at Roselawn, took advantage of the opportunity to spend the night here. Mr. and Mrs. (3. K. Ritchey have moved to town from their farm south of town and occupy the Mrs. Daniels five-acre place at the north side of town, vacated by Earl Barkley, who has moved back to his farm in Barkley township. have rented their farm to Emmet Hopkins, who has been living on the former Worland farm in Newton township.

The high cost of living has received several healthy jolts in the solar plexus this week throughout the actions of the egg ‘market. A week ago hen fruit was selling at the local groceries for from 36 to 38 cents a dozen. Monday the price began to drop, not a cent at i time, but 2 and 3 cents, until yesterday z they reached the lowwater mark of 22 cents. And the supply seems to be plentiful. If it isn’t cause for rejoicing we don’t know what would be. * ■'* ' T W. M. Garvin, notice of whose public sale appears elsewhere in The Democrat, will quit farming and devote his attention to tiling. With Charles Casto he purchased a gasoline power tiling machine some months ago and they have a large amount of work contracted for the coming season. They have already put in several hundred rods on Frank Hill’s farm in Jordan township and have a lot more to put in there. This machine cuts the ditch to grade, but the tile.aro laid by hand. It cuts a channel for all sizes from 4 to 10 inches, and while they have not used it a full ten-hour day as yet, they have made as high as 117 rods in a single day, which certainly beats hand digging.

Zff liurck xLircteS Presbyterian Rev. J. Budman Fleming, minister. —9:30 a. m., Bible school; 10:45 a. m., worship and sermon, subject: “Perfect Patience’*; 6 P. m., Young People’s meeting, subject: “Service,” James. 1:19-27 —■ Miss Frances Folger, leader; 7 p. •m., union service in the Methodist Episcopal church, Rev. F. H. Beard preaching. . Methodist Rev. E. W. 'Strecker, pastor.— 9:30 a. m., Sunday school; 10:45 a. m., worship and sermon; 6 p. m., Epworth topic: “Preparing Happy Memories,” leader, Miss Alverta E. Simpson; 7 p. rii., union service dt which Rev. F. H. Beard will preach. Baptist , Rev. F. H. Beard, pastor.—9:3o a. m., Sabbath school; 10:45 a. m., worship and sermon, subject: “The Macedonian Call”; James school house services— Sabbath school at 2 p. m., preaching at 3 p. m.; 7 p. m., union services in Methodist church with pastor of this church delivering the sermon, theme: “Knowing Jesus”; prayer meeting ThuTsdgy at 7 p. m.

Christian Science Christian Science services at 11 a. m. every Sunday in the auditorium of the public library. Public cordially invited. _ ts

Ministerial Association Notes At a meeting of the association held at the home of the president Thursday afternoon at 1 o’clock the following program was adopted for the week of union services to be held introductory to the simultaneous spiritual campaign:

Monday night, March 12, in the Methodist church, each pastor to speak eight minutes, as follows: “Why Extra Services?”, Scripture, Matt. 17:19-21 —speaker, Rev. E. W. Strecker; ‘United Effort, ’ Scripture, Judg. 9:46-50-—speaker. Rev. Asa McDaniels; . “Personal Touch,” Scripture, John 1:40-49 — speaker, Rev. F. H, Beard; “The Required Plus,” Scripture, Matt. 5: Rev. J. Budman Fleming. Tuesday night - in the Baptist Chui-ch, Rev. J. Budman Fleming preaching. Wednesday night in the Presbyterian Ohurch, Rev. F. H.. Beard preaching. Thursday night in the Christian church, Rev. E. W. Strecker preaching. Friday night in the Methodist church, Rev. Asa McDaniels preaching. • % , The members of the churches are urgently requested to- so plan that tliey will not miss one of these services. J. BUDMAN FLEMING, Pres. F. H. BEARD, Secretary.

HERE THERE and EVERYWHERE

Mrs. Thomas Condon, 5 7 years of age, formerly of Fowler, was instantly killed Igst week at Parker, Indiana, when she was struck by a Big Four train. The city of Monticello has purchased a neAv auto fire truck, to replace the horse' truck now in use. The body on the horse truck now in use will be used on the new truck, which will cost about $2,000. Kentland Enterprise: Marriage licenses were issued during the week to Halsey E. Davis and Miss Belvia R, Cobb of Lake township: Leelan M. ’ Clark and Miss Leona M. Foresman of Iroquois township, and William Bringle and Miss Bernice G. Clark of Brook. A shipment of scythe snaths from Seymour, Indiana, the second shipment destroyed that had been sent to a Liverpool firm, went down with the Cunard .liner Laconia, sunk by a German submarine off shipment was valued at $2,000. If all the vacant lots in the city could be planted to onions, cabbage and potatoes, for instances, few citizens would need to worry about the high cost of food or the possibility of great scarcities next fall. Supplies from the vacant lot gardens would have a o tendency to relieve the demands upon other sources of garden truck and prices might fall accordingly. South. Bend Tribune.

One result that Congressman Wood by his “leak probe’’—the investigation gave a clean bill to afr members of the administration —was to set the national treasury back $50,000 for the expense of the investigation. about seven years’ salary of a congressman. But Mr. Wood gained a little notoriety, although there is some question as to its desirability. Quite an expensive congressman indeed. Upon a ‘ warrant sworn out by Isaac Best of Roselawn, Bert Baker and Ed Harsha, also of that place, were arrested Tuesday charged with stealing chickens from the former. Mr. Best is said to have identified the chickens abound in Baker and Harsha’s possession. A preliminary hearing was held at Roselawn Wednesday morning and defendants bound over to the circuit court. The state was represented by Attorney C. M. Sands, while A. Halleck appeared for the defendants. Once again has the dread pneumonia invaded a home and claimed four victims within the week. This time it was the. household of Edmond Poor in Starke county that felt the unrelenting hand of death. Mrs. Albert Borkman,' daughter of •Mr. Poor, died Tuesday of last week; Mr. Poor died the following forenoon; Mr. Poor’s sister and housekeeper, Mrs. Margaret Matthews, died Monday, and a son, Elzie Poor, aged 32, died Tuesday. Albert Borkman, 5-year-old son of the first, woman to pass away, is lying at "the point of death with the same disease, .

RECENT DOINGS OF THE STORK

February 27, to Mr. and Mrs. J. O. Winfrey, in tlje northeast part of town, a son. The family recently moved here from Missouri, and are now Jiving with her father, John Wiseman, the shoemaker.

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GENERAL AND STATE NEWS

Telegraphic Reports From Many Parts of the Country. SHORT BITS OF THE UNUSUAL Happenings in the Nearby Cities and Towns—Matters of Minor Mention from Many Places. AUTO SALESMAN MEETS DEATH Speeding Auto Turns Over on Jackson Highway—Driver Killed. Howard D. Hutcheson, age 34, district manager for the Lexing-ton-Howard auto company, was fatally injured Tuesday forenoon when the car he was driving turned over on the Jackson highway one mile southeast of Montmorenci. He died that afternoon in the St. Elizabeth hospital at Lafayette. Harry Williams, a salesman for the same ..company, who was accompanying Hutcheson, suffered a fractured leg. The accident was caused by excessive speed. The wheels of the auto ran into a rut in the road and when Hutcheson attempted to turn out the machine turned over and Hutcheson’s skull was fractured. Mr. Hutcheson was one of the best auto salesmen in the state. He w'aS formerly sales manager for the Gibson-Overland company and hgd charge of all Overland agencies in Indiana. The body was taken to Chicago Wednesday and will be cremated today. He is survived by his wife. The men were enroute from Indianapolis to Chicago and expected to pass through Remington at about noon Tuesday. They were blazing the trail for 100 new cars being driven from Ihdianapolis to Chicago. They chose a route through Remington, Goodland, Brook, Morocco and then north. A more direct route would have been through Rensselaer, but the fact that the roads north of this city for several miles are very bad made them choose another route. There were 103 Lexington cars and 150 people with the patty driving them through to Chicago. They reached Lafayette Thursday night and a midnight banquet was given them at the Fowler hotel. They passed Remington yesterday morning. This is said to have been the largest fleet of automobiles ever driven direct from factory to dealer at one time. The Lexington factory is at Connersville, Indiana.

TRAFFIC LAWS ARE OPPOSED

Monon Citizens Arrested When They Refuse to Obey. Monon, February 28.—The enforcement of a traffic ordinance recently passed by the town council has stirred this old town from end to end, and many clashes have taken place between the businessmen and officials. F*ord Sinn, a well-to-do farmer of Francesville, drove on the wrong side of the traffic semaphore and was arrested by Deputy Marshal B. F. Smith. Before he could give bond or have a hearing he was placed behind the bars in the town lockup. The businessmen became incensed and flocked to the town hall and demanded his release on bail. His trial was set for Friday, and the town hall would not accommodate the crowd., He was acquitted. Wright J. Hinkle, one of the best known and wealthiest citizens of Monon, was the next person arrested.— He demanded a jury trial and was acquitted. Justice Noyce heard the trial. Following the acquittal of Hinkle, Claude Thacker and E. L. Smith procured an automobile and hauled the traffic semaphore into the country. The prosecutor 'has been summoned from Monticello and It is said the matte”

; Removal Notice I have removed my REAL ESTATE and FAR ft LOAN office from the First National . Bank building to the ground floor of my own building, south of State Bank corner in Leo • Mecklenburg’s Electric Shop. I have a supply of money to loan on mort-r gage at lowest current rates. * Remember the new location, west side court house square. Regular office days, ; Friday, Saturday, Monday. Phone 10? J Emmet L. Hollingsworth

tn J We rather suspect that You Are Going to Build Somethinc sometime. Most everybody does. It may be that you are going to build something this Spring, if so, come in and tell us the size of it. We’ll make the SIZE OF THE BILL as small as possible. GRANT-WARNER LUMBER 00.

will be taken up in the circuit court. Ithica, New York, may have to furnish hotel room and bath for State commissioners have ordered more cells or that the jail, now containing only two, be closed in ninety days. The mayor insists they need only two cells. 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 found outside the large cities.

THE ROB ROY QUARTET.

Probably no country in Europe is richer than Scotland in popular minstrelsy. From the remotest time the chief 1 entertainment of the people through the long winter nights of the north was listening to the lays of war, friendship, humor and love. There is a fragrance like the heather to the songs of Scotland. Their sly humor, their lilt, their tunefulness make them unique in the music of the wmrld. The gjentral idea of the Rob Roy Quartet is to present the romance and music of Scotland in song and story. In addition to the ensemble each member of this company is a soloist They also appear in the dress of Scotland, ns indicated. A few Scottish sopgs have partly lost their charm. They have been sung so often. Tn preparing the music for this program whole portfolios of song and their traditional

THE ROB ROY QUARTET.

airs brought direct from Scotland were examined, with the result of the recovery of a number of charming ballads practically unknown to the present day song loving people. This does not moan, however, that none of the more familiar songs will be sung. Several of the old favorites will be heard on every program. An exceedingly attractive feature of the Rob Boy Quartet's program is a musical drama, entitled “The White Cocktide.” This sketch was written by Katharine Brown.' the producing director of this company. It deals with a romantic episode in the life of Prince Charles Stewart, the scene being laid In the Castle of Drumslay. “The White Cockade" lends itself to the introduction of a number of the most beautiful of the Jacobite songs. . The last number of the lecture course will be held at the Presbyterian church Monday evening, March 5. °