Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 April 1917 — Page 8

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NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS ITEMS

LEE Miss Ethel Large is on the sick list. Mrs. S. M. Jacks has not been Well during the past week. Miss Chloe Overton visited the Monon high school Thursday. Mrs. W. L. Stiers has a couple of tile ditchers boarding with them now. Hubert Maxwell and wife were at her people’s, Robert Jordan’s. Wednesday. Mrs. Frank Overton has not been so well during the past week wutb rheumatism. Mrs. Sam Noland and daughter Cora called on Mrs. G. A. Jacks Tuesday afternoon. Len Lefler of Lafayette spent Monday night here, with his wife’s parents, "Mr; and Mrs. G. A. Jacks. Miss Delena Lefler .came home from< her work at Rensselaer last week, sick with the measles. William Wa'rker and William Zable’s families are sick with the measles also. J. H. Culp and boys spent Sunday in Monticello. Mrs. Culp returned home with them after helping care for her brother, George Holeman’s, wife, who was very sick with appendicitis, but is better now. On Wednesday night, Jacks Bros.’ general store and Culp & Son’s hardware store were burglarized. Entrance was made through the window of the former and rear door of the latter. The loss was estimated at about $l5O. Jacks Bros.’ loss was a great deal more than Culp & Son’s. They got a bloodhound from Parr, but the dog failed to take up the trail, owing to the rain, probably.

POSSUM RUN

Everett Parker called on Ernest Reese Sunday afternoon. Sam Cavinder ’called on T. J. Parker Monday morning. Oscar Russell called on T. J. Parker Sunday afternoon. The Mt. Pleasant school closed Tuesday with a fine program. George Davisson and T. J. Parker were Rensselaer goers Saturday. A fine rain fell Thursday morning which made the grass look fine. Nota and Mattie Wilbanks were Laura goers Wednesday afternoon. Mrs; Ike Marlatt and two children and Miss Golda Hurley spent

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Saturday night with John Marlatt and family'. - ■ > Walter Conn spent Saturday night with William Hurley and family. Golda Hurley spent Sunday afternoon with Orpha and Myrtle Parker. Mrs. William Hurley and children spent Sunday with Simon Cooper and family. Miss Helen Flora spent Saturday night and Sunday with Mr. andMrs. Grant Davisson. Charles Britt is the owner of a new Ford. Watch out, girls, and don’t all smile at once. Othel Caldwell, who lived on the T. J. Parker farm, moved to Rensselaer Wednesday evening. Charles, Orpha and Myrtle Parker spent Sunday evening with William Hurley and family.

McCOYSBURG Elvyn Bussell was home over Sunday. \ Born. April 17, to Mr. and Mrs. Robert McDonald, a girl. We surely had a fine April shower Thursday morning. Rev. Hensley was ia guest of R. L. Bussell for supper Sunday. Miss Opal Eldridge is helping Mrs. Bert Eldridge, who is sick. The measles are a thing of the* ‘ past here, so far as we can learn. Donald Garstine took supper with Charles Ferguson and family Sunday. Mrs. Arthur Meadows of Monon was a guest of R. V. Johns’ Sunday. . . While cleaning out an oats seeder Monday S. E. Cook got his hand hurt quite badly. Frank Cochran and family and Myrtle Westphal were guests of Clarence Cochran Wednesday. Mrs. Paul/Stevens, Mrs. Clarence Cohhran anfl Mrs. Robert Johns called on Mrs. Charles Ferguson Tuesday. Ethel Bussell went to Hammond Tuesday to join her husband, who ih there. They are going to do light housekeeping for awhile. Frank Qochran and family were guests of friends at Francesville Sunday. Their daughter, Mrs. Myrtle Westphal, came home with them to spend a few days.

REMINGTON (From the Press)

REMINGTON R. R. TIME TABLE Wo. 318 I , East bound I ‘7:38 a.m. Vo. 331 | West bound I 9:01a.m. •Jo. 340 I East bound I 5:09 p.m. Wo. 319 I West bound I 5:33 p.m.

Mr=£rLois Rich of Goodland spent Friday with her father, D. Blood. Mrs. Torr of Indianapolis came Tuesdav for a visit with Mrs. A. A. Fell. Mr. and Mrs. Ross Groves of Monticello spent Sunday with relatives here. Mrs. John Ochs went to Bloomington Saturday for a few days’ visit with home folks. Mrs. Ed O’Connor and children of. Logansport were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Jason Bickel. Mrs. John Jordan is reported to be very low again with chances much against her recovery. Mr. and MrsJ Elsworth Shearer and daughter Vivian of Lafayette were guests of his parents over Sunday. - „ Mr. and Mrs. Albert Geier and children of Reynolds spent Sunday with the former’s brother, Will Geier, and family., Mrs. Ella Parks of Lafayette was a guest of her mother, Mrs. Lois Wilcox, and sister, Mrs. Bert Kyle, Friday and Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Griffin and Fred Griffin, Jr., drove down from Monticello Sunday afternoon to visit relatives in town. Mrs. T. B. Markin, who had been here several weeks at the bedside of her daughter, Mrs. Cy Alvis, returned to her home at Mishawauka, Indiana, Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Orville Alvis went to Misha waukee, Michigan, Wednesday where they will make their future home, followed by the best wishes of their Remington friends. Lee Alson removed to his farm

north of town Monday, and his son Elza, who had been living on the farm;, moved into town and occupies the house vacated by his father. The condition of “Uncle” John Wilson, who/has been sick so long, daily continues to grow more serious! He is gradually losing ground each day and the end can not be very far distant. , Frank Timmons started men at work* Friday afternoon tearing out the west wall of the new Pine township building, which is not yet roofed. The wall was found defective and Frank has been hired to do over the other fellow’s job. Mr. and Mrs. .Ezra Whitehead and sons, Fred and Ralph, drove over from Wheatfield Sunday to spend the day with mother, who is still quite sick with a nervous disease. Mr. Whitehead and the boys returned home the same evening, but Mrs. Whitehead remained several days..

Prof. Powers, who has been teaching at Freetown, Indiana, closed his school there last week and returned to Remington Saturday to see his family. He left again Sunday evening to fill out a seven weeks’ vacancy in the Noblesville schools, which occurred on account of the illness of one of the teachers. < Mrs. Dudley Dinfile of Winnipeg, Canada, came Friday to attend the golden wedding of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Walker. The sons, Rev Harry Walker of Grand Rapids ’ and Jesse Walker of Davenport, lowa, came Friday and Saturday.' On Sunday the whole family enjoyed a day’s visit with Mrs. 'James Bell at- Goodland. Arthur Hartman is carrying his left wing in a sling this week, the net result of a fall he got last Wednesday. He was working on the new Atkinson house, south of town when the scaffold gave way, letting hrth take a gentle drop to the ground some twenty-three feet below, and he did not have time to get the gliders to work and plane down easy, either. He lit on the rather soft earth, however, and got no Worse, injury than a badly dislocated shoulder. It is remarkable that he did not get some broken bones in a fall of that distance. The deal for the Remington Garage, which was mentioned as a possibility last week, was consumated, and the new proprietors are now in Charge. Will Bahler purchased the interest of Orrie Hensler in the Motor Service Shop and himself and Charles Guttrich will operate the big garage under the name of Remington Garage. They have purchased the stock and equipment of Mr. Latimore, who has retired from the business. The building was purchased from Tom Milligan, 'who in turn has leased it to the firm of Guttrich & Bahler. Since opening the Motor Service Shop Mr. Guttrich has built up a business of such magnitude that the small room he occupied was no longer suitable, and the change will give him ample room for the business already established and as much more as he may be able to influence.

HERE THERE and EVERYWHERE

The Lafayette lodge of Elks has bought the Hagenbeck-Wallace circus for June 2, when it will show in that city under the auspices of that order. The will of Henry Baughman of Monon has been filed for probate in the White circuit court. By the terms of the will the property is divided equally among his ten children, subject to the life estate of his wife, Sarah Baughman. Lee Baughman is appointed executor. Frank Rockefeller, younger brother of John D. and William A. Rockefeller, died Sunday at his Cleveland home. Frank became estranged. from the oil king over money matters in 1898, and since that time has steadfastly refused to have anything to do with his multi-millionaire brother.

A nitro-glycerine bomb, fastened to the rail in such a manner that the first train passing would have exploded it, was found Wednesday near Wellsboro, Indiana,, by section men of the Baltimore & Ohio railroad. Heavy -shipments of powder have .been passing over the line enroute to the East from the mills at Aetna. Samuel K. Vefrili; ope of the pioneer residents of Goodland, died Sunday. He tame to Goodland in 1869, when an elevator and a store composed the hamlet, and for several years was engaged in the coal business. He was born in Maine, and was a lineal descendant of John Alden, and Priscilla Mullen. He was a man of high character and superior intellect, but of few words. . „ ' Six persons are known to be dead and probably others as a result of a fire in the Colfax office and apartment building in Indianapolis Thursday night. The dead are: Df. Martha E. Keller, sHarfy Rowland, Leona Griffin, Robert Griffin, Mrs. Rose Griffin, <s®mother of the boy and girl, and an unidentified woman. The fire was caused by the explosion of picture films in a film exchange office. ’

The mass meeting of the farmers of the state, which was scheduled to be held in Indianapolis ’April 20 'for the purpose of selecting fifteen delegates-at-large to the constitu'tional convention and adopt some plan to put candidates in the field ,in the several legislative districts, I has been postponed until Friday, 'April 27, on account of Governor Goodrich being unable to attend. The governor will speak- at 1:30 p. m. | The-bank at Star City was burglarized early Tuesday morning and $4,500 taken. Tho bank safe was blown open with nitro-glycerine. The explosion was muffled and no ' one knew of the robbery until the J bank was opened for business i Tuesday morning. It is presumed the robbers made their escape in an automobile, although there is no evidence to substantiate this. W. L. Bott' of-this city was formerly cashier of the Star City banlc and' said the institution carried insurance against loss by theft. The safe and bank fixtures were damaged. by the explosion to the extent of $1,500.

Vibrations Make Sound.

Anything stretched is likely to be thrown into vibration, or made to tremble, by the force of the air blowing against it. If At vibrates sO fast as to produce the air waves that our ear can hear, thep that is what we call sound. This is what happens to the telegraph wires when they hum; and if we put our hand on the telegraph pole we shall feel that the wires vibrate strongly enofigh to set the whole pole to trembling, too. When the air is quite still you will not hear the telegraph lines humming.

Meaning of “How.”

Most white people think that the Indian word/ of greeting, “How,” is merely the abbreviation of the question, “How are you?” but that is not so. The word is really “aou,” which means “brother” or “friend.” So when he comes up and growls out his seemingly inquisitive “How,” he is not asking after your health, but telling you thathe js a friend. —Youth’s Companion.

First Dental School.

The year 1840 saw the foundation of the Baltimore College of Dental Surgery, the first of all institutional dentists, while three years earlier had been formed in New York the American Society of Dental Surgeons, a national organization, the first work of which was to bring about a legislative enactment prohibiting teeth extraction by barbers and other unqualified persons.

Color in Sick Room.

Have you tired of taking fruit, candy and flowers to a bedfast patient? Then take.her an attractive box of handkerchiefs having a touch of color, a colored hem, a colored initial or a colored flower embroidered on it. The color will enable the patient to quickly distinguish them from the bed clothes.

Suspicious Woman.

Mr. Scrappington (in the midst of his reading)—“Here is an item about a blasted fool who kissed his wife 2.500 times in one day.” Mrs. Scrappington—“Of course he was a fool, to think he could deceive his wife that way! What does the article say he had been doing?”—’udge.

How to Detect Liars.

The thumb, according to professional palmists, is an unerring index of the mind. If a person is trying to deceive you, he will invariably draw his thumb in towards the palm. On the other hand, if he is telling the truth, the thumb will be relaxed and point away from the palm.

Not Yet Acquainted.

An overzealous Scotch host was one night trying to thrust just one more cup on his would-be departing guest. “Just anither wee drap afore ye go,” he said. “Na, na, I’ll tak nae mair. I’m in a new lodgin’, and I’m no vera weel acquainted w’ the stair.”

Natural Deduction.

* “Father, are goats intelligent?” “I don’t know, my child. What makes you ask that?” “Well, you told me that people that use their heads are intelligent, and goats use their heads an awful lot.”

Produces Patriotism.

A people that studies its own past and rejoices in the nation’s proud memories is likely to be a patriotic people, the bulwark of law and the courageous champion of right in the hour of need. ■—Joseph Anderson.

Fancy.

“Are those fancy chickens you are raising?” “I should say so,” returned Mr. Crosslots. “Judging by my bills for chicken feed, every one of them is an epicure.”

Women.

“Women,” remarks Bindle reflectively, in a recent novel, bearing the name of the hero for its title, “women is all right if you can keep ’em from marrin’ yer.” ' « ’

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Indiana News Tersely Told

The Aridersoq chapter of the American Red Cross society realized $575 from carnation sales. By co-operation between township organizations the county agent, chamber of commerce and Columbus Council of Women, the middleman in Bartholomew county is to be eliminated. 11. H. Parkhill, veteran at Indianapolis, aged eighty-five, spaded a garden 40 by 110 feet, jHarry Baujgnend, on the 1916 football team, has been chosen captain of the military company of athletes being formed at Notre Dame university. A great patriotic day for Wayne county was celebrated at Richmond, with thousands of flags waving, bands patriotic airs, whistles blowing and men marching. 'Die State convention of Sigma Alpha Epsilon was held at Franklin with a big attendance, Thirteen marriage licenses have been issued at Greensburg so far this month, with only five issued during the entire month last year. Monroe county, with 350 miles of improved road, received $71,866 in auto license money from the state treasurer. « - Edgar I. Higgs has resigned as eity editor of the Greensburg Review, to join the, staff of the News. John Tankersley, seventy-four, prominent v Republican of Tippecano comity, is. dead at Lafayette. Twenty-five thousand marchers were in a patriotic parade at Hammond. The Cass Oil and Gas company has been incorporated at Logansport with a eapital-of $30,000. At South Bend Simon, aged four, was burned to death by fire she started with some matches. Rev. P. J. Carroll, pastor of St. Joseph’s Catholic church, and Rev. Howard R. White, vicar of St. James’ Episcopal church, at South Bend, have offered their services to the war department. ,

A nitroglycerin bomb was found on the B. & O. railroad at Wellsboro, evidently intended to blow up powder trains passing from Aetna to the Jack Burke and William Robinson, lifers who escaped from Michigan City penitentiary, were captured in a railroad yard at Elkhart., Sheriff Orville Hale at Sullivan has issued a proclamation to foreign residents assuring them that they will not be molested if they obey the law. At Sullivan verdict of SSOO damages awarded to John Headley of Linton in his suit for damages for slander against George Sage. The annual county institute of the W. C. T. U. held in Methodist church at Elwood. Thomas Fitzgibbons, forty-five, fined SSOO at Vincennes and sentenced to jail six- months for trampling flag and assaulting a guardsman. Eighty-six-foot flag pole erected at Plainfield, from which a 13-foot flag was floated. Big patriotic mass meeting of county held in the Adains county’ circuit court room at Decatur. New railroad to connect with one at Lawrenceville, 111., to be built at Vincennfe.

__ Christian C. Lueke indicted at Indianapolis on charge of threatening life of President Wilson. Judge Crumpacker of superior court, Michigan City, has ruled that mayor has ho authority to revoke a saloon license. ~ Charles Wyatt, druggist at Gaston, arrested oh charge of running a “blind tiger.” Contract for new high school Marshall township let to Heiter & Garrett for $18,400. Elwood fair grounds of 40 acres sold at auction for $8,375. Laurel citizens dumped beer found in basement of drug store of Dr. W. E. Ticen and ordered him to leave town. The F. E. Hoover Furniture company at Columbus has bought the Fayette Furniture company’s store at Connersville. Work on the Tipton-Frankfort traction line stopped owing to inability to secure rails. Summer resort is to be established in the Sank bottoms, near North Vernon. Annual Indiana open state tennis tournament to be played on Indianapolis Tennis association grounds week of August 19. American Citizenship league of Monroe county elected Dr. J. A. Woodburn head of history department of Indiana university, president. Marion is planning a big celebration for “Baby week,” May 1 to 6. Susan Strabala, live, and ’ her sister Helen, fifteen, burned to death at Hammond and the home burned from flames that caught the little girl’s dress at a bonfire. Postmaster Simon Doengas of Connersville has announced thaf he will give the $5 enlistment fee he is entitled to, to the enlisted man. Sullivan high school building cleared of 400 pupils in one minute and eight seconds at fire drill, a state record. Immense elm, three hundred years old, cut down in yard of Cineas Ryman at Princeton. Forty-first annual meeting of Woman’s Missionary society of Indiana Presbytery jfor this district held at Bloomfield. . . Twenty-eighth annual conference of paid officers of Y. M. C. A.’s of state held at Lafayette. - - Rest room for soldiers established by Ministerial association at Jeffersonville. ■ ■ '' ■

WILSON MAKES APPEAL FOR DRAFT LAW

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or military service snail rest ana also in a sense choose those who shall do the rest of the nation’s work. “The bill if adopted will do more, I believe, than any other single instrumentality to create the impression of universal service in the army and out of it, and if properly administered, will be a great source of stimulation. “Those that feel that we are turning away altogether from the voluntary principle seem to forget that some 600,000 men will be needed to fill the ranks of the regular army and the National Guard and that a very great field of individual enthusiasm lies there wide open.” ■ - Volunteer Plan Assailed. The voluirtedr system was assaile# as uncertain and inadequate and the selective draft was declared to be in recognition of just principles in the majority report written by Chairman Chamberlain of the military committee; and submitted to the senate on the administration bill. “This is no time to tolerate uncertainty in the raising and the maintenance of the large numbers of men which the present emergency is likely to require nor uncertainty in the methods to be adopted for the establishment of an adequate, efficient military service.” says the report. “The bill makes certain the raising and maintenance of the required forces with the utmost expedition. It establishes the principle that all arms-bear-ing citizens owe to the nation the duty of defending it. Recognized by World. After calling attention to the fact that the selective draft has been recognized by “a world in arms” as the “only adequate and effectual” method • of raising an army, the report says the bill provides thorough means of recruiting the regular army and the National Guard, for absorbing more than 600.000 volunteers. “Thus happily,” it says, “the bill, while establishing and placing the national dependence upon the almost universally approved system of draft, at the same time accommodates itself to such -volunteer spirit as exists and is available in the early days of the war.” Wilsbn Firm for Draft. President Wilson was still determined that the selective draft plan should prevail, and it seemed probably' that, if necessary, he would appeal direct to the people on the ground that the nation’s safety depends on prompt enactment of the general staff bilL Preparing to lead the fight in the house for the administration bill. Representative Kahn, ranking Republican of the military! committee, conferred with Secretary Baker.

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