Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 13, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 May 1917 — Page 2

TIE JRSPER MH DEMOGRiI F. E. BABCOCK, Publisher OFFICIAL DEMOCRATIC PAPER OF JASPER COUNTY Long Distance Telephone* Office 815 Residence 811 Entered &s Second-Class Mall Matter frtine S. 1908, at the, pastoffice at ReMee laetr. Indiana under the Act of March B. 1879. ' Published Wednesday and Saturday. The Only All Home-Print Newspaper ii) Ja.-per County. ADVERTISING KATES Display 12%c Incl Display, special position. . . .15c Inch Beaders, per line first insertion. .6c Beaders, per ?!ne add. insertions. .3c Want Ads—One cent per word each Insertion; minimum 25c. Special price if run one or more month*. Cash must accompany order unless advertiser has open account. Card of Thanks —Not. to exceed ten lines, 50 c. Cash with order. All acoupts due and payable first of month following publication, except want ads and cards of thanks, which are cash with order. No advertisement accepted ter first page. ■ —'-VA-T ’ SATURDAY, MAY 12, 1917

THE PROPOSED CENSORSHIP

Following is the censorship paragraph agreed upon by the senate as a part of the espionage bill: “And (c) whoever in time of war, in violation of reasonable regulations to be prescribed by the President, which he is hereby authorized to make and promulgate, shall publish any information with respect to the movement, numbers, condition or disposition of any of the armed forces, ships, aircraft or war materials of the United States, Or with respect to the plans or conduct of any naval or military operations, or with respect to any works or measures undertaken for or connected with or intended for the fortification or defense of any place, or any other ’ information relating to the public defense • calculated to be useful to the enemy, shall be punished by a fine of not more than SIO,OOO or by imprisonment for not more-than ten years, or by both such fine and imprisonment.’’

MILITARY TERMS EXPLAINED

You will for some time road in the newspapers about military matters. Post up on your reading. We will help yot| from time to time. A “rookie” is a recruit, 'An officer never “enlists.” He is 'commissioned by the President of the. United States. Only private soldiers, including? corporals and sergeants, can “enlist.'’ To be “drafted” means to be forced into the military or naval service. .■ . , ■. To “volunteer” means to go into the ■service willingly. •'Rank and file” do not mean officers and enlisted men. •Rank" Is a row ol soldiers and “file” represents a map in the front rank with the man or men directly behind him. "Squad” is a ; art of a company. A captain com m andsa. compah y and he has under him a first lieutenant and a second lieutenant. A major commands a battalion, which is' made np of four companies; A regiment is commanded by a colonel and it comprises three battalions, so that a regiment is made up of twelve companies. A brigade is three regiments. A division is three brigades. A corps is three divisions. A general of the Army corresponds to an admiral of the navy. Lieutenant-general ranks with viceadmiral and a major-general with a rear-admiral. Since Dewey’s death there is no American admiral and wo have no vice-admirals. Neither is, there a general or lieutenant-general. Our chief of staff is a major-general. The titles of lieutenant-general

PARRETT TRACTORS A tractor that will pull three 14-inch plows in any soil. A four-cylinder engine built like an automobile engine, just as simple. Give 12 h. p. on drawbar, 20 on the belt. We make it work - on your farm before we ask you' to tie up your moneys Call LOWE BROS. OARAGE BROOK, INDIANA

’and general, vice-admiral and admiral must be--especially created by act of congress. President Wilson is commander in chief of both army and navy and has the right to ‘take direct command of the 'fleet or the army of 1,000,000 men. Every President 'during his term, of office stands at •the ton of both the army and navy I— stands there as the supreme commander. 1 He can dismiss any officer, howlever high or low the rank. He apipoihts all officers.

WHY PICK ON NEWSPAPERS?

■ The fact that one newspaper or chain of newspapers chooses to deIvote its space free Of advertising ! payment to the appeals of the navy is no reason for demanding that [the small weekly and daily newsipapers throughout the country shall accept government advertising ffee. In congress three gentlemen who are politicians first and newspaper owners afterward declared that the newspapers of th© country should print the advertising of the government and charge nothing for it. We are sure that every newspaper editor, no matter how small his income or how great his difficulties with the present extortionate charge for white paper, would gladly accept this suggestion—if other citizens would do the same. There are thousands of editors in the United States whose total 'profit in a year is less than the 1 price that an ammunition maker [charges for one single big explosive : sheik These smaller editors, working many pf them for less than the [pay of a good day laborer, would like the ammunition makers, the bankers and the others to offer what they ‘have to the government WITHOUT CHARGE if the newspaper editor is expected to give without charge the only property he has for sale, which is his space and his white paper. Will the congressmen who ask small editors to work for nothing also work for the government without any salary—because they love the government so—during the .war period? When they and the others who get government money and government contracts shall have announced that they will charge the government nothing and work free of charge (Ait of pure patriotic affection it will be time to ask the local editor to donate his space ifree of charge. It would be rather humorous to • say to a copper producer: “You [must show your yiatriotism by selling copper to the government at a profit of ONLY 300 PER CENT,’’ and say to the country editor who ' rrrakes a bare living, “You must show YOUR PATRIOTISM by charging the government nothing at all.’’—Chicago Examiner.

PHILOSOPHY OF WALT MASON

i. Peace is the noblest, greatest cause, a peace Ahat’s. firm and | stable: with shock absorbers on my jaws. I boost it all I’m able. iy- -r after year, without surcease, this theme I have been yapping: ; bitt there’s a time to talk of peace, a time to talk of scrapping. When Uncle Sam is threatened sore with J some great dife disaster,/ I don't admire the peace graft bore whose .tongue goes ever faster. 1 don’t ■ admire the bloodless wight who think? the lands a goner, if we would rather up and fight than wallow in dishonor. 1 didn’t raise my , maiden aunt to be a noisy brawler, but when the battle chargers pant, shell step out doors and holler. 1 didn't raise my lovely niece to fool with swords and lances, but she. I know, will pass up peace I whene'er a foe adyanges. I am too old and fat to where the weapons rattle, but warlike odes | I’ll gladly write; to cheer you in I the battle. Go forth, brave hearts, .bold, unafraid, if there should be a riot! 11l bring you pails of lent-, lonade whenever things are quiet.

FAIR OAKS

Health still continues good in our village. Wanted —A good warm shower and plenty of sunshine. Edna Wood went to Gary Monday for an indefinite stay. Roy and Mike Gundy of Gary are here now taking a two weeks’ vacation. Enos Moffitt called on his “best’’ near Hammond from Friday until Monday. Arthur Dewitt moved last week to Mt. Ayr, where he will work on the section. ■ “Grandpa” Abel went to Medaryville Monday to look after his interests- .there. ' ;’.-■/ Enos Moffitt left Thursday for Montana, where he expects to take up a homestead. , _ Rev. Hensley delivered a coupl? of exceptionally good sermons from the M. E. pulpit Sunday. Calvin Burroughs moved Saturday out onto the Hufficker ranch, where he wilt work this season. The Mt. Ayr telephone man was up Tuesday and installed a telephone in Can Manderville’s home. Mr. and Mrs. Mike Shein of Mon-

on and Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Kight of Thayer were visitors at Isaac Kight’s Sunday. It is reported that F. R. Erwin lately purchased the T. J. Frye property and will build thereon a • blacksmith shop. ... The Maubhur Bros, finished up-! their end of the Moffitt ditch coil-| tract the’first of the week and arel now dismantling the boat. Trustee Hammerton came up Sunday and visitedx bur Sunday j schools in the interest of the Sunday schbop Stork? of the township. ! Arthur Ropp was the last iri these pprts to accept the sure (jure for the auto fever, He drove a j Ford home one evening' last week. Art Powell ( and James Clifton, the carpenters on tile Spang new house, are getting along fine. ‘ They : will have it ready tor the plasterers; in a short time. . [ Jess Garriott purchased the first of the week of “Grandma” Noland he r property in the west part -bf town, which consisted of eight lots and’ house and barn. —— . Florence* McKay and brother , James left Sunday for Buchanan. Michigan, the former to visit a few •lays and the latter expects to get; work factory there. Mrs. Petty left Tuesday evening for her old’ home in the southern part of the state to visit home folks I a short time, then, she expects to take a course in the Teigre Haute[ normal. We got quite a freeze Wednesday, night which, it is thought, will put [ a finish on our fruit in these parts, as it froze ice as thick as window glass in vessels setting out with water in them. Up to this time the prospects ■were fine for everything but peaches. . Airs. Cottingham got a letter from her son William at Momence the first of the ■week. He stated that he had been promoted from [ locomotive fireman to engineer. He. had been firing for four or five years and was given an engine the first of the week to run. Good for you, Bill. The people of our town, as usual, will . observe Memorial day. The | exercises will be held in the Christian church. That venerable old gentleman, J. C. Thompson, has se-! cured the Hon. W. L. Wood of ! Pari- to deliver the memorial address An invitation is extended to all who feel so disposed to come' out and take part in and show their patriotism. The many friends of Miss Mattie McKay gathered at the Cottingham I House Fritlay evening and gave her a miscellaneous showe-. She was the recipient of many useful presents. She and her sister Florence returned from their Western visit Thursday, on Friday evening was given a shower and on Saturday she was joined in holy bonds of wedlock to Will Wendell at Rev. PostilTs residence at Rensselaer. They both are held in high esteem here. His parents live near Edinburg, Indiana. Mr. and Mrs. Wen-

■Diamond I Zz I I Much Xl I Should [ (Bpk 11 I Cost?” I M . . John Marlatt .. 9 8 may be a good deal like Abraham H J. Lincoln’s question: “How long should a || man’s legs be?” And it can be anP swered almost as shortly. You don’t need to pay a cent more MB H than P r^ce Tire B Hyggj for all the service and mileage ffIKVX you can ever hope to get from g MuiU BHv \ \ an Ttire* B IKW \\ Come into our store today \\ and learn the “Fair List” ■lll VW 9\A price for your size. We I\9" YA will be glad to tell you, if B Bill LB I\9 \A we can, how to get more ■ H|l>lW I\9 a A mileage out of the tires B I Woii \ \ 9 v\ now on vour car - P 9BBVB \I9 VA Every Diamond Tire must P P IQLMraw \ 1 9 Pl deliver full value in serI \1 9 Pl vice. If ever a Diamond P 9BBwB \ 1 B || Tire fails, a cheerful, B \IB li willing adjustment will B a \l B I be promptly made. 11 Rensselaer I J J Garage, B B if Rensselaer, Ind. I ■ r/?£Ao B P£o S/D *

dell went front ! > Rensselaer immediately after the ceremony to Momence to make William Cottingham and wife a visit. They returned Monday and took charge of the Cottingham hotel. Cottingham will take a trip out West and Will visit relatives in several western states and take a much needed rest from work and worry. We copy from the R. F. D. News a little article taken from the lowa Republican, called “New Fostofflce Rules.” Perhaps some patrons may benefit by it. We feel sure that some, few rural route patrons will if they will follow them: “The postmaster says, ‘No letters given out until they have been received.’ If you don’t get a letter or paper on the (lay you expect it, have the postmaster look through all the boxes and down in the cellar also. It ought to be there somewhere and he ough’t to hunt for it just to please you. If your friend don’t write, rave at, the-postmaster, he is to blame. If he tells you no, put on a grieved look. There ought to be some. He is probably hiding your mail for the pleasure of having you call for it. Ask him to look' again. If you are buying stamps, make him lick them' and put them on. That is his business.’’

There is more Catarrh in this section of the country than all other diseases put together, and for years it was supposed to be incurable. Doctors prescribed local remedies, and by constantly failing to cure with local treatment, pronounced it incurable. Catarrh is a local disease, greatly, influenced by constitutional conditions and therefore requires constitutional treatment. Hall’s Catarrh Medicine, manufactured’ by F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio, is a constitutional remedy, is tagen internally g.nd acts through the Blood on the Mucous Surfaces of the System. One Hundred Dollars reward is offered for any case that Hall’s Catarrh Medicine fails to cure. Send for circulars and testimonials. F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O. Sold by druggists, 75c. Hall’s Family Pills for constipation.- Advt.

NOTICE OF LETTING CONTRACT FOR COUNTY FARM SUPPLIES Notice is hereby given that the Board of Commissioners of Jasper county, Indiana, will, on - Tuesday, June 5, 1917, receive sealed proposals for furnishing groceries, dry goods and meat for the use of county pfeor asylum. All bids to be on file by 2 o’clock p. m. of said date and to be accompanied by affidavit as required by law,. The board reserves the right to reject any and all bids. By order of the Board of Commissioners of Jasper county, Indiana. JOSEPH P. HAMMOND, Auditor Jasper County. Try The Democrat’s want ad columns. You will be most agreeably surprised by the Results.

EDWARD P. HONAN ATTORNEY AT LAW Law Abstracts. Real Estate Loans. Will practice in all the courts. Office over Fendig’s Fair. RENSSELAER, INDIANA. SCHUYLER C. IRWIN LAW, REAL ESTATE &. INSURANCE 5 Per Cent Farm Loans. Office in Odd Fellows’ Block. RENSSELAER, INDIANA George A. Williams. D. Delos Dean. WILLIAMS & DEAN LAWYERS AU " court matters promptly attended to. Estates settled. Wills prepared. Farm loans. Insurance. 1 Collections. Abstracts of title made and examined. Office in Odd Fellows Block. RENSSELAER, INDIANA. DR. I. M. WASHBURN PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Office Hours: 10 to 12 A. M. 2 to 5 P. M. 7 to 8 P. M. Attending Clinics Chicago Tuesdays—--5 A. M. to 2 P. M. RENSSELAER, INDIANA F. H. HEMPHILL PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Special attention given to Typhoid, Pneumonia and low grades of fevers. Office over Fendig’s drug store. Phones: Office No. 442; Res. No. 442-B. RENSSELAER, INDIANA E. C. ENGLISH PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON y Opposite the Trust and Savings Bank. Office Phone No. 177. House Phone No. 177-B. RENSSELAER, INDIANA JOHN A. DUNLAP LAWYER (Successor Frank Foltz) Practice in all Courts. Estates settled. Farm Loans. Collection Department. Notary in the office. Over State Bank. Phone No. 16 RENSSELAER, INDIANA R A. TURFLER OSTEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN Graduate American School of Osteopathy. Post-Graduate American School of Osteopathy under the Founder, Dr. A. T. Still. Office Hours; —8-12 a. m., 1-5 p. m. Tuesdays and Fridays at Monticello, Ind. Office: 1-2 Murray Bldg. RENSSELAER, INDIANA H. L. BROWN DENTIST Office over Larsh & Hopkins’ drug store RENSSELAER, INDIANA The Democrat will print you up a bunch of such stationery in any quantity desired and for about the same price you pay for blank paper elsewhere. tt

First Signs of Failing Vision are not always accompanied by severe eye distress. Headaches, smarting, burning lids, shooting pains in the forehead, floating spots before the eyes, dizziness and weariness of the eyes after close work are some of the signs that your eyes need glasses. Don’t put off having your eyes examined if any of the above symptoms have been experienced by you. CLARE JESSEN OPTICIAN With Jessen the Jeweler. Phone 13

WM i S«IS Undertakers MOTOR AND HORSE DRAWN HEARSE ' AMBULANCE SERVICE Phones: Residence 58 dm ej

I r WWw S‘~ ; jgt 4 Your Tribute to the Departed should take the permanent form of a monument. Let us show you some designs that will come within your means whether they be small or large. Our monuments are artistic whether they are of little or great cost. So do not delay putting up a stone because you think you cannot have a nice one with the means at your command. We will supply one in good taste for probably less than you expect to pay. Will H. Mackey Rensselaer, Ind.

■—J——M—CHICAUO, IMMUUTUUS A MMtIBVMOL* ■ * RENSSELAER TIME TABLE In effect February, 1917 1 NORTHBOUND No. 36 ‘ Cincinnati to Chicago 4:51 a.m. No. 4 ■ Louisville to Chicago 5:41 a.m. No. 40 Lafayette to Chicago 7:30 AJA. No. 32 Indianap's to Chicago 10:36 a.m. No. 38 i Indianap's to Chicago ! 2:51 p.m. No. 6 Louisville to Chicago 3:31 PM No. 30 Cincinnati to Chicago 6:50 p.m. | SOUTHBOUND r- J ■ J 1. ■ • • ' ' No. 35 I Chicago to Cincinnati | 1:45 a.m. No. 5 i Chicago to Louisvilleb 10:55 a_m. No. 37 J Chicago to Cincinnati | 11:18 a.m. No. 33 Chicago to Indianap’s | 1:57 p.m. No> ' Chicago to Lafayette: 5:50 p.m. No. 31 | Chicago to Cincinnati I 7:31 p.m. No. 3 j Chicago to Louisville | 11:10 p.m.

OFFICIAL DIRECTORY. CITY OFFICERS Mayor... Charles G. Spitler C1erk...... .Charles Morlan Treasurer........ Charles M. Sands Attorney: .Moses Leopold Marshal Venn Robinson Civil Engineer.... W. F. Osborns Fire Chief-.... .J. J. Montgomery Fire Warden....J. J. Montgom«~y Councilmen Ist Wardßay Wood 2nd Ward. Frank Tobias 3rd Ward,............Frank King At Large. .Rex Warner, F. Krealer JUDICIAL Circuit Judge. .Charles W. Hanley Prosecuting Attorney-Reuben Hess Terms of Court—Second Monday in February, ApriL September and November. Four -week terms. COUNTY OFFICERS Clerk Jesse Nichols Sheriffß. D. McColly AuditorJ. P. Hammond Treasurer Charles V. May Recorder.... George Scott SurveyorE. D. Nesbitt Coroner Dr. C. E. Johnson County Assessor...G. L. Thornton Health Officer. .Dr. F. H. Hemphill COMMISSIONERS ‘ Ist District........ IL W. Marble 2nd Distrist.D. S. Makeever 3rd District.. Charles Welch Commissioners’ Court meets the , First Monday of each month. COUNTY BOARD EDUCATION Trustees Township Grant Davisson...Barkley Burdett Porter..... Carpenter James StevensGillam Warren E Poole.. Hanging Grove John Kolhoff........Jordan R. E. Davis Kankakee Clifford Fairchild..... Keener Harvey Wood, jr Marion George F0u1k5..............Mi1r0y John Rush.... .Newton George Hammerton....Union Joseph Salrin.....Walker Albert S Keene..Wheatfield E. Lamson. Co. BupL.. Rensselaer Truant Officer, C. B. Steward. Rensselaer

♦ TRUSTEES’ CARD. JORDAN TOWNSHIP The undersigned trustee of Jordan Township attends to official business at his residence on the first and third Wednesdays of each a month. Persons having business T with me will please govern tbem--4 selves accordingly. Postoffice address —Rensselaer, Indiana. f Second and last Saturday of each 1 month in G. A. Willim's law T office. ♦ JOHN KOLHOFF, Trustee.

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PIONEER Meat Market EIGELSBACH & SON, Props. Beef, Pork, Veal, Mutton, Sausage, Bologna AT LOWEST PRICES The Highest Market Price Paid tor Hides and Tallow . . -t

Every farmer who owns his farm ought to have printed stationery with his name and the name of h!a postoffice properly given. The prin* ed heading might also give the names of whatever crops he specializes In or his specialties in stock. Neatly printed stationery gives you personality and a standing with any person or firm to whom you write and insures the proper reading of your name and address. . ■ -*-r- ■ ■ -»> . 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.