Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 June 1917 — Page 2
THE JOT GOHNTY MI F. E. BABCOCK, Publisher OFFICIAL DEMOCRATIC RAPER OF JASPER COUNTY Long Distance Telephone* Office 815 Residence 811 Entered as Second-Class Mall Matter June 8, 1908, at the postoffice at Rensselaer, Indiana, under the Act of March i. 1879. - ; ‘ , Published Wednesday and Saturday. ■ The Only All Home-Pript Newspaper in jtisper County, ADVERTISING KATES Display 1214 c Inch Display, special position. . . .15c Inch Readers, per line first Insertion.. 5c Readers, per line add. Insertions. .3c Kant 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, 50c. Cash with order. All acounts due and payable first of month following publication, except want ads and cards of thanks, which are cash with order. No advertisement accepted far first page. /] WEDNESDAY, JUNE 6, 1917
YOUNG PEOPLE ARE MARRIED
Miss Eva Hermansen and L, A. McClanahan United May 31. Miss Eva Hermansen and Leland A. McClanahan of Hammond were united in marriage Thursday, evening, May 31, by the Rev. J. C. Parrett at the home of the latter in Hammond. The ceremony was Witnessed only by a few friends and relatives. The young couple then went to the groom’s home and were given a reception by a large number of friends and relatives. Among the out-of-town guests were Mr. Hermansen of Danville, Illinois, father of the. bride, and Mr. and Mrs. Floyd and children of South Chicago.
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The young couple received several tyandsome and useful presents, among which were 3,000 shares of stock in the Uncle Sam Oil company, presented the bride by her father. The guests departed at a late hour wishing Mr. and Mrs. McClanahan a long and happily married life. ■/ , **
MARRIED AT CROWN POINT
Harold Stiles, son of Mrs. Fred Yeiter by a former marriage, and Miss Goldie Turner, daughter of Mr. ankl Mrs. Frank Turner of this city, were married at Crown Point Monday' The groom is employed at Indiana Harbor in a munition plant, but they will reside at Hammond where they have rented | furnished rooms. The Democrat joins their friends in congratulations. \
IJ\ ESTOCK TO MEET
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before. “Such an organization will afford the small breeders of the county an economical means of advertising. Many county organizations in the country are able to carry advertisements in newspapers that individuals could not afford and some go as far as to issue special catalogs each season. “I hope that our association, if formed, will be able to promote livestock shows and other educational campaign. This year I have started this matter in a small way myself, but I am sure that a great deal more could be accomplished along this line if our breeders were organized so that all could help. “When our association is on its feet and has built up a reputation by Choice breeding stock and honest dealing we can hold sales which will attract more than local buyers. A buyer will more readily justify the expense in traveling to a community where he can inspect a large number of animals at one time than he will to inspect a few.” The meeting will be in charge of County Agent Loaming and will be addressed by J. W. Schwab of
the division of animal husbandry of Purdue university. All persons interested in livestock of any kind, are cordially invited to be present at tfils meeting, Saturday, June &.
BRITISH SUBJECTS ARE CALLED
Will Affecfc 500,000 Residents of the United States. New York, June 3. —Great Britain issued a call to the colors today to the 500,000 British subjects in the United States between the ages of 18. and 45 years. The call was accompanied by a warning from Lieutenant General T. M. G. Bridges, military head of the British mission to the United States, who said: “While affording this opportunity for voluntary enlistment, it must always be remembered that the law of nations does not recognize a ‘man without a country’ and that every man who enjoys the privileges of citizenship has corresponding obligations to fulfill. “It will be the object of both countries to insure that there is no escape from these obligations. I consider that measures will be taken to this end.” The United States has given to the British recruiting mission the use of its enlistment machinery, and their subjects may volunteer at any United States army recruiting "station. - Enlisting will begin on Wednesday. The call issued by the recruiting mission was accompanied by an appeal to British subjects in this country by General Bridges. It is not improbable that King George himself may issue an appeal to his subjects in the United States.
Thomas Cox of Rensselaer, who served fourteen years in the British army before coming to America, is within the age limit—44 years—and wants to go and fight with his mother country. He has taken out his first naturalization papers and is advised that he would not have to go, but he will probably do so anyway and his military experience would be of great value to him.
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LICENSED PLANT SHB-IIIMOI-ißffl “Save the waste-waste nothing” If unfortunate in loss of horses, cattle or hogs, telephone us at our expense. Our automobile truck and team are at your disposal. We go twenty miles for horses and cattle or 500 pounds of hogs. This service costs you nothing and until further notice we will pay the following prices: Horses $2.00, cattle we will remove the carcass and pay 9c a lb. for the hide. B. & L MFG. GO., Rensselaer Telephone 17 or 89-A
EAT MORE CORN
The Most Effective Substitute for Wheat at Our Disposal. Ordinarily the quantity of corn produced in the United States is from three to four times the quantity of wheat, but only a very small portion of the crop—from 5 to 10 pbr cent—has been used for human food. This amount may be estimated in normal times at about 200,0110,000 bushels a year. Not over 5 per cent has been exported in peace times. A relatively slight increase in the corn acreage, therefore, will place many millions of bushels more of human food at the disposal of the world without interfering in any way with the feed needed for the support of live stock. In the past, with an abundance of/' grain of other kinds, corn has not been in great demand for human consumption. But with other grains no longer abundant, circumstances will compel more general recognition of the value of corn as human food. The department is urging strongly the wider use of corn in the "'diet. It is the best substitute for wheat that we have and 1 can be utilized in breads, mushes and a variety of other ways. We should make every effort to avail ourselves of it.—U. S. Department of Agriculture News Bulletin.
THE GERMANS AND BARBARISM
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basket for the morning meal; at noon another basket would be taken by another person; at night a third basket by a third person. Now, if I stood by next morning and watched and when I saw a neighbor coming with food I should fall upon hitn with a club, dash the basket to the ground and destroy its- contents intended to minister to the needs of that suffering family, what would you, think of me? Suppose that a number of people were lying injured down by the depot and suppose that the ambulance should come and get them and then should hurry as fast as possible to the hospital where they might have medical care and attention, and suppose that I should lie in wait, wreck the -ambulance, the sufferers should be thrown out and I should stand by and laugh at their their trouble and throw stones at them, all helpless and unresisting as they are—would you wait for the sheriff to come and take me to jail? I think not. I believe the people of this community would raise a mob to restrain me and 1 believe they would be justified. Now, the nations of the world met and made treaties for the welfare of all. It was agreed that the high seas should be unrestricted — r free for all to go and come in travel and commerce. The harbors might be blockaded in time of war, but the high seas were to be in no wav interfered with. GERMANY WENT TO THE FACE OF THE DIAL AND TURNED BACK THE HAND HUNDREDS OF YEARS, TO BARBRISM. She overrode the conventions and even her own agreements with Europe and declared her solemn treaties to be mere scraps of paper. She overran Belgium, slaughtered its inhabitants, took away the men to be used As slaved, destroyed property and carried away or destroyed all foodstuffs. Now ships of neutral countries approach filled with food and comforts for the pitiful remnant of the people. Germany attacks these peaceful ships and the baskets of food are sent to the bottom of the ocean. The crews, attempting to escape in the ' small boats to Safety, are fired upon and the boats are sunk. Hospital ships, filled- with wounded from the battlefield, are torpedoed and sunk. The agony and struggles *of the helpless wounded ones in the water are jeered at and mocked. ' The text of the discourse was "Greater love hath no man than this—that a man lay down his life for his friends.”
PROTECT YOUR BUILDINGS FROM LIGHTNING by having them properly codded. Sixteen years’ experience in the business and never have had a building damaged from lightning that I rodded. Best and heaviest rods used. Call and see me or ’phone 135 or 568.—F. A. BICKNELL, Rensselaer, Indiana. ' ts
GENERAL AND STATE NEWS
Telegraphic Reports From Many Parts ot the Country. SHORT BITS OF THE UNUSUAL Happenings in the Nearby Cities and Towns—Matters of Minor Mention from Many Places. RECRUITERS ARE INJURED Their Automobile Turns Over Twice When It Strikes Soft Ground. Monticello, June I.—Harry Warfel, Lieutenant Floyd Tharp, Russel Jenkins, members of militia Company C; Reed Vanvoorst and Glenn McMullin, were Injured in an automobile accident west of Rey- ; nolds last night. Warfel’s jaw was broken and his face badly cut. Van- ’ rorst's face was cut. Three men in I the back seat were slightly hurt. They were returning from Wolcott, where they were recruiting. The men , were speeding and ' struck fresh gravel at a turn in ' the road. The automobile ran ■ through a barbed wire fence and turned over twice, pinning Warfel and Vanvoorst under it.
COLDEST MAY IN 46 YEARS
Indianapolis, June 2. —The month ended Thursday was the coldest May since the local weather bureau 1 was established, forty-six years ago, ai?cording to statistics completed by J. H. Armington, meteorologist at the bureau. The average temperature for the month was 56 degrees above zero, which was eight-tenths of a degree colder than the average of May, 1907, which was the next coldest May on record. Only six days were above normal, and only three of them were more than 10 degrees above the average temperature, while sixteen days were 10 degrees or more below normal. There were seventeen cloudy days, whereas the average is ten, and only six clear days were reported. ’’ \ p, Rainfall for the month was the only thing that was any way near the average, and this was .58 inch below normal, 3.36 inches being recorded,, most of which fell during the latter part of the month.
SHOW OFFICERS TO BE SHORT
State Board of Accounts Announces Several Sums Due. A report was made public Saturday by the state board of accounts showing various sums of money due from thirty-two present and former t üblic officials. The sums range from S4O to $1,923.96, the latter amount being dud from H. R. Wallace. former city controller of Indianapolis. Others of interest to readers of The Democrat are as follows: Otto C. Middlestadt, treasurer White county, Monticello, illegal allowance for acting as city treasurer of Monticello, S3OO. Albert G. Fisher, auditor White county, Monticello, illegal allowance made by city of Monticello for placing taxes on tax duplicate, S4O. H. B. Gable, secretary board of health, Monticello, excess salary, $56.64. Robert Hamilton, former sheriff of Benton county, Fowler, per diem board of review, SBB. Owen Daly, former trustee of Railroad township, Starke county, is charged with $124 in excess payments, in one report, and with sls and slsl in other reports. F. A. Wittmer, clerk of the Pulaski circuit court from 1906 to 19IT, is charged with a total of $1,519.74 for various illegal payments and similar allowances.
HOW TO SERVE POKE STALKS
You are interested in the high cost of living problem just now. Have you served poke stalks to your family* If you try it once you are certain to repeat the experiment. Cut when a few inches high. Scrape carefully and ’ lay in cold water for an hour. Boil in salted water until tender. Drain and prepare a cream sauce as for new potatoes. The color when ready for the table is a most delicate green and white. Served to guests recently with no explanation, one, with epicurian tastes, said: "This asparagus is certainly unusually flue.” Marion Harland says of them: “They are undeniably whqlesome — also inexpensive.’’ And they are in season now and will be for some time, as many of the old roots haven't manifested themselves as yet. *
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Would ibe pleased to do your Lawn Mower Sharpening. I have installed the latest improved power-driven Lawn Mower Grinder, at bicycle shop, east side of public square, In Milner’s tire shop.—-JAMES C. CLARK, phone 218. . ts FARMERS’ INSURANCE The Farmers’ Mutual Co. placed almost $85,000 new insurance on its books during the month, of March. The Farmers’ State Cyclone placed over $2,000,000 the same month. Average cost of Mutual Fire about 24 cents on the SIOO annually. Average cost of State Cyclone for its ten years’ service, 10.65 cents for SIOO. Call on Marion I. Adams, who will write you in either or both companies. Money saved is money made. J-9 Buy envelopes aft The Democrat office. A large number of sizes, styles and colors, both bond and plain finish, to select from, at 5c per bunch of 25. Call in and see them. Wssi fed Ad [Under this head notices will be published for 1-cent-a-word for the first insertion, 1-2-cent-per-word for each additional insertion. To save book-keeping cash should be sent with notice. No notice accepted for less than twenty-five cents, but short notices coming within the above rate, will be published two or more times—as the case may be—for 2S cents. Where replies are sent in The Democrat’s care, postage will be charged for forwarding such replies to the advertiser.!
FOR SALE Some young fox hounds, six weeks old. —L. A. MECKLENBURG. Phone 109. ts Tomato, cabbage, pepper and celery plants.—C. W. RHOADES. Phone 148, ts Spotted Poland China hogs, March pigs, both boars and gilts, ready for delivery now; all registered; prices reasonable. Come and see them or ’phone WILLIAM JOHNSON, Mt. Ayr. Jl7 Overland 5-passenger auto. Good condition. Payments to suit pur-, chaser. Phone 45.—E. M. LARUE. ts Good Recleaned Timothy Seed, $3 per bushel, at RENSSELAER GARAGE. ts
Five-passenger Automobile in good running condition, electric horn. Presto-lite lights, top, good tires, two practically new; extra inner tubes, jack, etc. A bargain if sold soon. Will demonstrate.—F. E. BABCOCK. Remington Typewriter, No. 7, with tabulating attachment. Machine in splendid condition and looks and is practically as good an new; cost $l2O, will sell at a bargain.—THE DEMOCRAT. One of the Best Located Residence properties in Rensselaer, 75x300 feet, corner lot fronting on two improved streets; good two-story house, with cistern, drilled well, bath, barn and other out-buildings, etc. Ground alone is worth price asked for entire property. Terms if desired. For further particulars call or address B. care THE DEMOCRAT. WANTED Men and teams to work on gravel road at Remington. Call for WM. MAHONEY Camp, at Remington, Indiana. J 6 FOR RENT A Dandy Suite of Office Rooms over The Democrat office.—F. E, BABCOCK. tf The Five-Room Flat over The Democrat office, city water, bath, electric lights, etc. To small family only.—F. E. BABCOCK. Phone 315 or 311. MISCELLANEOUS Butter Wrappers—Vegetable parchment butter wrappers in any quantity desired, either plain or printed, at The Democrat Office; ts Storage—l have two rooms for storage of light household or other goods in The Democrat building. Terms reasonable. —F. E. BABCOCK. Ph ope 315 or 311. f > Typewriter Ribbons—The Democrat carries in, stock in its fancy i stationery department the famous Nedich make of ribbons for nearly all the standard makes of typewriters. Price 65c each. Will be sent ..by mail prepaid to any address on receipt of price. ts FINANCIAL Money to Loan—s per cent farm loans.—JOHN A. DUNLAP. ts Mutual Insurance—Fire and Lightning. Also state cyclone. Inquire of M. I. ADAMS. Phone 533-L. ts Farm Loans—l can procure you a five-year loan on your farm at 5 per cent. Can loan as high as 50 per cent of the value of any good farm. No delay in getting the money after title is approved.— CHAS. J. DEAN & SON. ts Farm Loans—Money to loan on farm property in any sums up to SIO,OOO.—E. P. HONAN; I flftf fllhl Without Delay, I |<P I llir Witllout Commission, I 11 VI I lib ' Without Charges for H ‘Making or Recording Instruments. J W. H. PARKINSON*