Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 26, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 June 1917 — Page 8

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WHEATFIELD Mr. and Mrs. Geffert visited at the Hewett home Sunday. Roy Blue and family visited at the C. M. Dewey home Sunday; Mr. and Mrs. Henry Glissman visited at the home of John Misch Sunday. Remember, the Children’s day exercises at the Prima next Sunday evening. Come out and hear the children. The M. E. church held services at the Primo theater Sunday evening. The church edifice is being repaired. Friends from Tipton county are Visiting at the homes of C. M. Dewey and Thomas Hewett’ at this: writing. They report that corn in their county is quite small.

The Wheatfield Center Farmers’ club will hold a meeting at the Center school house tomorrow evening. A good program will be rendered and a discussion of some subject of vital interest to the farmers will be presented by able speakers. Remember, that the Wheatfield , Center Farmers’ Club is the first club of its kind ever organized in Jasper county. Now we have ten and more ini sight. All come out.

MEDARYVILLE ■ „ (From the Journal) Carl Toyne and family and Mead Rayburn and wife took a motor trip through- Remington, Foresman and Brook Sunday. James Stevens and family and Fred Robey and wife and son went to Gary Sunday for a visit with Mr. and Mrs. Guy Faris. Mr. and Mrs. Barber and Mr. and Mrs. Litka, all of Wheatfield, and Miss Jessie and Clifford Rayburn took Sunday dinner with Mrs. Alice Pogue and children of Gillam. Tuesday morning at 8:30 o’clock occurred the sad death of little Charles Linton, son of Mr. and Mrs. James ;R, Linton. Charles was’ bu ; four tfearg old and death followed very severe illness of about three weeks’ duration. On M ednesday afternoon, June 20. at 2:30 QClqck in the MethoEpiscopal church--es Medary--Wlle. occurred the marriage of Miss Ava Cleort Guild, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James R. Guild, to Dr. Chester Kenneth Little of Nappanee. The bride is a graduate of Depauw university and is a member of the Alpha Chi Omega Sorority, and has been at the head of the English' department "of the Nappanee high school for three years. The groom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. T. 11. Little of Plainfield, Indiana. h He was a student at Wisconsin university and later graduated from the Indiana Dental college at. Indianapolis. Dr. and Mrs. Little left Immediately for a short honeymoon trip before taking up their residence in Nappanee. Last Friday morning about 4 o'clock occurred the death of William F. Panze, one of Medaryville’s best known business* men. Mr. Panze made his home with Mrs. L. C. Hesley and had been in failing health during the past year. William F. Panze was born in Germany January 29, 1 SCO, and came to America with his father, mother and two sisters when* he was eight . years of age, the family making their home in Racine, Wisconsin. While the family resided in Wisconsin the father and younger sister were called to their reward, leaving William to support the mother and sister, which he did gladly until they were "called by death from the home which he provided for them. He was a member of two lodges, the Eagles and K. of P. No. 392. He was a member of the Lutheran church, having been confirmed when he was fourteen years of age. Funeral services were conducted from the home of Mrs. Hesley by Charles B. Mobley, minister of the Christian church. The Eagles and K. of P. lodges of Knox, North Judson and .Medaryville had charge of the services.

Christian Science Christian Science services at 11 a. m. Sunday in the auditorium of the public library. Public cordially invited. ts An armload of old papers for five cents at The Democrat office.

Charles G. Spitler, President. Judson J. Hunt, Sec’y-Treasurer. Edward J. Randle, Vice-President. Charles H. Mills, Asst SecV-Treas. The Trust & Savings Bank Report of the condition of THE TRUST & SAVINGS BANK of Rensselaer, Indiana, at the close of business on June 20,1917.

RESOURCES Loans and Discounts. . .$282,014.58. Overdrafts 925.86 Bonds 2,260.00 Company’s Building ~ . 10,000.00 Advances to Estates. ... 212.94 Due from Banks and Trust Companies .... 35,830.90 Cash on Hand 8,858.20 ' Cash Items. . . 634.71 : Current Expense 4,489.89 Interest Paid . .. . . . ... 1,437.13 Total Resources ... .$346,664.21 j State of Indiana, )

County of Jasper, )S6: I, Judson J. Hunt, Secretary-Treasurer of The Trust & Savings Rank of Rensselaer, Indiana, do solemnly swear that the above statement is true. JUDSON J. HUNT. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 26th day of June. 1917. [SEAL] ’ MAUDE E. SPITLER, w commission expires December 13, 1919. . J

NORTH JUDSON AUTO WRECKED

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Eigelsbach, who had, been to his farm, brought the wrecked party to town in his machine and Mrs. Thompson was taken to the county hospital, where she now is. The wrecked car was brough: to town and reiiaired and the othe£ members of the patty returned home Monday afternoon. Mrs. Thompson will probably be required to rema ih at the hospital several days, although she is reported to be mak-, ing good-improvement. The accident seems to have been | caused by Mr. Replogle attempting; to pass Mr. Moore to the right in-1 stead of to the left as usudl, aqdj the further fact' that Mr. Moore ■ did not know another car was near, J as no -warning of any kind washeard by him. I

RED CROSS FIND IS GROWING

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about SIOO more thanlke allotment, has been raised. The campaign there closed with a very successful meeting at Parr Sunday night.

Dr. G. W. Switzer of Lafayette delivered a splendid address at the Gillam church Monday night, a very 5 * large crowd being present, j Folloyving the address a collection I was taken and nearly S2OO raised. Gillam’s allotment is 5250, and they propose to raise then entire sum. Yesterday morning Chairman Spitler received a check for s2<>v from J. J. Lawler. He requested that the sum be credited SIOO to Marion* township, 550 to Newton township and 550 to Hanging Grove township., in each of which be owns lands. Mr. Lawler also : contributed $l5O to Newton county and ' $5,000 to the Red Cross fund beipg raised in Chicago. ■ ——* A meeting was held at the Bap* tist church in Milroy township last night, Rev. Asa McDaniel making the address. The sum collected! here will be announced in Saturday’s Democrat. Tomorrow evening Rev. E. W. Strecker will speak at a meeting o e> ■ ■ | be held at the Unibn school house in Jordan township, and a large attendance is desired.

A meeting will be held at the Asphaltum church in Walker township Sunday afternoon at 2 o clock Rev. Mably of Medaryville an 1 also a speaker from Rensselaer and thRensselaer band will be there. Chairman Hersh man urges the people of Walker township especially to turn out well to this meeting. Walker’s allotment is- $225 and Mr. Hershman desires to see it raised at this meeting. Keener township, the banner Republican township of Jasper county and the Tenth district. if not of the entire state, and which is settled principally by Hollanders who are reported to be pro-Ger-man, is the only township in the county that has not responded nobly. Keener’s allotment was $250 and about $l4O has been subscribed by loyal citizens of that township.

RAISE FUNDS FOR RED CROSS

About Five Hundred See Benefit Ball Game Friday Afternoon. More than 500, people attended the benefit ball game at Riverside park Friday afternoon, as indicated by the gate receipts. A total of $125 was taken in. which has been applied to the Jasper county Red Cross fund The attendance might have been larger but for the threatening weather but the receipts are quite satisfactory. And those present received their money’s worth for the game be-

LIABILITIES Capital Stock ..... $ 25,000.00 Surplus 35,000.00 Undivided Profits 1,105.97 Dividends Unpaid 50.00 Interest, Discount and Other Earnings 10,559.22 Demand Deposits ~. ... 231.450.91 Time Deposits 38,056.38 Savings Deposits . .. .. . 4.415.33 Reserve for Taxes .... 1,026.40 -• Total Liabilities .... $346,664.21

I' tween the two teams representing tE-c Foresters lodge and Company M was a far better exhibition of , the national sport than many exI peered to see. The game was won ;by the soldiers, the score at the • end of the seventh inning, when [rain stopped playing for the second I tithe..being S to 6 in their favor. I The employes of the A. Roth Co. } cleared about S3O at a benefit show lat the Star theater Friday night, I which has also been added to the Red Cross fund. The girls were i untiring in their efforts do sell j tickets and the crow d out for this |show was one of the largest ever j seeking admittance to a Rensselaer | playhouse. I The benefit dance given by the | Knights of Columbus at the armory , Friday night netted that organization between $lO and sll for the Red Cross fund. There was too much going on for the one night and ail who might otherwise wished to be present were unable to do so. The Knjghts will hold a meeting in the near future and devise other means of increasing this amount before it is turned over to the Red Cross committee.

ALLIED FORCES STILL ADVANCE

i Continue to Win From the Teutons Along All the Fronts. I Gradually the forces of Field i Marshal Haig are hemming in the [town, of Lens, the center of the great coal deposits in the 8 department of Pas de Calais and from which prior to the war more than 5.v . tons of coal werg an-, nually exported. Successful raids carried but Sunday night: by the British gave them 41 . yards of trenches in the woods at the western outskirts of the city, while Monday's ‘operation brought them further progress along both banks of. the Souchez river on. a front about a miie and a half southwest of the town,The British troops are harasssing the German- at various pbints along the front held by them in Belgium and France with nightly raiding parties which have been successful in killing numerous Germans and taking others prisoner. The British and German airmen

con’inue to strive for mastery in France and Belgium. Sunday witnessed the destruction of * five German airplanes in battle’s in. the air and another by anti-aircraft guns while five others were sent to the earth out of control. • The. British, however, lost five machines during the operations. Mighty artillery duels between the French and Germans are still in progress on several sectors of the front between Soissons and Rheims. Apparently the Germans, after their experience of last week, when they suffered heavy casualties in attacks and gained only slight advantage, have ceased, for the moment, at least, their infantry operations; as the latest French official communication makes no mention of fresh thrusts by th? crown prince. The sadly battered city of Rheims continues to be a target for German shells. 1,200 of them having been dropped there during Monday. The fighting activity along the Russian front has again extended into the Carpatihans around Kirlibabe on the Bukowina frontier. In Galicia, between the Zlota Lipa and Narayuyka rivers and along the upper Stripa. the fighting between the Austrb-Germans and Russians is described by Berlin as “lively.” The operations in the AustroItalian theater have again lost their intensity. The artillery duels have died down to almost nothing, while the infantry encounters are merelv reconnaissances.

LATE BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENTS

June 23. to Mr. and Mrs. James Kamstra. on the Otis Grassniere, a son.

LETTERS FROM OUR READERS

SENDS GREETINGS TO FRIENDS Parshall, N. D.. June 21, 1917. Editor F. E. Babcock: Dear Sir- -Enclosed find post office money order for renewal of our subscription for The Democrat, as I don’t want to be without it. We are still out here in Dakota, and have lived through another winter. But last winter was. the worst that we have seen in Dakota. But we managed to go through it comfortably as last summer and fall we were in favor of preparedness. „ , The crops are needing rain now. They are quite late this year on that account. I wish these clouds we see tonight would bring us a good old Hoosier soaker.

We are all enjoying good health and hope that our Jasper conntv friends are doing likewise. We send greetings and best wishes to them all. ''Sincerely yours, <

THOMAS CALLAGHAN.

r6S<C.\ From ThatDayto This On that memorable day 141 years ago a body of patriots endowed with almost superhuman vision laid down a charter in the wilderness of the new world—a charter which dispelled the. darkness of ignorance and turned the light of freedom and democracy on an Oppressed people. This charter—this principle of fair and square dealing which was the dream of multitudes and the hope of humanity has builded a nation the glories of which have turned the ancient tide of civilization from East to West. So today, we, as a nation renew our pledge to this charter of democracy. And we, as a business institution, renew our pledge of fair and square dealing to all—to you. As a big nation was builded on honor so has this store been created. And as the tide of civilization was turned to the great new light of opportunity and justice, so have people—you—been attracted to this---your store. The Clothing House of William Traub East of Now First National Bank Rensselaer, Ind.

WEEK’S WEATHER FORECAST

Washington, D. C.> June 23. Weather predictions for the week beginning Sunday, issued by the weather bureau today, follow: North Atlantic states: Temperature near or somewhat above . the normal, with frequent showers probable. Middle Atlantic states: Warm weather first half and lower temperature second half of week, occasional I'ocal showers and thunderstorms probable. South Atlantic and east gulf states: Warm with occasional local thundershowers. West gulf, states: Generally fair and warm. Ohio valley and Tennessee: Occasional lo,cal showers and thunderstorms probable. Warmer first half of week,: latter half cooler. Great lakes region: Unsettled with frequent showers probable. Temperature will average low for the season. Plains, states and upper and middle Mississippi valleys: Occasional showers. Temperature somewhat below normal.

Rocky mountain and plateau regions:' Generally fair, temperature somewhat below seasonal average. Pacific states: Generally fair, temperature., normal.

TRANSFERS OF REAL ESTATE

John J. Whelen et ux to John W. Phares, June 1, se ne, 28-30-7,. e% sw ne, n% ne se, 28-30-7, part nw sw, 27-30-7, Barkley, SIO,OOO. Levr N. Miller et ux to Anna J. Fess, June, 22, lots 1,2, block 28, Rensselaer, Weston’s addition, SSOO. Fritz Wendelburg et ux to Anna L. Overacher, May 15, nw nw, 3-31-7, 40 acres, Keener.

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CHRISTIAN SCIENCE CHURCH SUBSCRIBES $271,000 TO LIBERTY LOAN. Letter From Govsrnor of Massachusetts Read of Services of The Mother Church.

The Christian Science Monitor recently printed the following: Yesterday, at both services of The Mother Church, The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, the First Reader, William D. McCrackan, at the request of the Governor of Massachusetts, read the following communication from him to the church: “The churches of the Commonwealth can do no more patriotic service to the country in its struggle for liberty and the preservation of human rights than in aiding the ‘Liberty Loan.’ “I know you stand ready patriotically to do everything in your power and I therefore ask of you that on Sunday, June 3d, the “Liberty Loan’ shall be presented in your pulpit as the cause of the country and as a test of real patriotism. “Very truly yours, “SAMUEL W. M’CALL, “Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.”

Following this, Mr. McCracken said: "Christian Scientists are good citizens. Their understanding of Principle enables them to read the “signs of these times’ from the standpoint of both history and prophecy. “Thus they discern the metaphysical significance of the revolution in human thought which now convulses the world. They know that the mighty

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tide cannot be stayed "until He shall reign whose right it is.’ “Therefore will Christian Scientists follow the advice of Mrs. Eddy to 'help support a righteous government* (Miscellany, p. 276, 1. 24). “Thus shall democracy prevail in . the earth as a stepping stone for humanity from the limitations of false political systems to the fulfillment of our Leader’s when Christ, God’s idea, will eventually rule all nations and peoples—imperatively, absolutely, finally with divine Science,’ (Science and Health, p. 565, 11. 16-18.)” The Mother Church of the Christian Science movement and its allied activities have already subscribed for Liberty bonds to the extent, of >271,000. Circulars giving full informatibn concerning the Liberty Loan, together with blank forms for subscription, have been distributed among the employees, who number over 600, in the offices of the Church and of The Chrtstion Science Publishing Society. Every assistance will be given to these eployees to purchase Liberty bonds in such amounts as they may desire. It has been arranged that the bonds shall be purchased, and held for the employees on a basis which will enable them to make the payments in weekly or monthly installments, if they so desire.

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