Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 63, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 November 1917 — Page 3

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1917

The WEEK'S DOINGS

Ralph Sprague made a business trip to Chicago Monday. Postmaster C. U. Garriott of Parr •was a visitor in the city Saturday. Mrs. Bruce White has been confined to her bed since Saturday with sickness. Mrs. Isaac* Saidla has been confined to the house by illness the past several days. Mrs. J. W. Douglas and children of Oxford, who had been here visiting her brother, John Sanders, returned home Friday. Miss Louise Hildebrand returned Sunday from a few days’ visit with her uncle, Peter iHordeman, Jr., and family of near Parr. “Minnetonna Brand” butter is a permanent thing. Price and quality guaranted lowest and best. This week 45c.—J. C. HARRIS & SON. The Hammond high school football team defeated the locals Saturday by a score of 13 to 0. It was a listless game from start to finish. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Watson drove to Chicago Heights, Illinois, Saturday afternoon for a short visit with relatives, returning. Sunday afternoon. Something doing all the time at our MAJESTIC RANGE DEMONSTRATION week of November 12 at our store. Better not miss it. —WARNER BROS. Mrs. G. A. Hopkins of Mt. Ayr and sister, Miss Mary Clark, of Brook took the train here Saturday for Lafayette to visit their sister, Mrs. Charles Miller.

Sanol Eczema Prescription is a famous old remedy for all forms of Eczema and skin diseases. Sanol is a guaranteed remedy. Get a 35c large trial bottle at the drug store. ts

Albert Walter, son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Walter of Barkley township, and Miss Marie Logan of Gillami township are to be .married today at the home of Rev. Father Daniel. Mrs. N. G. Halsey and daughter have come from Kankakee, Illinois, and will remain here this winter with Mr. Halsey. For the present they will make their home at the Makeever hotel. W. H. Hogan has moved from the Tom Grant tenant house on McKinley avenue to -the Nelson Randle property, just across the street, and Mr. and Mrs. Grant Wynegar will move into the property vacated by Mr. Hogan. Mrs. Fred Shhultz, formerly Miss Ethel Holmes of this city, and little daughter Evlyn came last week from Bismarck, North Dakota, for an extended visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Holmes, just north of town, and other relatives. Her husband will join her here about Christmas.

Second-Hand CARS Pullman 5-passenger touring, electric lights and starter. Regal Underslung, 5-pas-senger touring, electric lights. Oakland 5-passenger touring, good order. Will sell these cars at great bargains if taken at once. M. I. Adams & Son

Dr. Emil Besser of Remington was a Rensselaer visitor Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Sam Karnowsky visited over Sunday with relatives in Chicago. Among the Lafayette visitors Saturday were Miss Nellie Grant and Paul Donnelly. Mrs. Lee Myers and two daughters spent the week-end with her mother at Demotte. E. J. Randle has traded his Apperson car for a Dodge touring car with enclosed body. Mrs. E. J. Duvall returned home Thursday after a few weeks’ visit with relatives in Chicago. Rev. V. H. Krull of Collegeville went to Ottoville, Ohio, Friday to conduct mission services there this week and next. Among the Chicago visitors Friday were Mrs. E. S. Rhoads, C. G. Spitler, Fred A. Phillips, Venus Crisler and Thomas Knox. Mr. and Mrs. Fritz Zard left Friday for their home at Mitchell. South Dakota, after a few weeks’ visit here with relatives and friends.

W. C. Milliron was at Franklin the first of the week visiting his son Robert and wife and looking after his picture show business there. Miss Helen Wolfe came down from IHlammond Friday to visit her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. A. Leopold and take in the football game Saturday. Thomas Padgitt and Harry Waymire, who recently applied for places on the Grant Park Naval band at Chicago, have been accepted and ordered to. report for examination. MrSo G. E. Murray spent Saturday in Chicago with her son Edson, who was there to witness the Illi-nois-Chicago football game. The latter accompanied his mother home to spend Sunday. In the mention of the sale of Mrs. Alice Woody’s farm in Jordan township in Saturday’s Democrat, we stated that Mrs. Woody would return to her former home in Montana. We should have said Wyoming.

When you have Backache the liver or kidneys are sure to be out of gear. Try Sanol, it does wonders for the liver, kidneys and bladder. A trial 35c bottle of Sanol will convince you. Get it at the drug store. —Advt. ts

Mr. and Mrs. B. S. Fendig and daughter Miriam went to Chicago Saturday to spend a few days with relatives before going South for the winter. Mrs. Fendig and daughter will go to New Orleans this week and Mr. Fendig will join hem there later. The offer of a set of kitchenware FREE to every purchaser of . a MAJECTIC during demonstration week is genuine. It is an out-and-out gift to every purchaser of a MAJESTIC range and the price of this range with a reputation remains the same. See this demonstration during the week commencing November 12 at our store. — WARNER BROS. So far November is giving us a much better brand of weather than October did, and if the clear, warm days will but continue for a fortnight it will work wonders in drying the corn and also mean thousands of dollars to the onion growers about Newland. Saturday, Sunday and Monday ’were very pleasant days, with the thermometer hovering about 60 degrees throughout the day time and falling to about 32 to 38 degrees at night. J

Rev. E. W. Strecker, accompanied by Charles Halleck, Willis Wright and Lawrence McLain of this city and Paul Washburn of Remington, were at Indianapolis Friday aitending a state Y. M. C. A. meeting. An effort is being made to enlist several thousand young men to help raise about $50,000 in this s + ate for the Y. M. C. A. war fund. Jasper county’s quota is S6OO, and contributory have the privilege of paying their donations in weekly installments. -

Harry Kiplinger and Jake Moore were down from Gary Sunday visiting home folks. Mrs. Daniel Way mire went to Englewood Saturday to visit her sister, Mrs. Van Dusen. Mrs. E. C. English went to Glencoe, Illinois, Saturday for a few davs’ visit with relatives. \ Mr. and Mrs. A. C.j Rhoads of Chicago were here over Sunday the guests of Mr. and Mrs. B. K, Zifn.merman. F. E. Reeve, wife, daughters, Misses Hazel and Gladys, and sons. Joseph and Robert, spent Sunday in Lafayette. Mrs. J. J. Montgomery went to Rockford Illinois. Monday for a week's visit with her mother, Mrs. Eugene Wemple. J. W. Smith of Walker township returned Monday from Boone county where he was called by the death of a cousin. Earl Clouse is acting manager of the bus line for the new proprietor, Peter Nomenson, of Dwight, Illinois. Mr. Nomenson may move htre later. J. N. Leatherman left Monday for Macon, Georgia, where he and John R. Lewis will have a number of Hampshire hogs in a big sale there today. Yesterday's markets: No price on corn; oats, 55c; Wheat, s2;rye. $1.65. The prices one year ago were: Corn, 76c; oats, 49c; wheat, $1.60, rye, $1.15.

Dr. John P. Hale of Lafayette, superintendent of the home missions of the Presbyterian church in Indiana, was the guest of Rev. J. Budman Fleming Monday. Mrs. Stephen Kohley returned home the first of the week after spending a couple of weeks with her daughter, Mrs. Frank Wagner, and family near Wolcott. The Democrat’s supply of Service Flags is going fast. Better come in and secure one before they are all gone, as we shall get no more after the present lot is exhausted.

Dr. W. L. Myer wishes his patients to know that he will be out of his office all of next week, on account of the meeting of the State Board of Dental Examiners. —Advt.

Have you seen Mr. Jay Hedgesthe MAJESTIC range demonstrator? He will be here all week of November 12. Have him show you the greatest improvement ever put on a- range.—WARNER BROS.

Woman’s friend is a large trial bottle of Sanol Prescription. Fine for black heads, eczema and all rough skin and clear complexion. A real skin tonic. Get a 35c trial bottle at the drug store.—Advt. ts Eyes examined and glasses ground by optometrist of years of practical experience in one of the best equipped exclusive optical parlors in the state. —DR. A. G. CATT, Rensselaer, Ind. Over Long’s drug store. ts

Mrs. Alice Woody gave a dinner last Friday at her home in Jordan township in honor of her nephew, Victor Michaels’, twenty-fifth birthday anniversary. A bountiful dinner was served to about fifteen guests. Among those present were John Teter and family, Mrs. Laura Harris and niece. Miss Luh» Keister, Mr. and Mrs. Riley Tullis and W. F. Michael' and family.

B. N. Fendig has received word from his brother, Sol Fendig, that might be interpreted to mean that the latter is now enroute to France. Some time ago Sol joined an engineering corps at Spokane, Washington, as storekeeper, and was recently transferred to Boston. A few days later he sent a card from New York city saying “Good-bye, until you hear from me,’’ and by this it is presumed that he is either enroute abroad or will go soon. W. L. Wood was down from Phrr Monday and stated that the school there had been obliged to close because of a lack of fuel. Reports have also reached this office from reliable sources that the Monon yards at Hammond and Lafayette are congested with loaded coal cars, consigned to wholesale dealers, who for . some reason or another fail to move same- but continue to pay demurrage and add to the final cost to the consumer. This matter should certainly be investigated.

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THE TWICE-A-WEEK DEMOCRAT

Sale bills printed while you wait at The Democrat -'Simon t'endig, the Wheatfield druggist, was a visitor in the city yesterday. J. M. Shafer was over mouth yesterday looking after his property interests here. About fifty people from this city went to Lafayette Sunday to witness the Hammond-Pine Village football- game. ; Otmar Osborne and Miss Alice Daniels were among the Chicago visitors Monday. The latter pMt in the day shopping. ( Ray Yeoman, head of the ‘civil engineering department of the Valparaiso university, spent Sunday with relatives here. Mrs. C. M. Sands was at Indianapolis over Sunday visiting her husband, a member of the second officers’ training camp. Mrs. R. A. Parkison, Mrs. K. T. Rhoades and Attorney John A. Dunlap were among the Lafayette visitors from this city Monday. .Mrs. W. T. Shaw of northwest ot town took the train here Monday for Martinsville, where she will take treatment at the sanitarium there. The city election was passing off quietly as The Democrat went to press. A light vote ■was being cast and very little interest was being manifested. The results will be published in Saturday’s Democrat.

Do you get up at night? Sanol is surely the best for all kidney or bladder troubles. Sanol gives relief in 24 hours from all backache and bladder troubles. Sanol is a guaranteed remedy. 35c and $1 a bottle at the drug store. —Adv. ts

The writer drove up to Newland and Gifford Sunday afternoon and at the former place everyone was taking advantage of the weather and were working in the onion fields, sorting, crating and sacking onions, while one car was being loaded. There were thousands of bushels yet to take of. A. M. Robertson of Morocco was in Rensselaer on business Monday. Mr. Robertson conducts moving picture shows at both Morocco and Lowell and was here looking over the situation with a View to starting a picture show here. He has been in the business for several years and is an experienced man. C. E. Hatch & Son’s annual sale of O. I. C. hogs, held at Pleasant Home Farm, one mile north of Kentland on October 25, was a success in every way. A large crowd of buyers were present from Indiana and adjoining states, and .he hogs sold well. A two-year-old sow, Bonnie Belle No. 86266, topped the sale at $221. Forty-two head sold at an average of S6O. Harvey Williams of Remington cried the sale.

John O’Connor moved his household goods to Kniman Monday and he and Mrs. O’Connor went there yesterday to make their home, Where Mr. O’Connor will engage in the grain business. Both Mr. and Mrs. O’Connor have been respected and esteemed residents of this city for several years, coming here first when Mr. O’Connor was elected county sheriff. It is with genuine regret that we see them depart, but we wish them every success and happiness back at their old home. _____ . Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Reeve and daughter Clara returned Friday evening from a two months’ visit with their son Clyde and family near Masonville, New York. Clyde is doing well there and likes it fine. He had good oats and buckwheat and will have about 100 bushels of potatoes to sell. Potatoes are about $1.45 per bushel there at' present. He has made considerable money this fall on cider apples, which have been bringing him S2O per ton, an unprecedented price. He sold several hundred dollars worth. They are building some “state roads’’ in his locality now and both Clyde and his oldest son—who is now a young man and has a team of his own — have worked with their teams on these roads the past summer, when they could spare the time from the farm, and have got good pay for the same.

BOX SOCIAL

There will be a box social at the Independence school in Barkley township Saturday evening, November 17. A good program will be given. Ladies please bring boxes. —GRACE KNAPP, Teacher.

LATE BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENTS

November 1, to Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Davisson of Chicago, a daughter. Mrs. Davisson was formerly Miss Bernice Rhoads of Rensselaer. November 5, to Mr. and Mrs. Lee Wiley of near Kniman, a son.

NEWS OF THE FARMERS’ CLUBS

Hog Demonstrations to Be Hehl Tomorrow and Friday. At the urgent request of the United States department of agriculture. County Agent Learning has arranged for a two days’ campaign on Hog Production in this county. The immediate necessity is brought about by the reduction of the breeding stock on many of the farms due to the high price and scarcity of feeds. The government has assigned Mr. John Brown, an extensive hog producer, to take charge of the series or four meetings which will be held as follows: Thursday, November 8, 2 p. m., farm of W. B._ Walter, Newton township. Thursday, November 8, 8 p. m., South Marion Farmers' club. Friday, November 9, 2 p. im, farm of Parkinson Bros., Barkley township. Friday, November 9, 8 p. im., Parr sdhool house. Mr. Brown will discuss the necessity of greater pork production, give the government’s attitude on price fixing and will take up the . matter of profitable hog management. All hog producers are urged to attend any or all of these meetings and bring with them any Questions that they may have in regard to the matter. The South Marion Farmers’ club will hold its regular meeting in the Consolidated school building tomorrow evening. November 8. President Hauter announces the following program: Song • .School children History of Jasper County Mrs. Bert Welsh Song Mrs. Gaylord Nowels Sheep Production. .. .James Amsler Reading Miss Lucy Lane House Heating.. Mrs. Lawson Bruce Song School children Pork Production, John Brown, representing U. S. Department of Agriculture.

CLEANED from the EXCHANGES

Mrs. Jacob Rauh, a prominent resident of Chalmers, died suddenly Monday afternoon of apoplexy. She is survived by a 'husband and five sons. Clarence Messenger of Monon received a broken nose Saturday night in a fight with Fay Lutes in “Monon” Jacks’ alleged soft drink emporium. Walter K. Landis, formerly postmaster at Porto Rico, and .brother to Federal Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis, and ex-Congressmen Frederick Landis and Charles Landis, died at bis home in Logansport Monday night. Fred Y. Wheeler, editor of the Lake County Star, was accidentally shot near Crown Point Sunday. Mr. Wheeler w'as returning Ifrom a hunting trip with friends. A jolt of the wagon In which he was riding caused the discharge of ihis gun, the contents lodging in his chest and shoulder. His condition is serious.

The Clabby football team of Hammond defeated the Pine Village team at Lafayette Sunday 13 to 0. Paddy Driscoll, former Northwestern university star, was responsible for the Clabby’s victory, as he made one touchdown, kicked goal afterward and also made bwo drop kicks from the field that went square between the goal posts. The Newton County Land eempany has been incorporated with the secretary of state with a capital stock of $200,000, and will operate thousands of acres of land and conduct a large breeding farm. The directors are Charles M. Murdock, Charles McDill, Samuel T. Murdock and Charles E. Corey. The offices of the company will be in Lafayette. The Indiana Highway commission will be asked to aid in defraying the cost of resurfacing a threemile stretch of stone road south from Goshen. This highway, laid in 1912, cost the taxpayers of Elkhart township more than $30,000. The road has been in a deplorable condition for more than two years. Elkhart county has spent more than $150,000 in constructing atone highways, and all need resurfacing.

Asa Donaldson, a section hand living at Monon, shot himself Sunday morning following a quarrel with his wife. The bullet lodged in the tympanum of his skull, and the outcome Is yet uncertain. During the quarrel Donaldson said, “Do you want me to shoot myself?" She is said to have replied, “Go ahead if you want to.” He then drew a 22-caliber revolver and fired into his jaw. There are several children.

HORRIBLE DEATH OF A YOUNG MAN

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to see the approach of the passenger train and close the crossing. Two freight trains were switching in the vicinity of the crossing and it is said that the smoke from these Obscured his vision of the track. We do not charge negligence on the part of the crossing guard, yet we have been advised by a Monon employe that he had been reported negligent ’ on previous occasions. He has no doubt been peripitted to retain the place through sympathy, having suffered the loss of one arm several years ago. Perry Washburn, driver of the Indian oil truck, was a close witness of the accident. He was following Mr. Rush’s wagon and as the latter drove onto the track Mr. Washburn pulled to the right to pass him. Just at this instant the crash came and by only a hair’s breadth did Mr. Washburn escape a similar fate. As usual, a string of box cars on the south track and coming right up to the crossing on the east obscured any view of the track. Mr. Gorham states that while he was watching the two freight trains a cloud of smoke from one freight engine working in the block east of the crossing prevented him from seeing the train until it was within fifty feet of the crossing, and that Mr. Rush was preceded by another rig and followed closely by a third, making it impossible for him to close the gates. Another local engine was working in the block west of the crossing, and it has been the custom when this situation prevailed to switch off the electric bell on the watch tower, else no one at all could get across as it would ring continually, therefore the bell was not ringing at the time the accident occurred. It. is also stated that none of the trains whistle for any of these crossings.

VERN DAVISSON WRITES HOME

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our ambulances, which are very uncomfortable and also close to the firing line. We must remain there twenty-four hours unless some wounded come In on stretchers, then we hustle them to the field hospital and go back to the “Poste de Secours.” After the twenty-four hours are up a relief ambulance comes out and we return to the camp, which is also located in ruins of towns, generally about six or seven miles behind the firing lines. We make little houses, out of tar paper, old hoards and bricks or anything we can get. There are “caves'* or “cave abri” (French) imade at different places where we hustle into when a bombardment commences or when the big German shells begin coming in too thick and fast to suit us. Sometimes we have to remain there a long time. When a gas attack is started we are warned by a klaxon horn or a bugle. We put on our masks, which are always in a little sack swung across our shoulders ready for use at any moment. We have only used, them once so far. You asked me what I wanted for Xmas. That’s an easy question to answer. It’s something that all 'the boys are getting and we cannot get it here. It is a sheepskifi-lined sleep bag. It is about the only thing we can keep warm with at nights. It is understood here that we will be sent to the (mountains with this sector of the French army and it is terribly cold there. I don’t know what it will cost but it will be worth a million. Look through the catalogs and if you don’t find one, Marshall Field, Chicago, or some of those army stores have certainly got them. The officers say a person will almost freeze to death without them. You see we have no beds and have to sleep wherever we can lay down while on duty. We very near freeze now and the winter has hardly begun. My sheepskin coat is the best thing I have and I wear it every day now. . Don’t send any mail or anything through 2j Rue Raynard any more. They hold it up too (much and it takes too long to get it. Use the following address, - Your loving son, V. C. DAVISSON, S S. U. 72, Convois Autos, Par. R. C. M., Paris, France. This will reach me any place In France much quicker. P. S.—l am enclosing you two pictures. One was taken on the Chicago ship about half way across the ocean. The other was taken after we were in service about two or three days. The strap across my shoulder is part of the case my gas mask is in. The two at the left of me are Frenchmen at the war telegraph office. I have a lot of good ones but I cannot send* theim. The French censors would throw them out. Oh, I forgot something of grave importance to tell you. lam growing a nice little mustache and goatee. Ha, ha! How is Louie’s little chap coming along? That is •- quite an army home guard. I see Clyde is in it. Tell him there is lots of fighting over here. In American money the French soldiers get 5 cents per day. We get S3O a month and they think that is awful. Will close this time. Good-bye, V. C. D.

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