Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 64, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 November 1917 — Page 8

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GOSSIP by OUR CORESPONDENTS

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POSSUM RUN Mrs. Edward Ritter did shopping in Rensselaer Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Comer were Rensselaer goers Friday. Miss Orpha Parker is working for Mrs. George Davisson this week Mr. and* Mrs. Joe Fay moved onto the Silas Toombs farm Wednesday. Rudolph Ritter and family visited Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Grant Davisson. Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Parker spent Saturday evening with Mr. and Mrs., John Price. Mr.-, and Mrs. Covert, who lived on the Silas Toombs farm, moved to Illinois last week. Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Parker and daughters spent Sunday with Ores Cunningham and family. Mr. and Mrs. Harley Brown and daughter took dinner Thursday with Mr. and Mrs. George Davisson. Mr. and Mrs. George Davisson, Mrs. Joe Fay and Kenneth Daviseon were Monon goers Saturday. Kenneth Davisson of Rensselaer Spent Friday night with his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. George Davisson. Mr. and Mrs. E. Miller and daughter and Mr. Miller’s niece of Wolcott and Mr. and Mrs. Joe Fay Spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. George Davisson.

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Frank Overton’s were Sunday guests of Roy Heltzel’s. W. L. Stiers and family visited his two sisters in Chicago Sunday. Mr. Keeler of Monon is building hew cement walks at Frank Overton’s property. Mrs. Bertha Johnson and children of near Monon visited Mrs. Becky Jacks Monday. Miss Lural Anderson and Miss Millie Hoover did shopping in Lafayette last Saturday. H. C. Anderson and wife and Miss Millie Hoover took Sunday dinner at J. W. Mellender’s. Mrs. Elzie Webb and sons, Clayton and Clifford, visited her mother, Mrs. C. A. Holeman, Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Maple and daughter Nora of Logansport were visiting O. E. Noland and family this ■week. Elmer (Hoover and family of near Chalmers visited last Saturday and Sunday at her parents, J. W. Mellender’s.

Fred Stiers and wife were called Tuesday to St. Joe, Michigan, to be at the bedside of her mother. Who is very low. - Ray Holeman’s entertained for Sunday dinner Mrs. C. Holemam and son Orval and Gilmore and family and J. H. Culp and family. S. M. Jacks and family. G. A. Jacks and wife, c. A Lefler and wife and Gifford Marrs’ family visited at William Jacks’, near Rensselaer, Sunday afternoon. Orvin and Russell Parcels of McLean, Texas, came Tuesday evening and completely surprised their relatives. They are grandsons of Mrs. C. A. Holeman, and with their parents moved from here to Texas about nine years ago. This is the first visit for the boys, but their parents and sister were here two years ago on a visit. The boys have grown to young men and are Changed very much.

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Fred Allie and family moved to Laura Saturday. We have surely had some nice weather this week. James Akers and family moved to Laura last week. Several were Rensselaer goers Saturday from this place. Mrs. Helen Haniford spent Tuesday with her parents near Newland. Quite a crowd was present in our burg Tuesday attending the. big joint sale. Church services in our burg Sun-

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

day evening at 7:39. Let everybody be preseat. Lon Daaiels has been, visiting east quite often. What is so attractive. Loa? v Mr. and Mrs. Frank Dunn spent Sunday with the formers parents near Medaryville. Mrs. Lemma Hankins and children spent from Friday until Sunday with her sister, Mrs. Earl Parker. Mrs. Cora Akers and children spent Sunday with her parents at Fair Oaks. Her 'brother. James Blake, came home Sunday to bid farewell to his folks before leaving for France in the near future.

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of the greatest enterprise the spirits of men have ever entered upon we have, if we observe a reasonable and practjeahle economy, abundance with which to supply the needs of Those associated with us as well as our om. A new light shines about us. The great duties of a new day awaken a new -'nd greater natioml spirit in We shall never again be divided or wonder what stuff we are made of. "And while we render thanks for these things us r r»v Ahnfrbfv God that in all humbleness of spirit we may look always to Him for guidance: that we may be kept constant in the spirit and purpose of service; that by His grace our minds may be directed and our hands strengthened: and that in His good time liberty and security and peace and the comradeship of a common justice may be vouchsafed all the nations of the earth." "Whereas, I. Woodrow Wilson. President of the United States of America. do hereby designate Thursday, the twenty-ninth day of November next, as a day of thanksgiving and prayer, and invite the people throughout the land to, cease upon that day from their ordinary occupation? and in their several homes and places of worship to render thanks to God, the great ruler of naticms. "In witness whereof. I have hereunto set my hand and caused the sea] of the United States to be affixed.

"Done in th* District of Columbia. this seventh day of Novemberin the year of our Lord 1917. and of the independence of the United States of America., the 142nd. < Seal > "WOODROW WILSON. "Br the President. "ROBERT B_ LANSING. "Secretary o' State.”

TRANSFERS OF REAL ESTATE

Sarah EL Hopkins et baron to Hiram Day, October 21. 1916. lot 11. block 22. Rensselaer. Commercial Club plat, *1Dennie F. Mays to Greenip I. Thomas, November 3. sl4 sw, 20- ! 28-6. n nw_ J9-2S-6, 160 acres, I Jordan, Greenip I. Thoma? et ux to Wil- ■ Ham H. Wortley. November 7, se 04HL ~ " ' Sarah E. Thomas et baron to ■ Dennie F, Hayes. November 3. lots 1, 2. block 2. Chamber’s addition.' Remington. $7,4M. Jayobine Frederieka Yeiter etj baron to Francis M. Parker. No-] vernier S. se sw. 5-30-6. 20 acres Barkley ~ 5i.420.

Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Children

For Feverishness. Bad Stomach, Teething Disorders, move and regulate the Bowels and are a pleasant remedy for Worms. Used by Mothers for St years. They never fail. At all druggists. 25c., Sample FREE. Address. Mother Gray Co., Leßoy. N. Y. —Advt.

/fThurcK vii role's P»e*byiei ian Rev. J. Budman Fleming, minister. —»:3t a- ■»-. Sunday school; 1t:45 a. an., worship and sermon; 7 p. m., missonary-musical pageant; 7:3£ p. m. Thursday, round table and prayer service at the Snbjject: "Passion of the Soldier, Love or Hate —Which?” . Baptist Rev. D. |T- Hill, pastor.—9:3o ia. bd.. Sunday-sfeool:. 10:45 a. m., [worship and 'preaching, subject: ; "The Power of God”: prayer meeting every Thursday' evening at 7 . o’clock. Milroy—2 p. m.. Sunday ; school: 3p. m., preaching. Parr—jlfi a. m..' Sunday school; 6:45 p. |m.. ■Christian Endeavor; 7:30 p. m., ■ preaching- . prayer meeting every i Wednesday evening at 7 o’clock. 1 Christian Science I Christian Science services at 11 a. m. Sunday in the auditorium of the publie library. Public cordially invited. ts

CHIROPRACTIC ANNOUNCEMENT I A. M. Parsons, D. C-, has opened an office for the practice of chiropractic in Remington, 2 doors south of the Remington hotel, phone 28. 1 If you are suffering ..from some disorder that has not responded to other forms of treatment, call at my office and we will talk things over. If my specialty is indicated in your case I will tell you so. Consultation and spinal analysis free. —Advt. nlO Subscribe Cor The Democrat.

STATE NEWS ITEMS

The Doings of Hoosierdom Reported by Wire. NEWS STEPS IN OIL TANGLE Marion Caldwell Sues Thirteen Refining Companies, Seeking to Restrain Them From Doing Business in State of Indiana. Indianapolis, Nov. 9. —Another legal step in the oil inspection tangle in Indiana was taken here by Marlon Caldwell. appointed state supervisor of oil by Governor Goodrich. He sued 13 oil and refining companies, seeking to have them restrained from doing business until they submit to an inspection and pay tTie fees required. Many companies .Jiave allowed their oil to be inspected but have refused to pay the fees until the courts act upon the suit brought by Adam Felker, Democrat, to obtain the office of state su-. pervisor and the right to appoint Democratic deputies.

Says Geyer Is Alive.

South Bend, Nov. 9.—lnformation at the police station and Chicago detective bureau is to the effect that Ben H. Geyer of this city, whose coat was found on the shore of Lake Michigan, in Chicago, is alive and speeding westward. A stenographer acquaintance formerly employed in a local clothing store, also has disappeared. Auditors of the New Jersey, Indiana & Illinois railroad, who have been examining Geyer’s books since he left, say they have found them to be short approximately $3,000? Geyer was freight agent and had resigned to take effect October 31.

Operated Blind Tiger.

Hartford City, Nov. 9.—Andy Markins. formerly a saloonkeeper, was fined SIOO and sentenced to 90 days at the state farm by Judge Eichhorn, following his plea of guilty to operating a “blind tiger.” The sentence was suspended on account of the physical condition of the defendant. Markins’ arrest followed the visit here last February of two detectives in the employ of the Law Enforcement league. Posing as map salesmen the two sleuths spent a week here making the rounds of supposed “blind tigers.”

Country Home Burns.

Brazil. Nov. 9- —The country home of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Kattman near Poland, owned by C. JEI. Kattman of Brazil, was burned to the ground. The loss was $2,500. About $2,000 insurance was carried. The home of Mr. and Mrs. James Sever of Clay City burned to ttig ground. A large barn, containing 30 tons of hay, belonging to Robert Stevenson, near Clay City, was destroyed by fire. The cause is unknown. The loss was about $3,000.

Guilty of Unlawful Driving.

Columbus, Nov. 9. —Wilbur Knight of this city, who was driving an automobile that was in collision with a touring car driven by Ralph Yeley, also of this city, has entered a plea of not guilty in the court of E. H. Kinney, justice of the peace, to the charge of unlawful driving. Mrs. Kinney, wife of the justice, was in the Yeley car at the time of the collision and was thrown out.

Pleads Guilty to Theft.

Franklin. Nov. 9.—Kelsey Shaw, whose home is in Jeffersonville, but who has been working in Whiteland, pleaded guilty to the theft of four cases of whisky, taken from a freight car in Whiteland. *He was bound over to the circuit court under bond of S3OO. Snow is the second person to plead guilty to the theft of whisky from the car, which was robbed last week.

Hoosiers Go Over Top.

Camp Taylor, Ky„ Nov. 9. —Indiana soldiers went over the top for the first time. With bayonets fixed and omitting rebel yells they charged and transfixed dummy “Fritzles” while machine guns pattered away. Another bunch nt soldiers started throwing hand grenades and Hoosier baseball players found difficulty in using the stiff-arm movement.

Goodrich at Hattiesburg.

Hattiesburg, Miss., Nov. 9. —Governor Goodrich stopped here for a short time on his way to New Orleans and met Brig. Gen. Edward Lewis, who assured him that Indiana troops at Camp Shelby are being well cared for. Governor Goodrich will recuperate in the South. General Lewis has been ordered to France, it was announced.

Clubs Elect President.

Shelbyville, Nov. 9. —The Shelbyville Council of Clubs has elected Mrs. Harry' C- Morrison president for the year. Mrs. David L Wilson was chosen vice president. The members of the council are now engaged in various forms of the war relief work, and in organizing the women of the county in this work. ,

Suffers Fracture of Hip.

Madison, Nov. 9.—Miss Elizabeth Ross suffered .the fracture of her right hip and was probably internally injured when a door fell on her at her home. Her condition is serious.

Dies of Injuries.

Kendallville, Nov. 9. —Frank McKinley. forty, of Spencerville, died from Injuries received when he was struck by a falling tree while cutting .wood on the farm of Levi Hartman, east of this city.

THE TWICE-A-WEEK DEMOCRAT

Million Letters In the Mails Today Bearing Magic Words “With the Colors”

Keynote of the Splendid Work the Y.M. C. A. Does Among Our Men In Uniform Is Keeping Them In Touch With the Folks at Home. STAMPED WITH STARS AND STRIPES AND RED TRIANGLE Multifarious Ways in Which the Association Appeals to Your Boy v Your Neighbor’s Boy, or Some Boy You Know and Love— Creates a Helpful Environment in Cantonment, on Way Overseas, in Front Line Trench and Beyond—First to Aid as He Comes Tottering Back—Give Your Share of the $35,000,000 Required to Accomplish This “Last Evidence That Somebody Cares.’’

T was evening on the broad *fl Hempstead Plain, Long Island, where the Rainbow division was spending its last night before embarking for France. It had been raining hard in the afternoon —-a cold, steady autumn downpour—and * there was nothing to suggest the rainbow in the outward aspect of the camp. Lines and linee of sodden canvas housed 27,000 men, gathered from 27 different states. The ground was dotted with pools and quagmires. Under the wet canvas it was damp and cold, with a penetrating chill. Lit by flickering candles, the tents were far from cheerful shelter for a man’s last night in his native land. But there were seven big tentfl where electric lights, numbers and friendliness made the night pleasant.

Music, Games, Good Reading and Correspondence Facilities in Y. M. C. A. Building

In each of these a soldier was strumming on a piano; others were reading books and magazines; hundreds were writing letters home. Behind the raised counter at one end three or four young men were busy passing out notepaper and envelopes, selling stamps and weighing parcels, which the men were sending home. One of the soldiers said to me as I stood in the tent used chiefly by men from Iowa: ‘‘We came all the way here from Des Moines, and we were mighty lonely. Then we found tnls Y. M. C. A. on the job, and it’s been a home and more than a home to us. It gave us what we wanted when we needed it most. We’ll never forget it. The boys’ best friend is the Y. M. C. A.” Fine, Clean-Cut, Upstanding Fellow*. How close those benches were packed with men, bending over the long tables absorbed in their Writing! What an appeal to the sympathies those great groups of Soldiers make! Fine, clean-cut, upstanding fellows, some of them mere boys, one thinks immediately, of the sacrifice they have made for the rest of us and how precious they are to some one back home. Somewhere, in far off farm or village or city street, there are parents or brothers or wives who would give all they possess for one glimpse of those . sunburned faces as you and I see them on their last night before going across. And it was with a throb of the heart that I watched them, bent over their letter paper, in one after another of those seven big tents. These were the tents of the. Y. M. C. A. On that last night in America the association was serving the soldiers in the best of all ways—giving them an opportunity to write home. On previous nights they had enjoyed boxing bouts, movies, concerts, dramatics and a score' of healthy entertainments as well as religious meetings. But on this last night home ties were strongest. And perhaps that is the keynote of the splendid work the Y. M. C. A. is doing among our men in uniform—keeping them in touch with home. Magic Words, “With the Colors." Ln these times there are some letters that mean more to us tnan any we have ever read before. They are written on sheets of paper stamped with the Stars and Stripes and the red triangle of the Y. M. 0. A., and they bear the magic words, “With the Colors.” There are many more than a million such letters in the mails now while you read this. Perhaps one at

least is on its way to you. Each one of our 16 cantonments, where the new national army is being trained, is using more than a million sheets of this paper every month. In tie draft army alone that means 16,000.uuu filaments of love every month reneli.ng out from the great encampment where the men are being trained into the greatest army this nation has ever dreamed and binding tnem to the hearts at home. Multiply that by thinking of all the other places where Uncle Sam has men with the flag— in navy yards, on the high seas, in arsenals and officers' training camps and "Over There’’ in France. In all these places men are writing home. Those unassuming little sheets of notepaper gladden millions of hearts a day. They transfer more love from one

part of the world to another than statistics can express. Statistics are pretty poor anyway when it comes to reckoning in terms of love and human tenderness. Let’s put it this way: That the Y. M. C. A. is the biggest express company the world has ever seen, and the parcels it Is handling are the loves and devotions of human beings. World’s Best Loved Trademark. This war has made us think hard And fast. Your boy or your neighbor’s boy or some boy you know and love has been called to do his share in (he big job of policing the world tor democracy and human liberty. la it any comfort to you to know that wherever his duty may call him your boy will nave a friend that will serve him in body, mind and soul? Are you glad to know this friend will place books and magazines at his disposal, organize classes to teach him whatever he wants to learn, give him a pocket testament and invite him to join religious meetings of the faith that he was brought up in? Did you realize that the association provides athletic equipment for his favorite games, teaches him games if he knows none and holds concerts, lectures, movies, Bible classes, dramatic enter-' tainments and every kind of wholesome amusement to keep him interested? Are you glad to know that this friend will go with him overseas, help to shield him from a score qf difficult and dangerous temptations and follow iim right up to the front line trench «nd beyond it? The last contact the soldier has with this life he loves so well is a cup of tea given him by the Y. M. C. A. free just before he goes “over the top” to a hand to hand struggle with the enemy. And as he cornea tottering back from No Man’s Land, wounded, but strong enough and nlucky enough to keep on his feet, "ven before his wounds are dressed the Y. M. C. A. is waiting for nim with tea and sweet chocolate, the great comforts of the man in the trenches. Do you wonder that the Red Triangle is called “the best loved trademark in the world ?” One soldier in France has called it “the last evidence that anybody cares.” If every thinking citizen could see with his or her own eyes .something of the actual work being done for our men by the association there would be no question of the Y. M. C. A. having to appeal to the public for money. Rather than let this essential work falter for an instant rich men would sell their motorcars, poor men would

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forego coveted possessions or even ne» cessities. The work must go on, because there is no one thing that contributes so much to the spirit and efficiency of the troops. The Y. M. C. A, is working night and day to help the government win this war. And every penny that, is given to aid the work is a direct assistance to the health, happiness and strength of your boy and mine. Snapshots of Kaleidoscopic Work. In all the big cities in France where our men pass through in large numbers, the Y. M. C. A. is operating hostels, where they can get beds and meals at a minimum cost In London the American Y. M. C. A. nas erected a large building for our soldiers and a clubhouse for American officers. There are Y. M. C. A. dugouts right behind the front line trenches, wherw the soldiers can get hot drinks, crackers and other comforts at all hours. Over 2,000 men who had been rejected on account of physical disability have been able to get into the British army by reason of the physical work, of the British Y. M. C. A. A fleet of motor cars leaves the big Y. M. C. A. headquarters in London at midnight every night to pick up soldiers who are wandering about the streets without any wholesome lodging in which to spend the night These cars are operated by Englishwomen of position and refinement who report that they never meet any discourtesy at the hands of the soldiers. The importance of this service can be estimated by the fact that at least 50,00# soldiers are on leave in London every week. Over half of these sleep in T. M. C. A. beds every night

Entertainment on Vast Scala “ ■ The Y. M. C. A. has erected a Mg auditorium, seating 3,000, in each of the big draft camps, and huge chautanqua tents, seating 2,500 in the otner encampments. The association is running a 22 week entertainment circuit among the camps and is paying It companies of entertainers, who are traveling to 30 camps performing before the men. In each of the draft camps the T_ M. C. A. has ten secretaries engaged in educational work. The association Is seeing to it that every man who 'cannot speak English is taught to do {so. In many of tne camps the asso‘elation has a singing director, who is teaching the men to sing the popular and martial airs that do so much to keep up their spirits. * Of 64 Y. M. C. A. men at Camp [Dix only three are being paid full salaries. In all the camps the majority of the Y. M. C. A. men have left lucrative positions to do this work simply because its appeal is irresistible to any red blooded man. Harry Lauder, the famous Scotch singer and comedian, now on his farewell concert tour in the United States, is giving all his spare time to the service of the association and is singing to the soldiers at all the camps he can reach. In one of the draft camps the Y. M. C. A. is supervising athletics on 120 playing fields, providing full athletic equipment. The winners of the interregimental games will play the champions of the other camps. One of the greatest services rendered by the association is the making

A Red Triangle Dugout in the Trenches.

out of money orders by which the men can send their pay home to their families. In some of the big camps the Y. M. C. A. is providing banking facilities for the men as well. Do Your Bit With a Tenner. This month (November) the Y. M. C. A, must raise $35,000,000 to carry on its work among our soldiers and their allies until next July. Of this $35,000,000 about $24,000,000 will be spent on the work with our own troops or about $lO for every man in Uncle Sam’s uniform. If everybody who has received letters from soldiers and sailors were to contribute $lO the task would be easy. Are your boy’s health tnd happiness and clean soul worth ’llO to you? Your town mayor, your pastor, your school superintendent will know who s the treasurer of the campaign committee in your county or town. Otherwise send a check or money order to Cleveland H. Dodge, treasurer, 124 East Twenty-eighth street, New York city. Only sacrificial giving by millions or givers will make possible the continrance of this vast work for American •joldiers and for those of our allies.

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