Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 65, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 November 1917 — Page 8

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EVEN AT LAST.

A young man and a young woman leaned on the front gate. They were lovers. It was moonlight. He was loath to leave, as the parting was the last. He was about to go away. “I’ll never forget you,” he said, “and if death should claim me my last thought would be of you.” “I’ll be true to you,” she sobbed, “I’ll never love anybody else as long as I live.” They parted. Six years later he returned. His sweetheart of former years was married. They met at a party. She had changed greatly. Between dances recognition took place. “Let me see,” she mused, “was it you or your brother who was my old sweetheart?” “Neither,” he replied. “Probably it was my father.”

Attention Missed.

“I thought Crimson Gulch had reformed.” “It had,” replied Broncho Bob. “But it seems wide open now.” “We had to make some kind of a demonstration. There’s nothin’ .we used to enjoy so much as havin’ a good talker come along an’ tell us how. wicked we were. We’ve been so reg’lar respectable that nobody pays the least attention to us an’ we feel slighted.”

MEAN.

“Can’t you assist me, sir, I belong to the vast army of the unemployad?” “Then you’d better beat It back to headquarters quick.” /

More Important.

“Mutton is most easily digested.” To these household hints I am inured. Here’s what has me deeply interested—- * What meat is most easily secured?

Accidents Will Happen.

“I’m in a quandary,” said the chronic invalid. “I don’t know what to do.” —-“Anything gone wrong?” “Yes, indeed. The expert dietician who has been giving me such good advice ate something that disagreed with him and now he’s down with an acute attack of indigestion.”

Cumulative Proposition.

“Everybody complains of the high cost of living!” "Of course,” replied Professor Hibrow. “As soon as any man feels the high cost of living he considers himself obliged as a matter of self-pro-tection to look around and make it higher for somebody else.”

Disappointed.

“Was the mass meeting a success?” “Oh, yes.” “But I just now met Glithers, who was present, and he told me the meeting was a fiasco.” “Shh! Glithers was the only prominent citizen there who didn’t get a chance to make a speech.”

Disastrous.

Bill (home from college)— An’ Ike hadn’t been with us ten minutes ’till >e spilled the beans. Aunt Jinsey—Goodness me! At the price they are?

AWFUL.

“Madam, pardon me, but are you really fond of your dog?” “Yes, why?” “Well, I was going to say if you weren’t I’d feed him that sandwich you just gave me.”

A New Version.

Mary had a little skirt; 'Twas up to date, no doubt, For every time she got inside ’ She was nearly half-way put.

Common Experience.

“Pop, when you and mom started out together did you have a hard time to keep the wolf from the door?” “No, son. Our greatest trouble was keeping the neighbors’ chickens out of the garden.”

Monetarily Speaking.

"What’s funnier than a bull in a china shop?" “A bear in a bucket shop."

U. S. SEEKS MISSING BROKER

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of the federal reserve bank. The Liberty loan committee, which set the investigation in motion by appealing to the federal reserve bank, refused to disclose the amount of the shortage. “Dwiggins will be arrested on sight, charged with fraud,” said John C. Knox, an assistant United States district attorney, this afternoon. ‘‘For a week postofflce inspectors and expert accountants have been looking over his books. I don’t know tne amount involved. The federal reserve bank may know. It is at their solicitation that the Department of Justice was called into the case. Shortly after the examination of his accounts began Dwiggins disappeared.’’ A representative of the insurance company sent out to take charge of the office stated this afternoon that the company had had no part in Dwiggins’ Liberty loan sales, and that if he had made any sales it had been on his own responsibility. Zimri Dwiggins came to Chicago in 1891 from Indiana and organized the Columbia National bank with a capital stock of $1,000,000. The institution had connections with country banks in Indiana controlled by Dwiggins, and apparently did a flourishing business for a couple of years. In 1893 it was closed by the bank examiner, and following that action fully fifty small banks in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan and Ohio which had been depending upon the Columbia were forced to close their doors. Associated with Zimri Dwiggins were his nephews, Elmer and Jay. Zimri Dwiggins died some years ago in Nebraska. —Yesterday’s Chicago Herald.

NOTES FROM COUNTY HOSPITAL

Louise, little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Bellows of near Remington, had her tonsils removed Saturday. Hazel Jacks of southeast of town underwent a minor operation Monday. Bessie, 4-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Duggins of northeast of town and Leonard Jensen, son of Louis Jensen of Wheatfield, underwent tonsil operations yesterday morning. * -

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.

CLEANED from the EXCHANGES

Former Queen Lilivokalani of Hawaii died Sunday morning after several months’ illness. IState-wide prohibition was defeated in Ohio at the recent election by a majority of 1,723. Employes of the Monon railroad shops at Lafayette have signed 'up a new scale of wages in effect November 1. For the first time in several years a night gang was placed at work in the Monon railroad shotps at Lafayette Monday night. Christmas packages for the men serving on American war vessels must reach New York not later than November 24, the navy department announced Monday. Abe Martin says: “Some folks are all right ever’ way ’cept they won’t pay anything. ‘We Shall Meet Over There,’ used t’ refer t' heaven, but it don't any more.” George Mann of Otterbein delivered forty-six hogs for R. E. Cottingham of Pine Village to Grenard & McClure at the Union stock yards yesterday that average 240 pounds. They netted $1,890.52. These are thought to be the two largest loads in dollars and cents ever delivered at the local stock yards.—Saturday’s Lafayette Journal. Henry Ford, through his representative, C. Hl. Wills, has offered the government the use of his mammoth manufacturing plant to make such war necessities as tractors, ambulances, aircraft engines and shellg. In the event his offer is accepted he will cease manufacturing pleasure cars and 1 trucks- for the duration of the war. Secret service agents have discovered foodstuffs and ot-her property valued at more than $73,000.000 stored in warehouses in New York city which has never been reported to the government as required under the trading with the enemy act, it was learned recently.

This is only a small part of what is expected to be uncovered before the search ends. Albert Conn and William Bicell of Pine Village, while returning from a visit at Winamac Sunday evening in a Ford auto, went over the embankment at a dangerous turn in the road south of Monon and ‘ tneir car upset Both were quite severely bruised up and Conn

THE TWICE-A-WEEK DEMOCRAT

ANNOUNCEMENT Regarding This Significant News Item FORD WILL QUIT MAKING OF PLEASURE CARS TO AID U. S. WASHINGTON, D. C„ Nov. 9. — (Special.)—-Henry Ford will build no more pleasure automobiles until the war is over. He will devote his entire plant to the production of war necessities, such as tractors, ambulances, aircraft engines, and shells. Through his representative, C. H. Wills, he has offered to discontinue all the ordinary runabouts, touring cars and small commercial trucks which his plant is turning out by the thousands. y —Chicago Tribune, October 11. , We have been unable to secure authoritive information as to the correctness of the above report and therefore cannot answer the numerous inquiries concerning it. As soon as we know officially we will advise the public. However: We recommend to those intending to purchase pleasure or delivery cars, that they place their order immediately, to avoid the possibility of our being unable to furnish cars, due to the reason mentioned above, or the general curtailment of the production of all automobile factories of this country, which was recently announced and now in process of arrangement by the committee ap« 1 pointed for this purpose, and the government. Authorized ' lealßrs JASPER COUNTY Central Garage Co. Phone 319 Rensselaer, Indiana

especially was . quite badly * hurt, but they were a)ble to leave for their homes Monday, Dr. John C. Webster, one of Lafayett’s oldest physicians, died Saturday night from the effects of carbolic acid, alleged to have been taken by accident His age was 7G years. He was a veteran of the civil war, and is survived by one daughter. Dr. Webster’s grandpar-

ents resided in Rensselaer many years ago, and there are branches of the family still residing in this locality. Among these are A. J. Keeney of west of Rensselaer and Mrs. John M. Hufty of Mt. Ayr. Lynn and Russell VanNatta, whose exemption from the draft was protested by other Battle Ground residents, have been, certified for service by the district board

WEDNESDAY, NOV. 14, 1917.

at Laporte, and will leave with the next contingent from that county. The two men were drafted and then exempted by the district board on industrial groamds. .This action incensed other residents of their neighborhood who had sons in the draft and accordingly a committee conferred with the state conscription agent in Indianapolis, and it is said that the evidence in the case was forwarded to Washington.