Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 89, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 February 1918 — Page 2

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mi JftSPER COOHTT DfMil F. E. BABCOCK, Publisher OFFICIAL DEMOCRATIC PAPER OF JASPER COUNTY Long Distance Telephone* Office 315 ResMenoe Sll Entered as Second-Class Mall Matter June 8, 1908, at the postoffice at Rensselaer, Indiana, under the Act of March 3, 1879. Published Wednesday and Saturday. The Only All Home-Print Newspaper in Jasper County. advertising rates Display 5...... 12%C Inch Display, special position.. 15c Inch Readers, per line first insertion. .5c Readers, per line add. inser....3c Want Ads—l cent per word each Insertion; minimum 25c. Special price if run one or more months. Cash must accompany order unless advertiser has open account. Card of Thanks—Not to exceed ten lines, 50c. Cash with order. All accounts due and payable first of month following publication, •except want ads and cards of thanks, which are cash with order. No advertisements accepted for the first page. if A WEDNESDAY, FEB. 6, 1918

TOWN GROWTH BASED ON RURAL PROSPERITY

The ambition of every town made nip of live people is to grow and de-, velop and prosper. Growth is the basic law of nature. When growth ceases, decay gets in. We are forced to admit that there are conditions under which a town may be and is in a measure independent of- the surrounding ebuptry, as to whether Or not that territory is prosperous. Put these instances are. rare and not by any means the rule. - The United States is pre-eminent-ly an agricultural nation. Today she is literally’ undertaking to feed the world. To accomplish this gigantic task every resource must be utilized and developed to the uttermost. The soil must be made to yield as it has never before yielded, and the millions of acres of our domain that have heretofore lain fallow must be brought under cultivation. And this brings us up to the subject olf this article.

The great majority of American towns are directly dependent for their growth and prosperity on the surrounding country. They advance or retrograde in exact proportion as the surrounding territory develops or deteriorates. The town, then, that has an ambition to advance, to build up, spread out and prosper, should, first of all devote its energies to the fullest possible development of the community from which it draws its sustenance. This not merely from a standpoint of benevolence or philanthropy, but as a measure of pure self-interest. To demonstrate the truth of this one has hut to observe

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the number of towns in this country that are really overgrown—developed out of all proportion to the surrounding country. And in every one of such towns business conditions are abnormal. The growth has been a mushroom growth, with no enduring foundation, and as soon as the general prosperity of the country has a slight decline, these are the first towns to suffer. This was particularly noticeable in the old boom days of the eighties and nineties when many towns sprang up without any other excuse than the ambition of some syndicate to unload a piece of property bn the publid. The wrecks df many such towns still mar the landscape in all parts of our country. The town that would insure its growth based on a solid foundation, should make the development of the

surrounding territory its first consideration. The establishment of any and every industry of the rural districts is of as much vital interest to the dwellers in the town as to the parties directly concerned therein. The organiatiozn of farmers' clubs, girls’ canning clubs, boys’ pig clubs and corn clubs—all these as vitally affects the town people as the country folks, because they are factors in the general prosperity from which ,the town must draw its enduring strength. A poor road leading from any community tb the town is as much a matter of concern to the town as to the community affected. And thus it goes through the entire list of community interests.-'The enduring prosperity of the town dwellers bears an exact ration to that of the rural population. Their interests are inextricably interwoven. It is, however, far easier for the farmer to dispense with the backing oif the town people than for

the latter to ignore his support. We have written thus plainly with the hope that we might perhaps cause some to view the national problems in a national light. This is an era of development. The world is calling for the best th’t America can give it. Thousands of our men are flocking to the great manufacturing centers. Not only must war material be furnished, bat all the arts of peace must Be sutplied. But the farms are the great food storehouse of the land. The farmer must feed us if we are fed. and without his product all other branches of industry become impotent. His calling is, has always been and always will be the bedrock foundation of our national life. Upon the farm must we build our prosperity, and by the prosperity of the farm must we stand or fall. To the millions of dwellers in the cities and towns we wish we could get this message: Give your first and best efforts to building a solid, enduring rural prosperity, developing its every interest to the utmost, and all the adverse powers of earth can not prevent your sharing as an equal jjartner in that prosperity.

EDITORIAL PARAGRAPHS

The latest “crisis” in Russia lasted over night. Farmers will soon be afraid to be seen bringing eggs to town, for

fear of encountering the income-tax collector. A This would be a good time to include the sheep-killing dog in the meatless days. Species o. ferula or giant fennel, from Europe, Asia and Africa furnish asaietida, now' -a high-priced commodity. ■ Eggs 75 cents a dozen ih Chicago! That fabled goose that laid the goldeggs was a piker beside the little birbwn hen. ;. An evangelist says the kaiser and ■his field marshals . will spend eternity in hell. In that case Judas Iscariot should start a petition for a pardon. j ' Dr. Garfield might at least have gotten,.-, a little more co-operation on the part of the weather man before springing that order for those 1.-atless days. The one redeeming feature of the Russian muddle is that when the daily papers, are short of •feature"! I pews, they can always find s ‘another - -is in the Russian situation." I Ireland has 350,000 men in the British army out of her population lof 4 ,-JS 0,')01 1 . And yet Congress woman Rankin cherishes the delusion i that there is an "Irish question’ that she can settle. A false rumor that all pigs were [to be commandeered resulted in a wholesale slaughter by pig breedi *-rs at Lincoln, England, which was only stopped by a telegram fro\m I Lord Rhondda. \ The girl carpenters, who are i building huts for our troops in I France, spent a few days at ChristI was at Byfleet, Surrey, their headquarters, and on their return held a fancy dress ball. In olden times there was a saying that "when thieves fall out, honest [ men get their due.” Now, instead lof falling out they divide the “territory" and honest men don’t stand ■the ghost of a chance. Study of advertising is attract- ( ing more women than ever before at the University df Wisconsin, j Thirteen women, most of them stu- ' dents in journalism, are now en- , rolled in the class, studying ad j writing and soliciting advertisements | along with thirty men. Between the task of keeping the | outside world ignorant of the true ’situation in Germany, and keeping ithe German people ignorant df the true situation in the outside world, | ae kaiser is about as busy as a man with a basket of eels. A Masonic lodge is said to have j been formed on a transport within Ithe last few weeks, under a dispensation issued by the grand lodge of New York, and the lodge was opened, officers elected and installed when the transport reached the danger zone of the German U-boats.

PHILOSOPHY OF WALT MASON

It was away last winter the German ruler said, in v substance, to the printer, “We’ll paint the ocean red! With unrestricted sinking of everything that floats, we’ll end the war. I’m thinking, and get the Allies’ goats. Two months is all we’re needing of action in the seas, and you’ll see Britain pleading for mercy, on her knees’ Oh, "England, you had better take in your ancient sign! Gee whiz and donnerwelter, the seas will soon be mine! ’ And Bill’s been subamrining like blitzen, ever since. “What is old England meaning?” he asks of the crown prince. “We’ve sent ships to the bottom as fast as they could scoot, yet Britishers, dod rot ’em, don't seem to care a hoot I said, in the beginning, I needed teixty days, a triumph to be win- ■ ning. with laurel wreaths and bays, jMy campaign's hit the ceiling! Ex-- > cuse these briny tears., I don’t see England kneeling in less than sixty j I years ” “Oh. sire,” the prince Intakes answer, while tears flow in la flood, “it seems our name *s ! Pance or perhaps its Mohen-Mud. Lin spite of all our slaying, no prize the struggle yields: ah. that we | two were marine,-down-in the pret- ■ zel fields.’’ Old England still goes j • boating, her flag is in the breeze, I her bulwarks still are floating, she’s < mistress of the seas.

PAT O’BRIEN TELLS OF ESCAPE

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had very little .to eat, in fact, I will give you my menu. A cup of Coffee for breakfast with no cream, sugar or milk; a slice of bread or a half loaf of bread at noon with the privilege of saving it for breakfast, but I was generally too hungry to have it for my breakfast. For dinner, it was lunch, we had soup, stewed carrots or some vegetables. I was never fond of vegetables and I am less so now. Late, about 5 oclock, we had tea. We had to keep stirring the tea or it would settle. This appeared a hardship on the Englishmen. Once we had butter for this meal and twice we had jam made out of my favorite vegetable, sugar beets. About this time I began to make up my mind I didn’t like the company of the Germans. I spent three weeks at that camp. I was taken on a prison train, an ordinary train, to be transferred to Straus-

THE TWICE-A-WEEK DEMOCRAT

burg, a reprisal camp. J will give you an idea of a reprisal camp. It is a camp where the English aviators are bombed. At that time we were accused of carrying their officers on our hospital ships, so to offset this they sent us to reprisal camps, that is, that’s where they were sending us. I didn’t want to be bombed by my own airmen, and the only thing to do was to quit the company. About SO miles inside the German lines after crossing Luxemburg I made up my mind to go through the window. 1 spent the whole evening in getting up nerve enough to go through the window, and I think every man has some yellow and it showed on me two Umes. About daylight, 4 o’clock in the morning, I decided that if I ever reached the prison camp I would regret that I had not taken a chance. One of the guards was so close to me that I could reach out my hand and touch him, and so I started \a hacking cough and the guard lowered the window. I knew then I had two or three minutes to make my escape and Went through the window. Outside the window I landed on my feet with my face a close second. If they had stopped the train right ( 'away they would have caught me. Perhaps one-half mile away the train stopped, and by that time I had come to ply senses and got off the right of way. I had two pieces of bread and a piece of sausage left, which lasted two days. | Eor over a month through the middle canals and rivers of Germany, Belgium and Luxemburg, I tramped like a hunted beast. - While in Germany and -Luxemburg it was impossible to ask for food. If dis- ' covered or seen I would be captured for a Briton, for I had on a British uniform. One night as I was crawling along I discovered a pair of overalls, my first piece of civilian clothes, which were four or ' five inches short, and by letting i them down they covered my breeches. I stole into a barn which .was connected With the kitchen in a Belgian house, and I made no noise. I got a coat and the next night a I cap. Later a Belgian gave me a scarf. Later I became weak and dei lirous and had a fever. I was on I the Verge of giving up when soiuething told me to stick to it and go on. I then came to the Meuse (pronounced mouse), which is perhaps one-half mile wid4, and the swimming in the old Kankakee river and stone quarry stood me in good stead. I was a fairly decent swimmer or I would have drowned in the Meuse and no one would ever have known what became of me. Reaching the bank, for the first time in my life I fainted. Perhaps it in the morning. Between C and 7 the rain Was beating down in my face. Gaining presence of mind, I crawled behind the bank and con- ■ cealed myself.

The next two days were the worst of all. I knew one day would put me out and I could have laid down under any tree and died. I finally said to myself if I don’t get food I must perish, because up to this time I had sugar beets, carrots, cabbage and two pears, which formed a banquet, and celery. Consequently I didn’t eat any celery tonight. Belgium is the most thickly populated country in Europe. The farms or homes have two or three acres of land. I used to walk along and try to figure out how much cabbage Belgium raised. She has more cabbage and sugar beets than any other place in the world. After I ’had gone so long I had to have food, so I picked out a little house for several reasons. One reason was that every house contained soldiers. They are taken back from the front line trenches to recuperate. This\ was worse than Germany and Luxemburg. I put a rock in my handkerchief and then went and demanded food. There was an old lady and a man, I imagine her son, and am now going to tell you a little incident that took place. My condition was such that it was no time to see funny things. The old lady was seventyfive years old and for three-quarters of a century had worn wooden shoes, and as I sat there, perhaps the most miserable and unhappy man alive, I saw a calous on her foot which had been made by wooden shoes. As she cooked the food I was speculating if it would be possible to drive a nail through that callous. It was the only thing that got me through. No matter how bad I was the funny thing was the most needed. From there I received potatoes, with milk, salt and pepper, drank four glasses of water and had the honor of seeing the most horrible sight, that was myself in a look--1 ing glass. I had not shaved, I had not , washed. Blood; was clottedon I my face, my eye was black, and in this condition I could not help smil- : ing as I gazed at myself in the glass. I offered’ to pay them and they took two marks. They needed it worse than I did. I then pointed in the opposite direction and disappeared In the darkness and changed my course and took up my northern course which I was traveling and hung to it. I had only one | thing to' go by and that was the north star. After many lays I came to one of the largest cities in Belgium, and what took place in that city I will not take the trouble to tell you. I was suspicioned by every one and stared at more than ever in my life. Finally I was forced to i leave. After it is all over I will tell everything that happened In ' that city, but now it is impossible for me to relate what took place. Before going into that city I had a narrow escape. Walking along the country road I passed through a little village and in my pocket 1 had a bottle of water and a sandwich which a Belgian had given me. Just outside the city I passed three Germans who walked up to j me and said “halt,’’ which in Ger- ' man in pronounced nearly the same •as ours. I halted, positive I was

recaptured. I took the bottle out of my pocket and held it before him. Be began to search me and later discovered he thought I was a Belgian smuggling potatoes. At the time I didn’t know what he was doing. When he got through I turned my back and walked away. After going through hardships too long to relate I reached the Holland frontier, which is guarded by electric wires. With Holland on one side and Belgium on the other I studied how to get through the wire. I constructed a ladder of two trees, tying them together with my handkerchief and twisted grass. The trees contained some sap and juice and acted just the same when they touched the wire as sticks that had been dampened, because the electricity passed through. I was knocked off the ladder, which fell on top of me, and was unconscious for awhile. Just then a German guard 1 passed by. One time he was within seven or eight feet and again I could have touched him with ray hand, and then I reached into my pocket for the handkerchief and rock. I had no intention of taking any lives unless absolutely necessary. Then came my most difficult task, that of digging under those wires. With barely an inch between my back and the live wire, which meant instant doath, I crawled along and reached the soil of Holland, and on the soil olf Holland I knelt down and thanked God, for He was the one who helped me. To describe to you how I felt when I arrived in Holland is impossible. It was seventy-two days from the time I deft the train. . I lostfifty pounds and was so nervous I could not write my own name. 1 In Holland I made my why to the British consul. Perhaps I should have gone to the American consul, but I was in the British service and they would give what I asked. They gave me new clothes and everything I could possibly I want. He offered anything that I would ask for. He offered me a thousand pounds, $5,000, and to show’ you that a fool is born every minute, I took only $lO. I was put on a ship and started op my way to England.- In leavi ing Rotterdam we were run down by our own convoy and put back in a sinking condition. At last I I reached London. I Two days after I received a telegram asking me to call on the .king. I thought it was an honor I never would receive. I answered , the telegram and on the 7th day • of December I showed up at Buck- ! ingham palace at 10:30. Earl I Cromer took me into a room. .1 I w’alked in a matter of fact way. Here I expected to receive my coaching before going before the king. A gentleman walked toward me and the earl said, “Your Majesty, Lieutenant O’Brien,” and backed . out of the door, and if the king I had not had me by the hand I I would have walked out behind him. I expected he would say “congratulations” and “good-bye,” but ini stead I talked fifty-two minutes, and I want to say that the most .misrepresented man is the King of England. There is not a man more kind-hearted or courageous than the present King of England. The j world will find him more popular I than his ‘.fother, King Edward, if that is possible. i After leaving there I went to Dublin. If any of you have a sore head you may know that Mr. Kirby or 'Mr. Cleary have been using those shillalas that I brought them. I arrived in Canada, later in New ( York and Chicago, and finally the i best town in the world where I was born, Momence.

BIG PUBLIC SALE Having desired to quit the big farm and move on a small place, 1 will offer for sale at my residence, 1 mile south df Mt. Ayr, 8 miles west of Rensselaer, 8 miles east of Morocco, and 8 miles northeast of Brook, the following property, sale to begin at 10 a. m., on WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1918 11 Head Horses and Mules — Consisting of 1 matched team of bay geldings, coming 4 years old, wt 1 400 each; 1 bay mare, coming 4 years old, in foal, wt 1500; 1 bay imare, coming 5 years old, wt 1400; 1 team sorrel geldings, coming 3 and 4 years old, wt 1200 each; 1 black mare, coming 4 years old, wt 1300; 1 brown gelding, coming 5 years old, wt 1300; 3 good last spring mules. 16 Head of Cattle— Consisting of 1 0 cows ranging in age from 3 to 5 years, some of these cows will be fresh soon; 1 full-blood Polled Angus bull, 2 years old; 2 yearling heifers, and 2 yearling steers; 1 full-blood Hereford bull, 1 year old. 4 Diiroc Sows; Bred. A few Full-Blood Bronze Turkeys from flock of Chicago winners, all healthy and right. (Consigned by Charles W. Fleming.) Farm Implements— -Consisting of 2 wagons with boxes, 1 narrow and 1 broad tire; 1 24-ft harrow; 1 7-ft solid disc; 2 corn planters, 1 John Deere and 1 Black Hawk; 1 16-in sulky plow, 4 corn plows, 2 walking plows, 1 gopher and 1 combination rig, 3 sets work harness and some collars, about 6 or 8 tons timothy hay in the barn. Terms — All sums of $lO and under cash in hand; on sums over $lO a credit of 12 months will be given, purchaser giving note with approved security with interest at 6 per cent if paid when due; if not paid when due 8 per cent will be charged from date of sale; 2 per cent off for cash on sums over $lO. No property to be removed until terms are complied with. Hot lunch served by “Willing Workers” of Mt. Ayr. CHAS. H. ARMOLD. Chas. M. Martin, Auctioneer. V Chas. G. Spitler, Clerk. NOTICE Until further notice the Rensselaer public library will not opea until 10 o’clock a. m., and will close at 6 p. m., every day except Sunday, when it will not be opened at all. By order of the Public Library Board. —JUDSON J. HUNT, President.

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY «, IM*

[Under the 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 » cents. Where replies are sent in Ino Democrat’s care, postage will be charged for forwarding such replies to the adverUser.] FOR SALE For Sale—One cow, registered; 3 heifers, one yearling, two 2-year-olds, Shorthorns, all recorded. — JOHN ECK, Goodland, Ind., R-l, Phone 161-H. f ~ 2l For Sale—Some choice timothy hay, put up dry and in the barn; every straw good and bright, no waste. — H. PAULUS, phone 938-G. For Sale—Three red Shorthorn bulls, ranging in age from eight to fourteen months. One is registered, one* is eligible, other purebred.—W. H. WORTLEY, Rensselaer, R-4, phone 949-H. f-18 For Sale —Standing timber, 2 miles west of Surrey; also 5 head young horses. Wood choppers wanted, and one 2-year-old full-blood Shorthorn bull wanted.—JOSEPH KOSTA, Fair Oaks, R-l, phone Mt. Ayr, 92-D. f-26 For Sale —My residence property with two lots, one block from public square on Cullen street. Also, 120-acre farm, well improved and well tiled, two miles north of Brook, on main Brook road. —JOHN O’CONNOR, Kniman, Indiana. ts For Sale—6oo-acre farm 1 mile from Gloster, Miss., nice city of 2,000 population. Farm is well improved. Located on Prentice highway, a macadam road being built from McComb to Natchez and which intersects with the Jackson highway. Price S3O per acre.— HARVEY DAVISSON, phone 21C or 499. ts Butter Wrappers—Vegetable parchment butter wrappers in any quantity desired, either plain or printed, at The Democrat Office, ts 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 cal] or address B. care THE DEMOCRAT.

FOUND Found— On the street, a rosary. Owner may have same by calling at this office and paying for this notice. WANTED J Wanted —Veals, live or dressOU.— Phone 160-black. —H. A. QUINN. Wa n t ed—To rent farm of 80 to * 160 acres. Will pay either cash or grain rent. —JOHN MOOSMILLER, JR., McCoysburg, R-l, phone 908-E. f-9 Attention—We want a salesman to sell our line of family medicines, stock remedies, extracts and sipices in Jasper county. Our business is well established, as our goods have been sold in the county for years. This is a paying proposition. It will pay you to investigate, if ambitious to make more money. An energetic, wide-awake man from thirty to forty years of age is preferred. Experience as a salesman is not necessary. Write us for particulars.—S. F. BAKER & CO., Keokuk, lowa. Wood Choppers—We are paying $2 per cord for cutting 4-foot wood. J. E. WALTER, Mgr. J. J. Lawler lands, phone 327, Rensselaer, Ind. False Teeth—W T e pay up to sl2 for old or broken, sets. Send parcel post or write for particulars.—DOMESTlC SUPPLY CO., Dept. 14, Binghamton, N. Y. ts

MISCELLANEOUS Own Your Own Home —The Rensselaer Building, Loan and Savings Association makes loans to those desiring- -to buy, build or improve homes, on EASY MONTHLY PAYMENTS. Pay off that mortgage on your property by our plan, or build a home and let the monthly rental you are paying your landlord pay for your home. Call at our office and talk this over with our Secretary, D. DELOS DEAN, Odd Fellows building, Rensselaer, Indiana. ts Attention Farm Owners—The Walker Township National Farm Loan association can loan you money any place in* Jasper county at 5 per cent on thirty-six years’ time. Meet us at Walker Center school house in Walker township the first Saturday night in each month, or call or write V. M. PEER, Sec.-Treas., Fair Oaks, Indiana, or WILLIAM STALBAUM, Pres., Tefft, Ind. ts

FINANCIAL Money to Loan.—CHAS. J. DEAN & SON, Odd Fellows, Building, Rensselaer. ts Money to Loan—S per cent farm loans.—JOHN A. DUNLAP. tl Mutual Insurance—Fire and Lightnlng. Also state cyclone. Inquire of M. I. ADAMS. Phone 533-L. ts Farm Loans—Money to loan ea farm property in any sums up ta SIO,OOO. —E. P. HONAN. flnl ihftl Wlthout Delay, I Mr! HIP wiehout Oommlssien, I UV' H|b I Without Chargee fef Hf Making or Recording