Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 90, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 February 1918 — Page 5

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 0, 1918

The WEEK'S DOINGS

Elmer Gwin and O. O. Penrod were Chicago visitors Tuesday. Beef by quarter or In small quantities. —C. H. LEAVEL, phone 647. William B. Austin of Chicago spent Wednesday night in Rensselaer. J. F. Bruner went to Rantoul, Illinois; Tuesday to attend to some business matters. Chicago goers Thursday were Delos Thompson, W. H. Parkihson and G. J. Jessen. If you want to please your boy, ■ buy a Shorthorn heifer at the Faylor sale, Friday, February 15. Our long looked for car of salt has arrived at last. 70-lb. bags «sc; barrels $2.25. —EGER’S GRO- 1 CERY. If you have the misfortune to lose any stock, don’t forget to call Padgitt, phone 65 residence, or 80 factory.—Advt if-10 Mrs. E. E. Smith went to Chicago Tuesday where she will enter a hospital for treatment and possibly another operation. We are paying the highest market price for good milling rye, also good buckwheat. —IROQUOIS ROL-; LER MILLS, phone 456. f-9 | Mrs. C. Earl Duvall and son left' yesterday for Rockville to spend a week with relatives. They will also spent a Ifew days in Indianapolis before returning home. We have a complete record of your car and serial number, so let us fill out and send in your license application. We take care of the whole matter for only 25c. —MAIN, CARAGE. f-1 In a letter received here Thursday by friends of Dr. C. E. Johnson, he states that he is now stationed at Washington, D. C., but expected to sail for London by the * middle of the month. 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

Lester Warren and family, who have ibeen living on the Sol Guth farm southeast oif Rensselaer, left this week with their car of goods for Lake Charles, Louisiana, where Mr. Warren has purchased a half section of land. Minnetonna Brand creamery butter, delivered twice daily anywhere In the city, at 51c per pound. First * delivery at 7:30 a. m., and orders should be in the evening before; second delivery Immediately afternoon. Minnetonna butter is surpassed by none, and is the most economical to buy.—J. C. HARRIS & SON, phone 547. Have you secured your motor license for 1918? If not, better delay It no longer. Miss Mabel Nowels, notary public at The Democrat office, has all the necessary application blanks and will fill ont and send in the application for you without expense to you aside from the fee to the secretary of state and 25 cents notary fee.

First Signs of Failing Vision are not always accompanied by severe eye distress. Headaches, smarting, burning lids, shooting pains in the forehead, floating spots before the eyes, dizziness and weariness of the eyes after close work are some of the signs that your eyes need glasses. Don’t put off having your eyes examined if any of the above symptoms have been ex. perlenced by you. CLARE JESSEN OPTICTAN With Jernes the Jeweler. Phone 18

J. J. Montgomery was in Gary on business Wednesday. I have sales for every day In February except three Saturdays. —w. a. Mccurtain. Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Jacks of Lee’ visited their children, Vern Jacks and Mrs. Thurston Otterburg, here Thursday. You will find everything at the Faylor sale that you need on al farm I as it is a disbursement sale —on Friday, February 15. D. Delos Dean attended a meeting of the State Building and Loan association officers at Indianapolis the first of the week. Mrs. Fred Phillips and daughter, i Grace Augusta, left Thursday for Drumright, Oklahoma, to visit her sister, Mrs. Dale Warner. Chicago goers Thursday were Charles Pefley, C. W. Eger, Gerald Hollingsworth, Dr. F. A. Turfler and Miss Anna Leonard. The Lesh and Kresler sale east of town Tuesday was well attended and property brought good prices, the sale totaling over $3,800. Ralph Chupp and little son, who i have been visiting relatives here 'for the past few days, returned to j their home at Edinburg, Tuesday. I Mr. and Mrs. Charles Stevenson, who have been visiting Mr; and Mrs. Peter McDaniel, returned to their home in Michigan City Thursday. Since September 1, when the first loan was perfected, the Walker Township National Farm Loan association has completed loans for nearly $22,000.00. 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. —Advt. ” » ts THE COMMUNITY AUTOMOBILE SUPPLY COMPANY of Rensselaer, Indiana, will sell you a guaranteed tire for $1 profit each. Any size. Also gasoline at 1 cent per gallon profit—Advt. ts

A movement is on foot among the merchants of Monticello to adopt the "cash and carry" plan. <Rensselaer merchants should do likewise, not forgetting, of course, to make the reduction in price such a step would provide. 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 SI.OO a bottle at the drug store. —Advt. ts Dr. Loy informs The Democrat thafit’s information that himself and family expected to move to Piqua, Ohio, soon was a mistake; that they I had intended to go but had recon- . sidered the matter. The information came to The Democrat from a very reliable source. However, the Doctor should know. ■. * . N. Osburn and son of Gillam township were in the city Wednesday having a set of sale bills struck at The Democrat office. Mr. Osburn is preparing to move on the former Elizur Sage farm in NWton township, which he purchased about a ; year ago, and as be has been farming on a much larger scale he will sell off his surplus stock and farm tools at public auction on Thursday, February 21.

John Eger and son Trevor returned home Wednesday evening after visiting Mrs. Eger at the Presbyterian hospital in Chicago. While the latter’s condition is still very serious she was better in several ways. It was thought an operation would be performed this week and Mrs. Eger’s brother and sister, John Rossbacher of Munice and Mrs. Otto Hayden of Terre Haute were with her also, but the operation will not be performed before next week. The exact nature of Mrs. Eger’s ailment has not yet been fully determined, but later developments seem to hold forth more encouragement than a few days previous, which will be good news to Mrs. Eger’s many friends.

The Trust & Savings bank expects to get moved into Its new quarters on the corner early next week. Trustee Grant Davisson of Barkley township has been confined to his home for the past two or three weeks with a bad cold. Yesterday’s markets: Corn, $1;” oats, 80c; wheat, $2; rye, $1.90. The prices a year ago were: Corn, 90c; oats, 51c; wheat, $1.55; rye, A new supply of pads of typewriter paper (8%xll) just made up and on sale in the v fancy stationery and office supply department at The Democrat office. The annual Catholic fair held at the parochial school hall on Wednesday and Thursday evenings* resulted in about SI,OOO being added to the St. Augustine church building fund. Womans friend is a large trial bottle of Sanol prescription. Fine 1 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 Next Tuesday is Lincoln’s birthday and a legal holiday so far as banks are concerned. The Thursday following is St. Valentine’s day, but this is not obesrved by the banks, for a wonder. It’s chief observance will be among the lovesick recruits to Dan Cupid’s forces. The executor’s sale to have been held on February 4 at the Hendrix farm east of town, by E. L. and C. A. Fidler, was postponed to Tuesday, February 19. A good lot of horses, cattle and other personal property will be offered for sale. Keep the date in mind and watch for a full list of property, which will appear later in The Democrat. —Advt. Our Gifford correspondent reports that there are ten cases of smallpox at Newland, contracted from a young woman who came there recently from Indianapolis, where there is said to be considerable of this disease at the present time. So far as The Democrat is able to learn this writing the disease at Newland is confined to two families and is of a mild form. A letter received yesterday from XJeorge M. Babcock at Kelly Field, South San Antonio, Texas, and written February 4, stated that they were having fine weather there at present and that he was sitting out in the open air writing this letter. Everything was rather commonplace and very little of general interest to write about, therefore practically all of his letter was of a personal nature.

Preparations for the third Liberty Loan drive are now being mad£ in Indianapolis and James H. Chapman of Rensselaer has been appointed chairman of Jasper county, while Mrs. J. J. Hunt, also of Rensselaer, has been appointed chairman of the woman’s section for the campaign. It is not known at this time when the next campaign will start, what the amount of the issue of bonds will be nor the rate of interest they will bear. Miss Nettie Ellis of Dayton, Ohio, came Wednesday and will have Charge of the Monnett School for Girls during a leave of absence granted the superintendent. Miss Simpson, who will go to Chicago early next week to take up some special work at Chicago university for the next couple of months. Miss Simpson will return about May 1. Miss Ellis has been connected with the Y. W. C. A. work in Dayton, as secretary, and previous to that was engaged in teaching. Under the government operation of the railroads the Monon, the only steam railroad in Indiana which has been exchanging passenger transportation for advertising in the newspapers, has notified publishers that all transportation issued for the year 1918 must be called in as it can not be honored. The government, which pays liberally for every service except newspaper advertising, which it asks the publishers to do free gratis, will, of course, do no advertising whatever unless the service is donated, which it is very probable will not be done.

Mr. and Mrs. George Davisson, who went to Statham, Georgia, several days ago to visit their son Clyde and family, expecting to remain there a month, returned home Wednesday night, their son and family accompanying them. Clyde had a job of dredging in the swamps there, but it is very warm and there is water and mud everywhere, while malaria fills the atmosphere. Clyde’s baby was sick (practically all the time and Mrs. George Davisson had nbt been there twenty-four hours until she wanted to come back, and therefore all returned together.

THE TWICE-A-WEEK DEMOCRAT

DEFENSE COUNCIL IN SESSION

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or the expense of their parents. (The Democrat heartily agrees with Mr. Welsh in this position.) A tfew other members of the council including (Mrs. A. H. .Hopkins, J. M. Sauser and O. K. Rainier also spoke briefly on the question, and while all were opposed to teaching the language in our schools Mr. Rainier thought it better to defer any definite action for the time being, and his suggestion was acted upon. Complaint was made that one of the restaurants in Rensselaer had been serving meat sandwiches on meatless days, and one of the proprietors was brought before the council and admitted the charge, but said that it was not intentional to defy the 'meatless order; that he had forgotten about the day and he agreed to violate it no more in the future. He was instructed to post a notice in his place of business that no meats would be served on those days, and was allowed to go. County Fuel Administrator B. F. Fendig tendered his resignation because of some criticism that had been made regarding the prices charged by the Rensselaer dealers, such resignation to take effect as soon as his successor was appointed and qualified. Mr. Hamilton got up and said that he thought it would be a public calamity for Mr. Fendig to resign at this time; that the criticism of coal prices here was unjust; that under normal conditions the dealers were making too much profit and there was no question about it; but with the added expense of delivery in small lots (and the usual camouflage) there was little or no profit in the business. He told how one dealer had made a trip down, through the coal district at an expense of perhaps $25 to S3O, and that there were telephone and telegraph bills, etc. (He did not state that this dealer succeeded on this trip in securing seven or nine cars of coal and that —according to other reliable people—approximately SIOO per car has been made in the handling of this coal. So the expense of the trip was very nominal, indeed. ) Mr. (Hamilton also said that he had helped Mr. Fendig in his work all he could, but thought the council should provide a clerk for him. On motion of Mrs. Ross a vote of confidence in iMr. Fendig’s integrity was taken and every member voted in favor thereof, and no definite action was taken at this meeting on the resignation, Mr. Fendig insisting, however, that someone else be put in his place, and it was understood that Chairman Welsh would look about before the next meeting for a successor. As The Democrat understands the matter no one questions Mr. Fendig’s honesty of purpose or integrity, but many seem to think he has been camouflaged by some of the dealers; that the consumer has been paying considerably higher prices than those fixed by the fuel administrator and higher prices than’ conditions justified. ?>

COUNTY EDUCATIONAL NOTES

Interesting Items Gleaned From Jasper County School Circles. County Superintendent Sterrett has collected the following data from the reports coming from the schools under his supervision: The largest number of eighth grade pupils attending school in any one township falls to Barkley township. There are 27 pupils enrolled in- this grade in that township. The other townships follow in the order mentioned: Carpenter, 19; Union, 19; Walker, 18; Newton, 16; Marion, 15; Milroy, 11; Keener, 11; Jordan, 11; Kankakee, 10; Wheatfield, 8; Hanging Grove, 6; Gillam, 3. This totals 174 pupils in the rural and small town schools who s are doing eighth grade work. The largest eighth grade class in any one of these township schools is at Demotte, where Mr. Bert Lewellen has eleven. Donald Peregrine at Tefft and Ruth Kennedy at Gifford each have ten. The largest eighth grade class under a single teacher in a country school is at Bowling Green school in Marion township. Miss Mabel McAhern is the teacher in this school. There are seven eighth grade pupils here. The next special institute will be held at Remington on February 23. Prof. Louis J. Rettger of the Indiana State Normal school will give the two principal addresses. A Mrs. Frances Kelsey of . the

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Blaker school at Indianapolis has been secured to instruct the teachers along the lihes of primary teaching next flail. The county Institute will be held at Rensselaer from September 2to 6, inclusive. Other instructors will be procured later. The first eighth grade diploma examination will be held on the third Saturday in March. Each trustee will select his own place to hold this examination. Board of Education. The Jasper County Board of Education 'met in the office of the county superintendent on Monday, February 4. There were but three trustees present. James-Stevens of Gillam, John Rush of Newtpn—and George Hammerton of Union were the three who were able to get to the county seat. Mr. Frank Welsh, chairirtan of the Jasper County Council of Defense, and James N. Leatherman attended the meeting and offered a plan to arrive at the sentiment of the county respecting the means of defraying the expenses of the council of defense. Mr. Leatherman was appointed as chairman of the finance committee of this council. A blank form off a petition was given to each trustee to secure signatures of citizens in all townships petitioning the regular county council to make an appropriation to cover the expenses of the various war councils and other necessary business of the council of defense. All trustees present expressed their approval as well as did the county superintendent of the proposition to have all of the taxpayers defray these very necessary expenses rather than have the burden shouldered by a few of our public spirited men. It was stated that two of our public spirited men had given their individual notes to cover the expense of the county war conference held here last week. This should be a public burden since the benefits accrue to the public. Such was the unanimous view of all present at the meeting. The minutes of the January meeting were read and approved. Mr. Learning’s salary and expenses for the month of February was considered, approved and ordered filed. Messrs. Rush, Wood and Sterrett were selected as an auditing committee to examine Mr. Learning’s bills from now on and recommend their finding to the board. Thug this will not be a part off the regular business since this committee will take care of that before the board is called to order.

VLircUs Methodist Rev. E. W. Strecker, Pastor. — 9:30 a. m., Sunday school; 10:45 a. m., morning worship and sermon by the pastof; 6 p. m., Epworth league, topic, “Am I Doing Anything 1 Would Condemn in C tiers?’’ Leader, John Reed. 7 p. m., evening worship and sermon. The pastor will preach the second of the series of sermons on the theme, "Perils of the Alas Pit.’’ Do not forget that there Is no way you can Injure the church more than by absenting yourself from Its services. Presbyterian Rev. J. Budman Fleming, Minister.—9:3o a. m., Bible school with graded lessons, a class and a teacher for old and young; 10:45 a. m., morning worship and sermon with a welcome to all who feel the need of the help of a good Father to heal the hurt of sin. Subject for the sermon next Sunday morning, “Love that Can Hate.’’ There will be no evening service on account of fuel conservation. Baptist Rev. D. C. Hill, Pastor.—-9:30 a. m., Sunday school; 10:45 a. m., morning worshiip and sermon, “Religious Philosophy.’’ Prayer meeting next Thursday evening at the home of Rev. Saylor. Christian Science Christian Science services at 11 a. m. Sunday in the auditorium •! the public library. Public cordially invited. tl LATE BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENTS February 6, to Lieutenant and Mrs. Edward L. Watson, at the home of the latter’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wallace B. Leonard, of Gillam township, a son. If you have a member of your family or an employe now in the U. S. service, “call at The Democrat office and purchase a Service Flag and hang it in the window of your home or place of business. At present we have three sizes of Service Flags in stock, 15c, 25c and 75c. respectively. j

LIFTING OF THE CAMOUFLAGE

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delivered. Since the publication of the above notice the price of any and all kinds of hard coal has been $9.75 per ton delivered, although no notice has ever been given of an increase having been granted by. the administrator. Now, take the case of Indiana mine run. The price fixed above is $5.00 per ton at the bin and $5.50 delivered. If anybody in Jasper county has recently purchased a ton of Indiana mine run at the stated pnfcfe we would Ilka to hear from and when was an. increase granted? Indiana mine run coal has been sold here for weeks past at $6.00 per ton, we are told. In establishing the above prices an allowance of 35 cents per ton was made for binning. All of the dealers but one had bins alongside the railroad track, and 35 cents per ton is what this one dealer said it cost.him. to haul his coal from the car and bin it. Therefore, because this one dealer failed to have a- bln alongside the track the people o>f Jasper county must pay any anil all dealers 35 cents per ton more for coal. Is this just , and right? The Democrat’s interest in thia matter is purely the interest of the people Im general. Unlike the editor of the Republican we cannot approve excessive profits because “everybody is doing it.” When we published the original statement of a Rensselaer citizen concerning coal prices, we did eo from an unbiased position and would as readily and freely have published any statement the coal dealers had to make in their defense. Yet, but one dealer even so much as mentioned the matter to us. Instead they looked to the Republican to espouse their cause. And why? It may have been because the ex-coal-dealer editor has a financial interest in one coal yard and mora than a friendly interest in another. Here is the situation in a nutshell. The dealers* are allowed a legitimate profit, one dollar per ton approximately, on the cost of the coal at the mine, plus the freight, plus $12.50 a car to cover doubtful shortage, plus $17.50 per car to cover cost of binning (which they do not do), and plus 50 cents per ton for delivering. Yet, we are to 'infer from what the coal-dealer editor of the Republican says that too much profit is not being nt'de.

NOTICE Until further notice the Rensselaer public library will not open 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. HUtyT, President Do you use the want ad. column* of The Democrat? If not, try an ad.

THE JASPIER REDUCTION COMPANY incorporated under the laws of Indiana, have purchased the Reduction Plant in Rensselaer, formerly conducted by the B. & L. Co. We operate under a state license which guarantees the sanitary handling of dead animals according to state requirements. A, L. PADGITT is the local manager, and can be reached by phones—residence 65, factory 80. Prompt service promised. JASPER REDUCTION COMPANY Indiana

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