Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 94, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 February 1918 — Page 8

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NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS ITEMS

LEE C. A. Lefler and family spent Sunday at Clifford Mars. Asa Holeman and .family spent Sunday at his brother Orval s. The Ladies’ Aid did well serving dinner at F. L. Overton’s sale Wednesday. Miss Cassie Holeman of Monticello came Wednesday for several days visit with relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Maple of Colorado, came Tuesday to visit his sister, Mrs. O. E. Noland, and family. Misses Eva and Mabel Hoult and Miss Cora Noland were Sunday guests of Misses Chloa and Edith Overton. Miss Alma Stiers of Rensselaer spent a couple of days here this week with her brother, Fred Stiers, and wife. Born, February 10, to Mr. and Mrs. Roy Culp, a son, died February 15. Funeral services were held at their home last Saturday. Interment in the Osborn cemetery. Mrs. G. A. Jacks went to Laifayette Sunday to visit her daughter, Mrs. Len Lefler and was called home Monday on account of the sickness of her husband, who is better at this writing.

GIFFORD A. E. Zook is carring onions here. Freeman Gifford is carring baled hay. Tom Parker of ’Possum Run was in our burg Tuesday. Miss Ethel Nuss went to McCoy sburg Monday to work. Mrs. Clara Walker called on Mrs. Chester Caster Tuesday. Miss Ruth Kennedy spent Sunday with home folks at Wheatfield. Miss Hazel Lambert is ill at h,er home with the German measles. Mr. and Mrs. Mack Steel called on the former’s home folks Sunday. L. Stockwell has purchased him a fine driving horse and new buggy. Will Obenchain, Peter and Harris Swisher were Rensselaer goers Monday.

Arthur Walker purchased a new "buggy at Rensselaer Monday. Watch him girls. Lon Daniels spent from Saturday until Monday with George Lambert and faniity. Our mail carrier, Mr. Lowman of Parr, was able to deliver the mail Tuesday in his Ford. George Lambert and daughters took supper Monday with Reuben Snyder and daughter. Misses Sylvia and Hazel_ Lambert called on Mrs. Nate Keen and daughter Ruby Friday. Miss Vesta Brown and Miss Ruth Kennedy attended teachers’ institute at Cozy Palace Saturday. Mrs. Al Caldwell is on the sick list at this writing. Miss Mabel Seott is doing her house work this week. ’ Jack Scott of Indianapolis spent between trains- here Saturday. Miss Ida Davis accompanied him back Where she will work. Charley Scott, our blacksmith, Spent over Monday with his brother at Medaryville. He also purchased a corn mill to grind corn to save wheat to help win the war. Raymond, the little son of Mr. and Mrs. Guy Zook, is in a serious Condition at this time. Dr. Hemphill was called Tuesday and pronounced that the child had bronchitis. Mr. and Mrs. Orval Fisher of Wheatfield spent Sunday with the latter’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Nate Keen. Her brother and sister, Vern And Ruby, returned home with them for a short visit.

MT. AYR (From the Tribune) Ben Reeves is quite sick with heart trouble. John Snow was in Kentland Monday for examination. G. W. Lynch went to Indianapolis Tuesday on a business trip for a few days. Pfrimer Hopkins spent Sunday with his mother, returning to 'his home at Donovan, Illinois, Monday. A. P. Huntington, our genial subscriber from North Jasper, spent a few days among home folks this week. Dr. Merry reports the arrival of

The Jasper 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 Rensselaer, .... Indiana

an eleven pound girl in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Hamlin Smith Sunday, the 17th. Clair Vestal is here from Camp Shelby, Miss., having arrived Sunday morning to attend the funeral of his sister, Mrs. E. E. Stucker. On last Wednesday occurred the marriage of Mrs. Annie Baker and William Donaldson. The ceremony was performed at the Methodist parI sonage in Kentland, the Rev. Harper ' of that charge officiating. I Romma Stucker. of Gilead came 1 Sunday to buy a car olf horses in this vicinity. Mr. Stucker had not , heard of the death of his brother I Elmer’s wife until he arrived here. He was able to be present at the funeral service. The young people of the town are being organized into a Sunday Evening club, in connection with the I Community church work which the Rev. P. V. Roberts is putting out to make Sunday the most attractive and pleasant day of the week is his plan. W. R. Lee was in Foresman Wednesday and completed the purchase of the Mrs. Antcliff eight-room residence situated on the main east and west road through the village. The residence will be converted into a store building just as early as possible and a complete stock of (merchandise opened to the people of that vicinity on or about the first of March.

JOINT PUBLIC SALE The undersigned will sell at public auction at J. J. Lawler’s Hanging Grove farm, 7y z miles east of Rensselaer and 1% miles north of McCoysburg, commencing at 10 a. m., sharp, on MONDAY, MARCH 4, 1918 4 Head of Horses —Consisting of 1 team black horses, 11 and 12 yrs old, wt 1500 each; 1 brown mare 15 years old, wt about 1300; 1 bay mare 12 years old. 22 Head of Cattle* —Consisting of 4 good milch cows with calf by .side; 12 milch cows, will be fresh in March and April, all these cows are from 2 to 4 years old; 2 steers coming 2 years old, wt 900 each; 3 steer calves; 1 heifer calf. 10 Brood Sows— Consisting of 4 Poland China and 6 O. I. C., will have pigs the latter part of March and Ist of April. Implements, Etc. —Consisting of 1 8-foot binder; 2 cultivators; 1 walking 'plow; J. set work harness; 1 160-gal. oil tank, and cider mill. Terms—To months credit on sums over $lO, with 6 per cent interest from date iff paid when due, otherwise 8 per cent will be charged; 2 per cent off for cash when entitled to credit. MOOSMILLER BROS. SIMON COOK WASH LOWMAN Fred Phillips, Auctioneer. C. G. Spitler, Clerk Hot lunch on ground.

English Joke.

The Londoner —B:#i Jove! Yes, over In our country the upper classes are much attached to a fish called the sole. Blooming fine fish, too. The American —How funny! That sounds like a shoemaker's report. The Londoner —What, my dear man? The American —Why, the uppers are attached to the sole.

A BIRD-LIKE FEELING.

“I feel like a bird.” "How’s that?” “De lady’s bulldog made me quail.”

THE TWICE-A-WEEK DEMOCRAT

“His Bit”

By EVA ROSSITER MANDEVILLE. “Y<Ts, you shall have your breakfast, my poor man, but it won’t be very sumptuous.” “Boiled potatoes with their skins on, lots of salt, corn bread, fresh milk!” observed the early-morning visitor of Abner Wells, peering through the open window at the kitchen table. “Viands —not victuals! Fit for a king!” “You are welcome to what there Is, friend,” said old Abner, and led the way into his kitchen. “Things are not up to the old neatness since I’ve got half-crippled with the rheumatism. My two sons used to keep the place trim and neat, but they went to the city,- and I miss their help.” “You won’t miss mine, soon as I fill up on this gorgeous fare,” pledged Dick Marston, roustabout and wanderer. He ate with the satisfaction of a hungry man. “Now, then, to pay for the meal,” he spoke finally, arising with briskness. “Hold on, though —I must check off yesterday, first.” “What are you doing that for?” curiously inquired Abner, as his visitor, with the stump of a pencil, checked off the day previous on a small pocket calendar.

“Sixty-first day of perfect sobriety,” explained Dick. “You see, I used to drink heavy. I’m cutting it out.” “Blessed thing I” approved Abner. “I hope you’ll make It sixty-one years.” “I know my poor shiftless life don’t count for much,lf observed Dick quite mournfully, “but I propose to die sober. Here you are!” and he started in picking up the dishes. He washed, dried them and set them in apple-pie order in the cupboard. He swept up the rooms. Then he was outside, brisk and diligent. “Why, you’ve paid for a week’s board!” cried Abner, as he came out of the house at noon to find a heap of cord wood sawed, cut and piled neatly. “Dinner’s ready, and I’ve cooked a chicken.” “Oh, this Is just paradise!” chuckled Dick, with a smack of t*he lips. “I say, we couldn’t make some arrangements to keep It up, could we?” His brisk, bright ways captivated the old man. Neither exactly comprehended how it came about, but at the end of a week Dick was still a guest of old Abner Wells. They took a great fancy to one another, and they" exchanged confidences, mutually imparting the story of their lives. “You’re like a father to me,” declared Dick feelingly.

“You make the right kind of a son,” chirped his host. - Dick worked about the little place with willingness and diligence. Somehow, with odd jobs in the village and what the garden produced, they managed to make ends meet. About a month had gone by when one day, as they were turning a corner In the town, they came upon a group at the edge of the sidewalk. At the ctirb an automobile had drawn up. In Its front seat was a pompous, loudly dressed man. In the rear seat were two young men, evidently his sons. One was a cripple, apd had a pair of crutches at his side.e The other was a marvel of healthfulness in appearance.

The autocratic-looking father had evidently been delivering a harangue to the crowd. He espied Abner. “Hey I I want to speak to you,” he hailed, and Ahner stepped forward. “I’m raising money for the Red Cross,” announced John Burton, magnate, and he waved a sheet of paper. “I’m down for a hundred dollars. Come, do your bit, neighbor.” “I have no money,” explained Abner. “Oh, come now! You can certainly spare ten dollars.” “I can’t, Mr. Burton,” replied Abner. “I told you last week that my two sons ta the city have —er —changed their positions, and cannot send me any more money to help me along.” “I advise you to donate!” almost hissed John Burton between his teeth, and Dick noticed that his companion shuddered at the veiled threat conveyed by words and manner. He himself stepped forward, brave as a lion. “This old man has done his bit already, sir,” he announced boldly. “He has given his two sons to the army — that’s what he means when he says they have changed their positions.” John Burton flushed up. It was a thrust direct, for neither of his own sons had aspired to the'honor of serving their country. The able Ned Burton had been exempted for some trivial cause by the exemption board the week previous and the magnate shifted uneasily as he realized how it had been brought about. “Mr. Burton holds a mortgage on the old farm,” explained Abner, as he and Dick resumed their way. “It is not a fair one, and he squeezed me pretty hard. When the old mortgage came due and I couldn’t pay it, he threatened to foreclose it if I didn’t make a new one for double the amount.”

“Oh, he did, eh?” muttered Dick reflectively. "I think I’ll look this precious patriot up a bit.” He was lying behind a hedge resting one noon, when two professional-look-

Ing men paused beyond his covert. They were two physicians, apd comprised the military examining board of the district They were quarreling over the division of a certain sum of money. As they pased on, Dick Marston jumped to his feet with vigor. “So that’s the way It fe, is It?” he muttered. *1 think I’ve got my cue.” One hour later he was ushered into the luxurious library of Mr. John Burton. The latter regarded his shabby caller dubiously. “Oh! you're the tramp Wells is keeping,” he sneered. “I suppose he has sent you to beg off on the payment of his interest.” “He hasn’t,” retorted Dick audaciously. “I’ve come on my own initiative, to get not only a receipt for that interest, but a cancellation of the entire mortgage.” “You —w-what!” fairly howled Burton. “What I said. That, or I’ll expose you.” “You insolent ruffian!”

“Hold on, there!” ordered Dick, “or I’ll do what I threaten at once. You have robbed old Abner Wells, you bribed the doctors here to exempt that cowardly son of yours. No, then, I demand a receipt in full for Mr. Wells. I demand, further, the sum of one thousand dollars cash to keep him till his boys come back, or I’ll show you up for the bogus patriot you are.” John Burton sat petrified. He was trapped in a close net, and realized it. “It’s a cheap offer,” proceeded Dick coolly. “Moreover, I’ll let your well son get fine credit and honor. I’ll let It appear that, disappointed at his exemption, he has nobly offered to finance certain relations of mine, while I go to the front, his substitute, his representative, so to speak." Four months later Abner Wells, never fully understanding the apparent munificence of John Burton, received a letter from his two sons in the trenches, which entjed: “We narrowly escaped destruction last week, and there’s a strange end to the incident. The whole company were unawares of a foe sneaking upon us, when a daring young fellow from another regiment came scaling the hill, yelling out a warning. He fell, pierced by a dozen bullets, but he saved us. He died last night in the hospital, and he left word with the nurse to seek out Ben and Harvey Wells, ourselves, and ask us to send a note he had dictated to you. I inclose the note. Can you throw any light on this queer affair?” And Abner Wells, far away at peaceful Glenville, read the rudely scrawled words:

“Dear old father—the only one I ever knew and loved—for your sake, I have done my bit.” And the weak, death-wavering signature was —Dick Marston! (Copyright, 1917, Western Newspaper Union.)

ONLY A FEW.

Cholly—l suppose your sister has a great many admirers? Johnny —Yes; but she's only engaged to three of lem.

Disorganized Chinese Mails.

Before 1915 a letter was as safe In the Chinese mails as it was anywhere in the world, and only the older resident who knows China can appreciate what it means to have had nearly 700,000,000 pieces of mail matter carried by the Chinese post that year against one-sixth that amount eight years before. This year postal employees are stealing letters for the stamps and throwing the contents into the wastebasket. I have heard complaints from a dozen people that the mail service is not only slower than It was In 1915, but is nq longer safe. — Christian Herald.

Burglars’ Wartime Profits.

New York burglars are in their hey l dey since the war has caused high prices of silks, woolens and other goods in which they deal. The Burglary Insurance Underwriters’ association announces that burglars have procured more than $1,000,000 worth of loot since the war began. Servant girls have been found who touch their fingers and thumbs with a new skin preparation and thus fool the Bertillon clerks. Burglars of the ordinary variety have been found hauling their loot through the busy streets in daylight hours, using borrowed vans.

MIGHT GET HIS FARM.

When clerks In the city clerk’s of» flee were filling out the registration blanks for conscription, many unusual answers were received regarding claims for exemptions. “Do you claim exemption?” Thomas A. Riley, city clerk, asked one man. Riley explained the meaning of the, question, asking the man whether he had anyone dependent on him. “I got a motorcycle dependent oh me,” was the reply. A baseball player, after saying that he had a dependent wife and child, told John Kennedy, chief deputy city clerk, that he also had a farm, and asked whether Kennedy would put that down. “You better not have that put down,” replied Kennedy. “If they find out you have got a farm, they may take It away from you.”—lndianapolis News.

Oversight.

A college professor was giving the class its weekly lecture. He went to extreme pains to cover his subject from everj angle. When he had finished he asked. “Now, was there anything, in your opinion, that I overlooked in my talk?” “Yes, professor,” said the class wag, “some dandy places you might have stopped.”

PLEASING IDEA.

“I have perfected a furnace that I think will make a hit.” “What is new about It?” “You don’t shake It down; you crank it up.”

Smart Lad.

A clever boy Is Herman Horts. He does enjoy My droll retorts.

Stupid Mistake.

“I enjoyed a good laugh at a performance of ‘Macbeth’ last night.” “What. You laughed at that profound tragedy?” “It was all the fault of a green electriclan. When Lady Macbeth cried: ‘Out, damned spot; out, I say,’ the electrician thought she was talking to him and shut off the spotlight.”

Bad Showing.

“This advertiser says there is a thought in every chew of his tobacco.” “That’s not a good advertisement.” “Why not?” “Any person who can’t get but one thought out of a chew of tobacco that lasts half an hour on an average, is a poor sort of ruminator.”

High-Priced Humor.

“What did the doctor say?” “Oh, he just told me a funny story.” “And you paid him $5?” “Yes.” “Uniph’ You could have bought a book full of funny stories for considerably less than that.”

As Compared.

Inventor—That airship of mine reminds me of an old hen. IF/lend—What’s the answer? Inventor—lt roosts better that files.

UP TO DATE.

Villain (shouting)—Back to the mines! Manager—No! Be more up to date, say “Back to the hangars!” and show you know something about an airship.

Easy.

“Economize,” is good advice. The time for it is -ight, For every time you ask the price You lose your appetite.

Up in the Air.

Bob White —Isn’t Jim Meadow Lark peevish of late? • Mrs. B. W. —Oh, terribly. The least noise makes him soar.

One on the Landlord.

Landlord —I have decided to raise your rent. ' Tenant —Mighty fine of you, sir, because I can’t. /

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1913

TRAINS 30,000 HOMESERVICE COMMITTEEMEN

Red Cross With Institutes, Handbook and Bulletins, Teaches Civilian Relief Forces How to Aid Folks “Back Home.” [EDITOR’B NOTE:—Thia la ths flfta Mid test of a aeries of flvs articles ■written by Mr. Fleser on American Red Cross Home Service work in Ohie, Indiana an<* Kentucky.]

By James L. Fleser,

Director, Civilian Relief, Lake Division, American Red, Cross. Organizing and training 30,00® Home Service committeemen to aid families of enlisted men is the most stupendous and preteatious task being undertaken by the American BeC Cross within our own borders. This statement is made vrttbout fear of contradiction. Even were there established social agencies in every community from which men have been drawn fer active service, this Red Cross duty would be hardly lees difficult, because with the war have come new problems which ■Hist be solved, and efficiently toe, H the good name of the Red Cross to to be heid aloft and the minds of our fighting folk set at ease about tha welfare of their loved ones “baeis home.” To school wining Home Service workers with no previous social training as well as keep professional oom» munity workers abreast with new developments, the Red Cross war council established in the Lake division. Home Service Institutes at Indianapolis, Cincinnati, Columbus and Cleveland, each identified with a strong university and eaeh affiliated with, healthy social agencies. Thirty-five counties were represeotr ed by fifty-six students at the first series of institutes, each Institute lasting six weeks. A second series has just opened. In addition, ohapter courses of information are to bo established in cities of 25,000 population and over. There is no guess work about Red Cross Homa Service. <•— Workers are being trained to help citizens gain all sorts of information. If ai family has not heard from a son la the service, if the allotment and allowance check Is delayed or wrong in amount, if a boy is reported missing, if any one of hundreds of possibilities occur, the Home Service worker must be alert to hte or her responsibilities. To show that there are “hundreds of possibilities” for this service, the American Red Cross has prepared for its committeemen a handbook containing correct answers to 286 questions which these committeemen have already been asked. Forty-nine answers to questions os army and navy service, running from the composition of the fighting forces to explaining what must be done to assist the family of a man who haa entered the service under an assumed name, are given in this handbook. Qighty-eix points on the soldier's and! sailor’s allowance compensation and war risk insurance are explained. The tatter in itself is so large a task that a Home Service worker, anticipating: a “soft snap” might be driven to cover if there were no handbook ori institute course to lessen his perplex!-' ty. It is down in black and white 1 how the Insurance is written and for whom, how premiums are paid and by whom. Six points of Information, are provided to cover Insurance for crews of merchant vessels and transports. American Red Cross Home Service 1 for families of enlisted men fighting for our allies causes twenty-nine questions to be answered in the handbook. All this is supplemented by eightynine statements giving information on 1 the status of families of discharged; men, deserters, and alien enemy families and explaining relationship ot the Red Cross to other relief societies and the operation of the Red Cross bureaus of camp service and communication. Despite the fact that this handbook has just been issued, new and pussling questions are arising with such rapidity that the bureau of civilian relief of the Lake division, is planning an informational service to keep its Home Service workers in 350 chapters in step with the fast-moving procession.

War (regardless of th# Tuscania calamity and a few scattering casualties) —war and Red Cross Home Service are still in their infancy, but already some 3,000 families of Ohio, Indiana and Kentucky enlisted and selective service men are under the care of Red Cross Home Service workers. Picture the immensity of the task when the “American offensive" begins. Red Cross Home Service will be ready. It is democracy's brotherhoods. Id action.