Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 103, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 March 1918 — Page 1

Jasper County Democrat.

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DEMOCRATIC COUNTY MEETING

To Be Held in East Court Room, Wednesday, April 3. A meeting of Democratic committeemen, candidates for county and township offices and of leadiHfe Democrats of the county in general will be held at the east court room in the court house in on Wednesday, April 3, to talk over matters pertaining to the (primary election and the Alling out of county and township tickets. The meeting will convene promptly at 1 p. an., in order that people attending from the north end of the county can return via rail if they desire to do so. It is necessary to have the names of all candidates for office filed with the clerk of the circuit court.not later than April 6 in order for their name to appear on the primary ballot, and any places not filled for the primary cannot be filled up later. Hence the importance of filing for township trustee, assessor, three members of the advisory board and precinct committeemen in each township, as well as for all county offices.

SALE BRINGS NEARLY $3,000

Report Not Yet Complete But Above Figures Approximately Correct. While Saturday was a rather cool, raw day, there Was a good crowd of people in town during the afternoon and the various attractions and sales for raising funds for J the local Red Cross were well patronized. At this writing it is thought the total amount raised will approximate $3,000. There is quite a lot of canned fruit and some other articles that were not all disposed of Saturday and they will be closed out at the Red Cross headquarters. Following are the receipts as compiled to Monday and reported to The Democrat: Auction sale (about) $1 200.00 Country store 301.80 Candy booth 54.90 Boßk booth 16.fi0 White elephant booth .... 31.30 “Pickpockets” 10.55 Flowers 7.3 a Jap tea shop Knock the kaiser 26.3r> Antique exhibition 46.95 13a,nce . • . . • Cafeteria dinner (about).. 240.00 Donations . . 5 74.00 Moving pictures 75.00 Total $2,638.14 The excellent cafeteria dinner served in the corridors on the first floor at the court house was very largely patronized, and so great was the crowd that many went away •without being served, rather than to wait for those ahead of them. The 2-year-old heifer given by J. J. Lawler brought SIOO, being bid off !by Granville Moody, who gave her back and she was sold for about an even SIOO the second time. The safnje thing was done •with the Holstein calf given by Mrs. John Duvall, Kenton Parkinson bidding it off for some sl6 and then giving it back to be sold again. John R. Lewis gave a pure-bred Hampshire hog, but as there happened to be no bidders who wanted to pay a fancy price for a hog—-such as these hogs usually sell for—Mr. Lewis bid it oft himself at S4O

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FATAL ACCIDENT NARROWLY AVERTED

Another fatal accident at the McKinley avenue crossing of the Monon -was narrowly averted shortly after 6 o’clock Saturday evening, when the local freight that was doing some. switching there backed into the 'Dodge car being driven by John: Robbins of west of Fair Oaks, who' was accompanied by Mary and Katie Luther and Lydia Sthneider, also of that community. Two wheels of th® automobile were broken off| and the car was carried down the! track several yards before the train was stopped. Fortunately the freight cars were moving slowly and all the occupants of the auto escaped being ground to pieces by jumping from the automobile, but two of the young ladies were considerably bruised up in falling to the ground when alighting from the car, just as it was struck. There is no watchman at this crossing after 6 o’clock and the sidetracks are frequently filled with freight cars, making it impossible for one to see a train until they are directin the center of the tracks.

COURT HOUSE NEWS IN BRIEF

hitgrestlnij Paragraphs From the Various Departments OF JASPER COUNTY CAPITOL a The Legal News Epitomized—Together With Other Notes Gathered From the Several County Offices. Sheriff B. D. McColly and wife returned home Friday night from a several weeks’ sojourn at Houston, Texas, for the benefit of the former’s health, which apparently is much improved, as he is feeling and looking fine. Marriage licenses issued: March 23, Harry R. Rea of Logansport, aged 28 May 25 last, manager of grain elevator, and Pearle B. Babcock, daughter of Frank J. Babcock of Rensselaer, aged 29 May 25 last, teacher. First marriage for each. March 26, Herman John Alberts of Remington, aged 23 November 16 last, farmer, and Nellie Leila Lilves, also of Remington, aged 22 August 20 last, housekeeper. First marriage for each. -Republicans have filed declarations of candidacy since our last issue as follows: Delegates to state convention—■ Henry M. Toben, sth district. TOWNSHIP OFFICES Trustee A. DeKoker, Henry Swart, Keener. Assessor —Harry E. Reed, Ralph W. Johnson, Barkley; James Bullis, Jordan. Advisory Board —Harry J. Arnold, Barkley; Charles Erb, Hanging GroVe; Charles T. Battleday. Newton; Marion Bice, Jordan. Precinct Committeeman Verne Bice, Jordan.

NEW FLOUR REGULATIONS OUT

The following new regulations have been sent to the county food administrators, effective at once: First. No customer in town shall be permitted to buy more than 24% pounds of wheat flour at any time. Second. No customer residing in the country shall be allowed to buy in excess of 49 pounds at one time. Third. No consumers, town or country, shall be permitted to buy supplies beyond their requirements for thirty days, and then none without an equal quantity ot recognized substitutes. (Exceptions will be made in case of a customer who certifies he has previously purchased substitutes in amount equal to the added wheat flour purchase, and the total purchase is adequate only to meet the demands for thirty days.) Public eating houses are expected to observe wheatless days on Monday and Wednesday; in addition thereto not to serve to any one guest at any one meal an aggregate of breadstuffs, macaroni, crackers, pastry, pies, cakes, wheat or breakfast cereal containing a total of more than two ounces of wheat flour; no wheat flour products to be served unless specifically ordered. Their purchases of wheat flour should be on the maximum basis of six pounds per ninety meals. Bakers are not to increase their wheat flour purchases beyond seventy per cent of the average for four months, prior to March 1, 1918. JOHN EG-ER, County Food Administrator.

BROTHER OF H. R. KURRIE DEAD

Succumbed to Heart Failure in Florida Last Saturday. Walter Kurrie, brother of President H. R. Kurrie of this city, died at U.martilla, Florida, where he was spending the winter, last Saturday from heart trouble. Hie was the youngest of six sons and is survived by five brothers and one sister. His age was thirty-nine years. Funeral services will be held at his former home at Paoli, Indiana, on Thursday or Friday of this week, and burial also made at that place.

SUDDEN DEATH IN MILROY

Mrs. Hannah M. Clark, wife of Isaac J. Clark of Milroy township, died suddenly from heart disease while in bed at her home a few minutes before 12 o’clock Saturday night, aged sixty-nine years, six months and eighteen days. The funeral was® held yesterday afternoon at 2 o’clock at Milroy church.

LATE BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENTS

March 26, to Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Larsh, at the county hospital, a son.

THE TWICE-A-WEEK

RENSSELAER, JASPER COUNTY, INDIANA, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 1918

GEORGE BABCOCK NOW IN UTICA

While in Chicago Saturday forenoon, W. S. Parks met on the street there George M. Babcock who, with a squadron from Kelly Field No. 2, San Antonio, Texas, was on his way to Utica, New York, to take machine gun repair training at the Savage Arms company plant. He told Mr. Parks that he was unable to leave to run down home; that the squadron, occupying two Pullmans, arrived in Chicago that morning and would leave the same afternoon or evening for the east; that they expected to be in Utica about three weeks and then would cbme to Columbus, Ohio, for further training, and that when they came to Columbus he would try to get a short furlough and come home for a few days. In a card written from Chicago Saturday George said: “We have had a fine trip so far. Find it much colder here than in Texas. Leave here at 10:30 for Detroit, Buffalo and Utica.’’ A card received Monday morning and written at Detroit, Michigan, Sunday, he said: “Just got into Detroit and were served lunch and coffee by Red Cross. Will arrive in Utica in morning.”

THE WAR MOTHERS ORGANIZE

Society Perfected at Meeting Held Saturday Afternoon, On Saturday afternoon at 3 o’clock a deeply interested group of women met in the court house and organized the Jasper county branch of a society known as the War Mothers, which is rapidly being formed all over the United States. These mothers of soldiers have in common a supreme interest in the welfare of their sons and by means of this organization they hope to increase the comfort and well-being of the boys and to provide for themselves a circle of sympathetic friends in this time of strain. Any mother of a soldier or sailor boy is eligible to the society and every Jasper county boy in the service is to be regarded as a son by these big-hearted women and will be urged to write to them if lonesome or in need of something that women’s hands can supply. Thus any of our boys without home ties can feel sure of the interest and sympathy of the war mothers.

The Indianapolis headquarters asked to be supplied with a list of the members so each of the twentysix mothers present registered her own name and that of her son or sons in the service. The roll-call was tremendously impressive with its record of sons in this country and in France in all departments of the service. The officers of the county organization are Mrs. C. W. Hanley, chairman; Mrs. A. L. Padgitt, vice-chair-man; Mrs. Charles G. Spitler, secretary, and Mrs. Crooks, treasurer. Each township will have its own sub-organization, and the chairmen were appointed as follows: Wheatfield —Mrs. Simon Fendig. ? Union —Mi’s. Charles Gundy. Milroy—Mrs. William Fisher. Jordan—Mrs. James Bullis. Keener —Mrs. Charles Spencer. Kankakee —Mrs. Samuel Seegrist. Newton—Mrs. Joseph Thomams. Marion —Mrs. F.* E. Babcock. Barkley—Mrs. Robert Eib. Hanging Grove —Mrs. John Phillips. The chairmen for Carpenter, Walker and Gillam townships will be appointed as goon as possible. The next meeting will be held in the west court room on Saturday, March 30, at 3 o’clock, and every war mother in the county is urged to attend.

JASPER COUNTY WANTS 235 BOYS

For Farm Work, According to Requests Made Through Purdue In seventy-dive of the ninety-two Indiana counties farmers have applied for 11,337 boys between, 161 and 21 years of age for work this year. These figures were compiled by the seed stocks and labor survey conducted by Purdue university in co-operation with the United States department of agriculture. The number of boys asked for does not include extra harvest hands, nor boys for picking tomatoes, berries and fruit. Jasper and adjacent counties ask for the following number: Jasper, 235; Benton, 211; Lake, 90; Newton, 140; Pulaski, 60; Starke, 175; White, 151.

GENERAL AND STATE NEWS

Telegraphic Reports From Many Parts of Ike Country. SHORT BITS OF THE UNUSUAL Happenings in the Nearby Cities and Towns—Matters of Minor Mention From Many Places. NEW LOAN TO BE $3,000,000,000 Bonds to Be Non-Convertible and Draw Per Cent Interest. Washington, March 25.—The third Liberty loan, to open April 6, will be for $3,000,000,000 and all oversubscriptions at 4<4 per cent interest. Bonds of the first loan, bearing 3% per cent interest, and of the second loan at 4 per cent, may be converted into the new bonds, but those of the third loan will not be convertible into any future issue. This announcement was made tonight by Secretary McAdoo with the comment that the great events now happening in France must fire the soul of every American with a new determination to furnish all the dollars and all the material resources of America that are needed to put an end to the execrable atrocities of German militarism.

DAUGHTER FOUND IN COLLEGE

j Search of Fifteen Years Reaches a Happy Ending. Covington, Ind., March 23. —A strange and interesting case came ito light here yesterday which j brought great happiness to a father, mother and daughter and a happy reunion after fifteen years’ parting. I Joseph Boyer and wife now live jat Veedersburg. Fifteen years ago .they separated while living at Goodland, Indiana. They had four chiljdren, and after the separation the j children were sent to an orphans’ Ihoffle. Mabel, then five years old, ■ was adopted by Mr. and Mrs. Albe. t Pepple of Laotto, Ind. Finally a reconciliation was effected between i Mr. and Mrs. Boyer, and they established a home in Veedersburg, I and the children, with the excepi tion of Mabel, returned to them. They were never able to find any trace of this child until recently, when they enlisted the aid of the state board of charities. The father learned there was a girl attending Manchester college who might be his daughter. He was attracted by the name of Mabel B. Pepple. It was found that she was twenty years old, and that her father’s name was Albert Pepple of Laotto. She was at home on a vacation.

Boyer visited the Pepple home and found the girl was his daughter. Her foster parents are in good circumstances, and are greatly attached to their adopted daughter. Mr. and Mrs. Boyer take a sensible view of the matter, and after assuring their daughter that she would always receive a loving welcome home, told her to remain with her foster parents if she was contented.

NOTED POULTRYMEN TO SPEAK

A series of educational meetings will be held in different parts of ( Jasper county this week to give j definite information in the proper methods of handling farm poultry. These meetings will be. held under the auspices of the Poultry Committee of the Better Farming association and will be addressed by [some of the leading poultry men of the county. The following schedule has been arranged: Tuesday, March 26, Wheatfield hall. Thursday. March 28, Parr Communitv club. Friday, March 29, Independence I church, Gillam township. Saturday, March 30, Union school, Jordan township. Jesse Snyder, chairman of the committee, has received several reels of films from the government which he expects to use to illustrate the talks. The motion pictures will deal with the practical problems of poultry production. “We need at this time definite and practical information on MQW

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PROCEEDINGS OF CITY COUNCIL

Salary of Nightwatch Will Probably Be Increased. At the regular meeting of the city council Monday evening all members were present except Councilman Warner. Not much was done other than allow the regular grist of claims. The city attorney was instructed to prepare an ordinance fixing the salary of the nightwatch. It is now S6O per month, and it will probably be raised to $75 or SBO, it is understood. The city attorney was also instructed to prepare an ordinance requiring property owners to cut the sod on each side of their sidewalks to a depth of three inches and a width of six Inches. This move is one that The Democrat has advocated for the past ten years, as by cutting small trenches at the sides of the walk the water will run off freely instead of being held on the walk by the sod at the side. However, no ditches six inches wide should be cut. Three to four Inches wide and two to three Inches deep is a plenty and do not disfigure the appearance of property as would be the case if the large size channels are adopted.

SAYS JASPER COUNTY IS LOW

State Board Thinks Personal Property Assessment Is. Too Small. County Assessor G. L. Thornton has received a letter from the Tnoiana State Board of Tax Commissioners advising himi that the schedule of assessments for personal property in Jasper county was too low, being below the average of other counties in the state, and suggesting that the same be increased. The letter follows: We have your report on personal property averages. We think you are low on every item except perhaps the item of cattle and farm implements, and possibly household goods, which is a little lower than we had expected. We would like for you to raise your assessment on horses, : which you report at $67. DeKalb county reports an average of sll7 |on horses: Delaware S9O; FounI tain $81; Grant SB2 ; Franklin $81; Kosciuskr S9O; Lake S9B; Putnam SB3; Tipton SB4; Wabash $lO3, and Wayne $92. We give you these figures so that you may see what you have to work to. In the (matter of hogs and sheep, which you have placed at $9 each, I we think the assessment on each of these classes of property should

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MRS. BERTHA O’NEAL DEAD

Passed Away at County Hospital Saturday Evening. Mrs. Bertha O’Neal, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Parcels of this city, died at the county hospital Saturday evening about 8:30 o’clock following an operation for tumor. Mrs. O’Neal was born in this city on September 1, 1878, and was therefore thirty-nine years, six months and twenty-one days of age at the time of her death, much of which time has been spent in Rensselaer. On August 14, 1899, deceased was united in marriage to John H. O’Neal of Indianapolis, in which city they had since resided most of the time except the past five months when they had been living at the Hotel Lahr in Lafayette, where Mr. O'Neal was working as a state field examiner.

Mrs. O’Neal had not been very , well for some little time and on ilast Thursday came to Rensselaer to visit her parents. On Saturday morning she was taken very sick and was at once taken to the hospital, a specialist called and everything possible done to save her life, although little hope was entertainer for her recovery. She is survived by her hus'band, one daughter, Sara Alice, her parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Parcels, and two brothers, Fred of St. Louis, Missouri and Rue of Amarilla, Texas. Funeral services will be held at the Christian, church today at 2 p. an., conducted by Rev. Asa McDaniel, and burial made in Weeton cfemetery.

STORE BURNED AT McCOYSBURG

Fire of unknown origin destroyed the general store at McCoysburg, owned by Washington Cook, at about 11 a. a». Saturday. The entire building and contents were destroyed except a small portion of dry goods. The loss is partially covered by insurance.

GREATEST OF BATTLES OF THE PRESENT WAR

Still Raging On Western Front —British Army Forced Slowly Backward. FEARFUL PRICE PAID BY HUNS As Every Foot of Ground Is Being Contested andSDead Lie In Heaps. ADVANCE OF GERMANS IS CHECKED Weight of Numbers Is Forcing Defenders to Slowly Give Up Ground. With the British Anny in France, March 25. —This has been another day of most desperate and sanguinary fighting along the whole front of the new battle zone. In fact in the northern sector there has been no cessation in the awful work since Sunday morning. The Germans have continued to hurl great forces of infantry into the conflict, depending largely on weight of numbers to overcome the increasing opposition offered by the heroically resisting British. Near the center of the line to the south, a strong attempt is being made by the invaders to extend the long narrow salient which they had pushed in south of Bapaume, near Lapgueval—famous in the annals of the battle of the Somme. These places were again the scene of shambles in which the British machine gunners and rifleman exacted a terrible toll of death from the closely pressing enemy. Still further south the Germans were pounding the front hard in an endeavor to push on and get a firm grip on Nesle and swing the British right flank back while the determined defenders were battling doggedly to force the enemy back and reclaim the positions previously held by them along the river. The decision at all of these centers is yet In abeyance so far as known at this time and the struggle goes on with unabated fury. The resistance of the British right wing has been particularly spectacular. On Saturday the Germans essayed the crossing of the Somme on rafts in the Nesle sector but these expeditionary forces were caught in a hail of artillery, machine gun and rifle fire, and virtually wiped out.

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DISTRICT MEETING OF REDMEN

Many Prominent State Officers of Order Will Be Here Today. The district meeting of the Independent Order of Redmen for the district including Gary, Winamac, Monon, Monticello, Wolcott and Kentland will be held i»- Rensselaer today, Wednesday, March 27. The Great Chiefs of Indiana who will be present are: Great Sachem James S. Wright of Vevay; Great Senior Sagamore W. II- Eiohorn of Bluffton; Great Junior Sagamore John W. Underwood of Bedford; Great Prophet C. E. Crawford of Frankfort; Great Chief of Records Arch H. Hobbs of Indianapolis; Great Keeper of Wampum Miles S. Cox of Rushville. A class of candidates will be adopted in the evening.

NOTICE The Redmen district meeting will be held in the Odd Fellows’ hall Wednesday, March 27. All members are urged— to be present at both afternoon and evening meetings.—BY ORDER OF SACHEM.

DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS IN UNION

A meeting will be held at Centar school house in Union township on Friday evening, March 29, at 7:30 o’clock, for the punpose of discussing candidates for township office and such other matters as may properly come before the meeting, and as many Democrats of the township as can do so are urged to attend.

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