Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 103, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 March 1918 — Page 2

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HE JIM Ml DMOCmi F. E. BABCOCK, Publisher OFFICIAL DEMOCRATIC PAPER OF JASPER COUNTY Long Distance Telephone* Office 315 Residence *ll Entered as Second-Class Ma.II Matter June 8, 1908, at the postoffice at Rensselaer, Indiana, under the Act of March *, 1879. Published Wednesday and Saturday. The Only All Home-Print Newspaper in Jasper County. ADVERTISING RATES Display ... ........ 12%c Inch Display, special position.. 15c Inch Readers, per line first insertion.. 5c Readers, per line add. laser.... 3c Want Ads—l cent per word each insertion; minimum 25c. Special price If run one or mure months. Cash must accompany order unless advertiser has open accounL Card of Thanks—Not te 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. WEDNESDAY, MAR. 27, 1918

CANDIDATES ANNOUNCEMENTS.

FOK SHERIFF. Editor Democrat—Please announce my name as a candidate for Sheriff of Jasper county on the Democratic ticket, subject to the Primary Election. JOHN GUSS, Union Township. FOR CORONER. Editor Democrat—Please announce my name as a candidate for Coroner of Jasper county on the Democratic ticket, subject to the primary election. LEO O. WORLAND. Marion Township.

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The following editorial from the Indianapolis Star sums up the military situation in France in a way as to* encourage those who would make permanent defeat from what is no doubt only temporary reverses. That the situation is Critical and demands the extreme utmost effort from every American as well as our allies, can not and need not be denied, but, as the Star says, there is no real cause for feeling deeply depressed. The editorial is as follows: . The German drive on the west front is developing great intensity and is netting the enemy some gains in prisoners, munitions and area, but it should not be taken too seriously in this country. There is no occasion for throwing up hands in despair and assuming that defeat is just ahead, for it is not. The enemy is making the supreme effort of the war. He is risking all on this one great attempt at forcing a 001111317 decision, and unless he j gains that he will register a crush-, ing defeat. The people in central Europe have been buoyed up on stories of what would happen when Hinden- | burg was ready to strike on thei

west front. The recent debacle in Russia and the seizure of the western part of that empire have been held out to the Teutonic populace as further evidence that the German amis are invincible. The people behind the lines have been encouraged and induced to believe that the war will soon be over as a result of a crushing defeat to be delivered against the allies on the west front. Hindenburg has to make good or admit to his own people that Germany can not win. In furtherance of that program, and it is the only thing open to the Hohenzollerns and junkers if they would retain their prestige and positions, Hindenburg has launched a drive behind -which lie has massed every man and every gun Germany can bring to bear effectively. It is not at all surprising that he makes some progress. No man can stand in front of a cannon, and it was to be expected that the allies would yield ground at some points. That had been discounted in advance by military experts who looked into the future.

The thing to bear in mind is that it is too early yet to say what will develop, but it not too soon to realize that there is no occasion for alarm or pessimism. The Germans spent a summer and half a million men pounding away at Verdun. They advanced and took prisoners, but were foiled in the end. They made a drive into Italy recently that seemed to threaten the overthrow of that country, and weie stopped before they reached Venice. Nearlv four years ago they were within gunshot of Paris and were turned back. The allies have not been taken by surprise on the west front. They , have been preparing for such an offensive. Of course, they could not foresee just where the enemy would strike or what would develop at particular points along the line iof attack. But, in a large way, the allies are ready', and may be expected to give a good account of themselves. The battle probably will continue for days and may go on for weeks. We must expect reverses and gloomy days, but there is no reason to believe that we shall not triumph in the end. I The enemy is sacrificing his men by the tens of thousands. He can not keep that up indefinitely, and we can continue indefinitely to fight a defensive battle, yielding where holding would entail a price out of 1 proportion to any gain that might >be expected. The Germans can not j keep up an unsuccessful attack without incurring defeat. Another Verdun battle on a large scale would be an overwhelming allied victory. Hindenburg and the Hohenzolle.rns know that and are risking all. It is their supreme effort and probably the turning point in * the war. The average American is likely to become confused by the different lines of advide being given him j these days. First he is told that ihe must not curtail business, must , not draw in on expenditures, but ! that the success of the Allied cause can only be assured by keeping business normal. He is assured that business stagnation would be fatal to our plans, and must not [be permitted. On the other hand, he is urged to save, save, save. I This for the purpose of loaning to his government. There is a homejly old saying that “one can’t eat his cake and have it.” Americans ! would seem to be up against just I such a proposition—they cannot save and spend at one and the .same time. There must be a sensible medium somewhere; We must

keep business moving, of that there f can be no doubt, and this very naturally presupposes something like normal habits of life. On the other hand, we must also save, to meet the many calls upon us. If there is a Solomon among us, it ‘ seems about time he should come to the judgment. That message of sympathy from President Wilson to the people of Russia was not only the expression •of the sentiment of the American people, but rather a master stroke of policy as well. Lenine and his kind have never represented the masses of the people of Russia, and it is not beyond the bounds of possibility that her teeming millions may yet develop a Moses who will ’ lead them from German bondage ‘ to the light and liberty of the free peoples of the earth.

EDITORIAL PARAGRAPHS

When Billy Sunday finishes in Chicago he will go to France. Bihy needs rest and quiet. Boston is to have whale meat. It is hoped the whale won’t crowd the humble bean off the platter. We have permission to eat mutton. But how are we going to get the mutton unless we eat the dog that ate the sheep? That fellow who married his mother-in-law in oirder to avoid the draft, evidently wasn’t suffering from, any want of courage. Maryland voted for nation-wide prohibition but decided to keep her supply of booze on hand in a friendly effort to quench those Washington thirsts. The profiteers seem to have rounded up all the food. Now let the government—round up the -profiteers and we’ll have the yeggs with the goods on them l . Since Uncle Sam has taken over the railroads he can sympathize with the fellow who buys a secondhand car. It’s not in the original cost, it’s in the upkeep. Little Finland asked for a son of the kaiser as her ruler, and the kaiser sent his armies ahead to ba sure of the right kind of a reception for the kid. The kaiser is wise—the kid might get lost. Dispatches state that in Petrograd there are pending 38,000 petitions for divorce. And we’ll bet our last summer's hat they are mostly filed by the women. Mighty few women can love a coward. All honor to Captain Archie Roosevelt! That honorable wound, I received while bravely battling at the front, will go a long way toward reconciling the people here at home to any little ■peculiarities they may not like about the Colonel.

That Eastern fellow who was convicted of assault and fined for kissing his wife against her will, evidently never heard the’ old adage, “When a woman will, she will, you may depend on’t; and when she won’t, she< won’t, and there’s an end on’t.” victor Berger, in his candidacy for United States senator, demands the recall of our troops from France. Couldn't somebody get Victor to do some electioneering over in Canada? Those Canadians have a mighty convincing way of answering-! arguments of that kind. Mrs. Lena Guilbert Ford, author of the immortal song, ‘.‘Keep the Home Fires Burning,” was killed in a German air w raid on London. Mrs. Ford was an American, and never fear but Americans will keep the home fires burning, and our poet’s song and her tragic fate will add fuel to the flames. When Secretary of War Baker was under investigation, among the criticisms leveled at his administration was that he and the war were 3,000 miles apart. The Secretary answered every other criticism to the satisfaction of the country, and then went to France. He is now in close personal touch with the war, and it is hoped his critics are satisfied and will go to boosting. Work is what is needed, anyway, not criticism. -

PHILOSOPHY OF WALT MASON

The winter nearly killed me off: it gave me grip and whooping cough, the .mumps, the measles and the itch, the rheumatiz and gout and sich. I’m thankful that I have survived- —the circus season has arrived! Today the first show came to town; it took three men to hold me down. For always when the circus comes, the ancient blood within me hums. I never weary of its sights, its atmosphere and ra-e delights. I love the grand free street parade, I love the lukewarm lemonade, the gymnasts, india-rub-ber men, the crocodiles from distant fen, the lovely girls with diadems composed of sparkling plate glass gems. I love the tigers in their cage, moth eaten lions in a rage, the camels with their hilly backs,

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the snakes, the warthogs and the I yaks. I love the wild hyena’s yell, I love the good old circus smell; there’s nothing like that fine rich . scent outside the canvas circus | tent. The same old fragrance that ,1 knew in youth, when all my skies were blue, and I played hookey that imy eyes might see the tented para' dise. And when I hear the circus growl, the mingled groan and roar s and howl, the bark, the mutter and the whine, the same old thrill runs u p my spine. ——— -

Winner, S. D., March 17, 1918. Dear folks at home; Spring is upon the far West and the farmers are all busy getting ready for the long summer’s toil. They are stirring the soil and will be sowing seed in a few days. We have some fine weather and had a fine rain the other night that puts the ground in fine shape. There will be thousands of bushels of spring wheat sown, also a large acreage of barley and oats, and the cattle are coming in carloads to be distributed over the ranches. The spring birds are coming in and the small lakes are covered with ducks and geese. They are now making the second quota draw here for the boys to go to camp. This letter leaves us all well and hope in finds all the same in Jasper. DAVE PEER. p. S. —Find enclosed $2 for subscription for your paper, and if you have any bargains of other papers with your paper, please favor us with same. — c

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Eggs for Hatching—Dark Cornish, $1.25 at house, $1.50 by mail or express for setting of 15 eggs.—J. H. HOOVER, 107 Cedar St, phone 476-Green, Rensselaer, Ind. m-27 Timothy Seed —New, homd-grown timothy seed for sale.—Phone 337, JAMES E. WALTER, Mgr., J. J. Lawler lands, Rensselaer. ts Butter Wrappers—Vegetable parchment butter wrappers in any quantity desired, either plain or printed, at The Democrat Office, ts For Sale —250 bushels good homegrown blue and white tested seed corn, averaging 90 per cent or better, an early maturing variety, good yielder.—JAMES E. BRITT, Parr, R-l, phone 923-B. ts For Said —Now is the time to secure your Ban-red Rock eggs; the best you can get for $2.50 per setting of 15 eggs; also Mammoth Pekin duck at $1.50 per setting of 11 eggs.— a. D. HERSHMAN, Medaryville, Indiana. a-6 Corn to Plant —Corn that will do to plant—-some 1916, some 1917, either white or yellow; rather early. Corn has been inspected ear by ear, and shows a good test. Old $7, new $6 per bu. A limited amount. —F. A. HAYS, Spencer, Indiana. a-1 For Sale—Two dozen fine hens, full-blood Plymouth Rocks and Buff Orpingtons. Can be sold only to farmers or others who desire to keep them until after the breeding season at least.—O. K. RITCHEY, phone 618. m-27 For Sale —Overland roadster, just been overhauled and in good running order; good tires all around. Car has not been run to exceed 4,000 miles.—See M. KUBOSKE, at Kuboske’s garage. ts For Sale—As I have! been drafted I wish to dispose of my stallion barn, lots, and four stallions, 1 Belgian and 3 Percherons, at Remington.—GEOßGE W. KNOCKEL, Remington, Ind., phone 193. a-1 For Sale —A Webster’s New Inter. national Dictionary, almost new and very little soiled, sheep binding and good paper. Publisher's price sl2; will sell for $8 cash. —* JASPER COUNTY DEMOCRAT.

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For Sale — Shorthorn bull, calved Sept. 10, 1915. Sire, General Count 420241. Sire, Secret Count 334085. Not breachy and of a quiet disposition. Aino a fresh milch cow. —JAMES W. AMSLER, Rensselaer, phone 933-B. For Sale —Modern residence, property of the late Mary G. Adams, located two blocks south of court house, corner of Vanßensselaer and Grace streets. Terms reasonable. — Write ROBERT McELHOES, Monticello, Indiana. a-1 Typewriter Ribbons —The Democrat carries in stock In its fancy stationery department the famous Nedich make of ribbons for nearly all the standard makes of typewriters. Price 75c each. Will be sent by mail prepaid to any address on receipt of price. tl 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 otjier out-building*, etc. Ground alone Is worth price asked for entire property. Terms if desired. For further particular* call lor address B. care THE DEMOCRAT. For Sale——6oo-a ere 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 21$ or 499. ts

For Sale—B-ply Litho Blanks. We have on hand several hundred sheets 22x28 8-ply litho blanks, coated 2 sides, that we will sell in lots of 50 or more at $6 per 100, which is less than cost a year ago. This board was ordered for a special purpose, but customer changed order and it was not used. Is put up in 50-sheet packages and has not been broken. —THE DEMOCRAT. ts

FOR RENT ‘ For Rent—Good 10-room house, electric lights, city water, bath, etc., good garden, garage and barn combined, one block from conrt house, very reasonable rent For further information call THE DEMOCRAT, phone 315. ts Pasture—We hare plenty of good pasture for the season near Fair Oaks. Horses $1.50 per month: cattle $1.25 per month. Horses must be marked and cattle branded. Will care for stock from May 1 to November 1. —JAMES E. WALTER. Mgr. J. J. Lawler lands, phone 337, Rensselaer, Ind. ts WANTED Wanted —Job <‘n farm by single man, experienced, aged 18. — EARL GORDON, Rensselaer, m-27 Wanted—A 1-5-year-old boy for chore work. Good wages. CaJU go to work at once. Phone 913-0. — S. A. ARNOLD. Lawn Mowers sharpened Call on D. E. Hollister in rear of poultry house, opp. McKay’s laundry, for your lawn mower sharpening. m-27 Wanted—To buy a good milch cow, must be young, not over 5 or 6 years old, and gentle.—O. K. RITCHEY, phone 618. m-27 Wanted—To buy some good rice popcorn. Must be dry and guaranteed to pop. Bring sgpaple and price —J. J. MONTGOMERY. a-1 False Teeth—We 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

Wanted—Will pay cash for 1915* ’l6 or ’l7 Ford touring car; must be in good mechanical condition and ready to run.—C. McCULLEY, Remington, Indiana. m-26 MISCELLANEOUS Storage—l have two rooms for storage of light household or othee goods in The Democrat building, Terms reasonable. —F. E. BAB COCK. Phone 315 or 311. 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. tl FINANCIAL Money to Loan.—CHAS. J. DEAN * SON, Odd Fellows, Building. Rensselaer. tl Money to Loan—s per cent fans loans.—JOHN A. DUNLAP. tl Mutual Insurance—Hie and Lightning. Also state cyclone. Inquire of M. I. ADAMS. Phone 533-L. tl Farm loans- Money to loan on farm property In any sums up to SIO.OOO. —E. P. HONAN. I Uvl lllb Without Charges fag w [Making ar