Jasper County Democrat, Volume 21, Number 11, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 May 1918 — Page 2

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IK JBSPER COOlin own F. E. BABCOCK, Publisher OFFICIAL DEMOCRATIC PAPER OF JASPER COUNTY Long Distance Telephones Office 315 Residence 111 Entered as Second-Class Mall Matter June 8, 1908, at the postoffice at Rensselaer, Indiana, under the Act of March t, 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..sc 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 ta exceed ten lines, 50c. Cash with order. No advertisements accepted for the first page. All accounts due and payable first of month following publication, except want ads and cards of thanks, which are cash with order. WEDNESDAY, MAY 8, 1918

NOTICE OF REORGANIZATION Notice is hereby given that the newly elected Democratic Precinct Committeemen of Jasper county will meet in Rensselaer, in the east court room of the court house, at 2 p. m., on Saturday, May 1918, for the purpose of electing a county chairman, secretary and treasurer of the Democratic County Central Committee of Jasper county, and to transact such other business as may -"properly come before the meeting. FRANK WELSH, ' ' S Chairman. GEORGE E. COLLINS, Secretary.

THE HOUSE DIVIDED

“A (house divided against itself can not stand.” • . The words are true in all ages and with all peoples. x That failure will invariably follow disunion., is as- certain as that success results from unity of purpose and action. - b'ortu na te indeed is that town that is blessed with a citizenship that can come together as a unit whenever the town’s interest calls. It argues well for the breadth of mind of its citizens that they can see beyond their purely personal affairs and catch a view of prosperity in the large. But the real cause of disunion in the average town is not that its citizens are so deeply engrossed .in their own personal affairs, but that one is jealous and envious of another, one clique suspicious and distrustful of another. Not only this, but each is really willing to forego any advancement if by so doing the other may be thwarted. This is a deplorable state for any town to \fall into. It is sure

death to all progress, and not only that, but is invariably the direct cause of that town being left behind in the march of progress. We are well aware that all communities have their factions and their divisions of sentiment and interests. We are equally certain that this fact need in nowise deter the town from seizing every opportunity to further its interests in every available way. If men could once be brought to see that by thwarting the interests of the town through their opposition to a faction, they were injuring themselves vastly more than they .were injuring their community, surely they | would take a different view of things. The man who deliberately stands in the way of his community’s pro- ' gress is disloyal. Just now this word has an ugly sound, but we can use no other, because no other so well fits the offense. Placed in . broader circumstances, the offense would be magnified. No man’s personal interest and no man’s personal animosities can for a moment weigh in the scale with the welfare , of his community, and the man who permits them to do so is as truly disloyal as the man who "deliberately plots against his country in the large. There is a difference only in the magnitude of the offense. Fortunate indeed is that town which, . when any move affecting the general welfare is being considered, can drop its factional disputes and put a united shoulder to the wheel in the public interest. No man has the right to inflict his personal grievances on his community and compel it to suffer because of his own sore toe. Yet this is just what he does when he is not willing to join in with “the other side’’ in every matter that is patently for the advancement of the community interest. We have said that all towns have factions. Towns will always have them. This does not ihean~ that the town’s progress is retarded ny..them. in many cases the, factions serve but to stimulate rivalry in achievement. Where this is the case they are beneficial. A wholesome slogan for any Town would be: “Go after in opportunity and land it; then if we must sr rap, let it be oyer a divis'on of the spoils.”

INDEPENDENT OF GERMANY

The people of this country have a lively recollection of the days following the outbreak of the war in Europe, when the German ships wefe driven from the seas and imports into this country from Germany ceased. The distress in many lines of industry emphasized .the extent to which we had to depend, upon German-made products. Who cannot recall the occasion of the submarine running the blockade with a cargo of dyes, and with what joy wCre received in this country? C The war awoke u< to the humiliating fact that this country name far short of being self-sustaining. It demonstrated to us that without the goods of other countries. Ger-

many especially, industrial and social life in America was badly crippled. But the war has another effect. It has caused us to seek out the lines of endeavor in which we were deficient and to set about to remedy that deficiency. This we are doing more fully as time passes. For instance, we hear no more complaint of the scarcity or inferiority of dyestuffs, from the fact that American-made dyestuffs have fully taken the place of the German article, and appear to be giving general satisfaction. General chemistry is .also a line in which we have heretofore rePed almost wholly on Germany, this from the fact that American chemists were not willing to undergo the rigorous study and research necessary to attain high standing in that lihe. But this too is fast being changed, and in a vmy short time, if not already, American chemists will be fully tl?b equals of any in the world.

In fact, we are just now waking up to the fact that there are a number of lines of industry, wherein we have heretofore been content to -rely upon other peoples, that, If we are to maintain our position among the nations, we must master and conduct for ourselves. We have been too deeply absorbed in what we termed the big things of life, and many smaller matters that, nevertheless, play an important part in the economy of life, have been neglected. If the war, viewed purely from an industrial or commercfal standpoint, shall have caused us to stop and gather up the loose ends of/industry, it will at least not have been all bad.

There should be special efforts in every community of the country this season looking to closer co-op-eration in the drive for food production. American farmers, live stock breeders and truckers should abandon the old hit-and-miss custom of operating every man for himself, get together, discuss the question of production with intelligence, and all pull together for a common object. The needs of the community should be developed and provided for. Where it is clearly seen that any particular crop must be increased or resort to shipping in from other points, this crop should be promptly speeded up. This Is imperative if we are to comply with the government’s request to draw as lightly as possible on transportation . facilities. The government has urgent need for every available freight car in the country. If the farmers of the various communities can provide for the annual needs of their respective centers, this will help greatly in releasing cars for government needs. Each community should also develop a fairly accurate estimate of the probable ! amount of any supplies it will have 1 for export. The communities that attend to these matters will be the wide-awake centers, and will profit largely by their care.

The state board of medical examiners of Tennessee have recently taken action that will attract na-tion-wide attention, when that body revoked the licenses of four physicians convicted of violating the Harrison anti-narcotic law. Tennessee was up against the fact that so long as these physicians retained their state licenses, the federal authorities hand no power to refuse license. As the violations of the anti-narcotic laws had become flagrant in that state, the authorities determined on drastic measures and i revoked the liceses. The action was | taken on recommendation of fedi eral authorities who sought a legal I cause to revoke the federal licenses. | The outcome of the action will be | watched with great interest all over | the country, as, if the action is in accord with state and national law, the country will -have been shown a practical means >of combating this great evil.

Happy Hooligan is in China, and it is a great pity he couldn’t have taken his brother, Gloomy Gus, with him. We meet him on every corner. He is in evidence wherever men foregather, and his pessimistic forebodings are as a wet blanket on the brightest enthusiasm.. He just knowswe will soon be fighting the Huns from our shores. He can sees no cause for satisfaction in the magnificent stand of the allies in Flanders, but sees the German hordes already pouring over fair France. He bemoans the slowness of this country’, but it is noticeable that he has done nothing to speed up operations, not even to the purchasing of a thrift stamp. He is a veritable rain crow, and as it is not permissible to kill him, he should be caged.

An armload of old newspapers to» nickel at The Democrat office.

THE TWICE-A-WEEK DEMOCRAT

EDITORIAL PARAGRAPHS

The wheels of the Russian war machine are accomplishing many revolutions. I The golf drive is near being driven out by the more prominent ' drives this season. | Alcoholic spirits have taken a back seat. Patriotic spirit is the national stimulant these days. • Congress has made a hundred 1 millionp people get up an hour ' earlier, but it has not affected . a i single rooster. ; The market basket is an'old and valued member of the community, but it has only recently taken its place in high society. Guatemala has now’ Joined the allies. Guatemala has a large supply of “shock" troops .that would 'prove effective if we could get them over there. z — z Now we are told that our own Charlie Chaplin is to defend a suit ' for breach of promise, thus demoni strating there is not harmony even among the stars. „ Considering the assuidity -and i unanimity and strenuosity' - with j which the Colonel is sawing wood, all fear of a fuel fAmine next winter should be dissipated. It's an ill wind that blows nobody good. The draft that wafted Grover Alexander away from the Cubs has probably supplied Uncle Sam with an excellent bomb thrower. It is said that when Lenine finishes his work in Russia he will come over here. And shortly after his landing. we predict a scarcity of feather pillows in his immediate neighborhood. Last year’s Cornell football team is going into tank service. They will use the ordinary tank armament and weapons. But these may not be necessary, for the football yell is likely to scare the enemy to death

“England’s spawn—America,” is the way the kaiser refers to us, adding that when he shall have crushed the parent he will turn his attention to the offspring. While we prefer a more euphonious term, we cheerfully acknowledge the relationship. England being the mother country, of the larger majority of Americans, will nerve us all the more to cru^h' the fearful thing aimed at her vitals. Germany will yet have cause to respect the power of the “spawn.” It is growing fast.

PHILOSOPHY OF WALT MASON

Of course you'll list, to every yarn that fepeaks of siege and battle, but don’t forget to paint the barn and feed the hogs and cattle. Anon you'll pause to criticise the latest war maneuver, but don't forget to swat th© flies and mind the rules of Hoover. We mustn't overlook the chores that keep the pulleys turning, because a distant cannon roars, and battlefires are burning. With me you will in gladness jump when Prussian strength seems dwindling, but don’t forget to prime the pump and carry in some kindling. V e have to keep things moving on in times of stress and panic just as they moved before the dawn of warfare most titanifc. Our sacred bulwarks we betray if we stand idly yawping, instead of raising greens "and hay, and corn for future popping. Oh, come, let’s plant our Burbank peas, and hoe the fragrant lettuce, then talk of scraps across the seas and gains that they will net us. Come, let us prune the hardy squash, remove the weeds and boulders, then wade around in gore, kerslosh, up to our waists and shoulders. We have to feed the allied hosts, and stop Bill's submarining, so let us quit the hitching I posts on which we have been leaning.

The despised “mud dauber,” a well-known species of wasp, is credited with saving a fine crop of tomatoes and other vegetables on the farm of Thomas Egler, a local farmer, according to the New Orleans Picayune. Observation showed that only overripe fruit was punctured by the insect and that the wasp kept the plant clear of every kind of insect and caterpillar pest during a trying season. The inherent tendency of the wasp to transfer real estate to the kitchen and parlor ceiling was thwarted oy screening the windows, and the success was that Mr. Egler intends to consult the department of entomology as to the best means of encouraging wie highly useful but unappreciated insect. A Southern man tells of a colored mother, living in a country district of Georgia, who was induced by her ten-year-old child to take him to the circus in a town near their home. She borrowed a wagon and a mule and set out with her off-

spring for the circus. The roads were bad —it had rained —and the youngster was frightfully fidgety. Finally the tired mother exclaimed: “See heah, you Erasmus! Yo set still! I’ve druv yo’ ten miles to enj'y dis circus an’ you shall enj’y it es I has to pull ebery hair out er yo’ haid!” —Everybody’s Magazine. The Democrat’s fancy stationery department is the economical place to buy your correspondence needs.

DITCH NOTICE

Notice of Filing of Supplemental Petition. 1 State of Indiana, County of Jasper, SS:* In the Commissioners’ Court, to June Term, 1918. 'ln the Matter of the Petition for a Public Drain by William Folger, et al. To the First National Bank of Belvidere, Alex Blitstein, George A. Baker, Granville Moody, Ed. Oliver, I Thomas M. Callahan, F. H. Hurley and David L. Richard. You and each of you are hereby i notified that on the 4th day of September, 1917, William Folger and others filed in the office of the codnty auditor of Jasper county, . Indiana, their supplemental petition in duplicate and a bond for costs, ■which said supplemental petition lasks for the construction of a ditch for the purpose of draining the lands of the petitioners aftd which 1 are shown by the transfer books in i the office of Jasper county, Indiana, to belong to you and ' which lands likely to be affected by said proposed improvement are described in said petition. Commencing at a point about twenty (20) rods east of the cen- . ter of section nineteen (19) town-

, ship thirty (30) north, range five (5) west, of Jasper county, Indiana, I and running thence south a distance of about one hundred forty (140) rods intersecting the line of an existing open ditch, from thence . westerly following the line of said open ditch a distance of about one- ! half (u) mile to the northeast cor- • ner of” section twenty-five (25), l township thirty (30) north, range Isix (6) west, from thence following the line of said open ditch southwesterly to the center of said section twenty-five (25), thence westI erly following The line of said open 1 ditch to the north and south high- | way designated at the source of the proposed Folger ditch, which is 1100 feet south and 40 feet west 'of the northeast corner of section | thirty-four (34), township thirty | (30) north, range six (6) west, in I Barkley township, Jasper county, . Indiana. I You and each of you are further (notified that the petitioners have fixed as the day of the docketing Thereof the 4th day of June, 1918. WILLIAM FOLGER, ET AL, Petitioners. John A. Dunlap, Attorney for Petitioners, m 8-15

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FOR SALE For Sale —Nice tomato and Cabbage plants.—DAVlD STONER, Phone 913-D. mil For Sale— Building lot two blocks from court house. All improvements in.—GEO. F. MEYERS. ts For Sale —Cow, one-horse wagon, top buggy.—EAßL GROSS, 5% miles north of Rensselaer, R-2. m-8 For Sale —White Leghorn eggs for hatching. Also day old chicks. —RUSSELL VAN HOOK, phone 938-A. m-7 For Sale —About 4 tons good timothy hay in barn. —JAMES H. BRITT, Parr, Ind., R-l, phone 923-B. J.' m-10 Cane Seed for Sale —I have a quantity Of sugar cane seed for sale. —J. C. BORNTRAGER, phone 929A, Rensselaer. m-11 For Sale—Barred Plymouth Rock eggs for hatching.—MßS. M. I. ADAMS, phone 933-L. ts For Sale —Rock Island corn planter with 80 rods of wire. Guaranteed to be in good running order. Will sell worth the money.—JOE ZICKMUND, (Mt. Ayr exchange phone 92-M. m-11 For Sale—Cream separator, will guarantee it to do No. 1 work; reason for selling, am leaving for training; also 3 tons timothy hay in barn, will sell at $23 per ton if taken by May B.—-ALFRED LONGSTRETH, phone 939-H. m-6 Butter Wrappers—Vegetable parchment butter wrappers In any quantity desired, either plain er printed, at The Democrat Office, ts For Sale—One pure-bred Shorthorn bull, 5 years old; 1 grade Shorthorn bull, coming 2-year-old; 3 grade Shorthorn heifers. —GRANT SUTTON, Fair Oaks, Ind., R-2. j-1 Registered Hogs for Sale —I have for sale five registered Hampshire boars. Exceptionaaly fiho breeding. General Allen stock.

WEDNESDAY, MAY 8, 1918

Write me at Kentland or call at farm near 1 Enos, Indiana. —HUME ■ L. SAMMONS, Kentland, Indiana. For Sale —Brand-new “Quick Meal”. 3-burner gasoline stove at much less than cost,-—-T. A.' CROCKETT, phone 490-White. J-6 For Sale —-250 bushels good homegrown blue and white tested seed corn, averaging 9 0 per cent or better, an early maturing variety, good yielder.—JAMES E. BRITT, Parr, R-l, phone 923-B. ts For Sale—A Webster’s New International Dictionary, Almost new and very little soiled, sheep binding and good paper, publisher’s price sl2; wKI sell for $8 cash.— JASPER COUNTY DEMOCRAT. Second-Hand Typewriters One Smith Premier No. 10, with tabulator, back spacer, wholly visible, one or two-color ribbon, a machine practically good as -new in every way, S4O; two Smith Premiers No. 2, both in excellent condition and wil/ do as good work as ever. ; Priced S2O and $25. —THE DEMO- | CRAT. 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-buildlngs. etc. Ground alone is worth price 'asked for entire property. jJ'erms if desired. For further particulars call or address B. care THE DEMOCRAT. For Sale—Overland roadster, just i 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 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. 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 2id or 499. tt

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 pEMOCRAT. ts WANTED Wanted At Once!—Lady cook, dle-aged lady preferred.—THE REAMES’ CAFE, Morocco. m-10 Wanted—Middle aged lady sos housekeeper for Norman Warner. Apply at WARNER BROS.’ Hardware Store. tl Cream Wanted —Have recently begun buying cream at Parr and will pay best prices. Also have 1 5-year-old mare, wt. about 1100, in foal, and some shoats and brood sows for sale.—J. S. LAKIN, Parr, Ind., phone 932-G. ts FOR RENT For Rent—House, outbuildings and garden on farm. Cheap rent. Possession at once.—GEORGE F. MEYERS. ts Pasture to Rent—By head.—G. KIMBERLIN, Rensselaer, R-l, the old Baker farm. m-14 Pasture—-We have 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 I.—JAMES E. WALTER, Mgr. J. J. Lawler lands, phone 337, Rensselaer, Ind. ts

LOST Lost—3ox3casing with demountable wheel - off 1918 Maxwell. Notify J. S.- C9HEN, care Main Garage. , m-9 Lost—A crank to automobile between my place and Rensselaer. Finder please leave at Democrat office or notify A. M. YEOMAN, Rensselaer, R-3. m-4 FOUND Found —Between Rensselaer and Mt. Ayr, Tuesday last, an automobile tire.—ALEX HURLEY, Rensselaer, phone 128-White. m-11 MISCELLANEOUS Storage—l have two rooms for storage of light household or othej goods in The Democrat building, Terms reasonable.—F. E. BAB COCK. Phone 315 or 311. FINANCIAL ~ Money to Loan.—CHAS. J. DEAN * SON, Odd Fellows, Building, Rensselaer. , tl Money to Loan—s per cent fam loans.—JOHN A. DUNLAP. tl Mutual Insurance—Fire and Lightning. Also state cyclone. Inquire of M. I. ADAMS.- Phone 533-L. tl Farm Loans—Money to loan oh farm property in any sum* up tq SIO,OOO.—E. P. HONAN. Hal llial Wlthout Delay, UP HP Wlthout commission, I Übl IllU Without Charge* M Hr Making *r Recording Instruments. . w. ■, putnnn