Jasper County Democrat, Volume 21, Number 14, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 May 1918 — Page 2

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THE WAR AS A MELTING POT

We hear much these days of the melting pot as applied to the Amciicanization of our foreign immigrants. While the need has been great that this foreign element up fused with the national life as quickly as possible, there is yet another phase of Ain' .'c n I■ ’ wherein the melting pot can render great service, and that melting pot will be developed in the war upon -which we have entered. Until recent years America has been distressingly provincial. Not provincial as a whole, but provincial by Sections. The down easter looked with suspicion upon anything having its origin outside old New England. The southerner viewed all parts of the country save the West as alien territory, and only had a tolerance for that section because it was made up largely of ins kinsman. The citizen of the Middle West has always been convince 1

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that creation ceased with the completion of his territory, and so it ran. The thoughts and customs yf the various sections were antagonistic, and it was only grudgingly that either could be brought to admit that there might be anything of merit come out of the other. All this the war will change. We will no longer be a nation of manr elements all antagonistic and out of sympathy. We will no longer waste our energies in berating an d belittleing our neighbors beeas&e, forsooth, they may not view all of life with oiir eyes. In France there are today young men from every pari of this country fighting side by side, sharing the same dangers and the sail* deaths As the war progresses tbfar numbers are increasing. Each is learning from others, and each is unconsciously learning to- see from the other's viewi»oint. As the association progresses, many coiemon views will be developed, and where antagonism exists, close and intimate contact will gradually hut surely bring each into harmony with the other. When this war is ended and the boys Come home, it will not W £ crowd of provincials we shall welcome, but an afmy of cosmoi»o3atans—world citizens, we may .say. These men will have probed to the bottom the character of their f lows and learned all there was H know of them. And in that knowledge they will each have found much of value when fully understood, and will have learned to appreciate to the full the good points of all. The war will complete what our great industrial development lead begun—it will make of us at least one compact nation, all Americans together, all with a common inteiest, a common love and a common destiny. * '

Xo what this war ooeis the government and the ]«eoi>le ©I the Unifed States in the way ©f money, it is going to be much c3®aj»er to win this war than to lose St_ The commercial and financial losses that would follow a German victory are not to be calculated. All that we spent would be. lost,. ind-enalMties beyond calculation would have to paid, and along with these 'losses would come a continuing loss an foreign commerce tha’t’ would sS»eAI disaster. With these material losses we would Ipse onn naxnanal liberty and independence, our jx»»er to secure our international rig-As. our right to live in a world Tuk-a by- the dictates of humanity ann civilization.

It is estimated that the Americans of foreign birth or extract!' purchased $350,001*,000 of the Third Liberty loan: the num ter of such bond buyers is esumaied at over 5,000,000. A consular telegram from Shanghai, China, states that subscriptions to the Third Lab 1 erty loan in Shanghai amounted to over $600,000. The American Embassy in Mexico City states that the subscriptions in that city are more than $384,000, more than double the quota set for the Americans living there. The Shah of Persia purchased a SIOO,OOO Liberty bond.

THE TWICE-A-WEEK DEMOCRAT

From all parts of the state cornea toe Cwery “How about building this year?" The Council of National Defease has answered the questipx- Don't build unless the new structure is an immediate necessity- Don’t build if you can postpone baaldimr. The only wall which cnmaits now is the wall which will help as to wia the war. In writing to a soldier in France, address ywjtr letter to the "American E- P. instead of merely using i&e initials “A. E. F.” There are several expeditionary forces in France and mail which does not carry the word American may wind w> at the wrong destination. The kaiser did not consult you about starting the war, did he? AM right. If he tries to trick you mu by suggesting peace terms which are all in his favor, just write to him and say that as soon as the war is over you will notify him. The pioneers of Indiana got along rsoet of the time without white fio®r and did not weep or complain. If the United States is your country. you can't trick the food regulations without cheating yourself. ... Tito Indiana State Council of De lease says that the wise man is he who puts in. an early order for eoal and keeps after the dealer until the winter supply is in the bin

EDITORIAL PARAGRAPHS

Keep the change and buy a thrift stamp with it. Rjxssia is at present" the bourn from which no traveller returns.” Swat the early fly, and then he will be the late fly, but not the lantented one. Peanuts may be, as claimed, good food, but peanut poli.ics is j«a®r pabulum for war times. The Third Liberty loan has not only gone “over the top,” but it has carried devastation into the ene-aiy's trenches. Jess Willard has been barred from boxing by governors of varM”2S states. Nobody would bar ham if - he had a contest on with the Kaisw. A small piano is manufactured f<r tise in the front line trenches. A jian: usually fulfills two pur—it cheers the possessors and [annoys the- : neighbors. ' The Germans hoped that their - -,:r ri-mive would bring peace., £ ri was a wild hope, for Uncle Ja- j-1 his allies will never .stand fbr an offensive peace. News Item: Cuffs, belts, buckles erd all unnecessary frills on mens to be abolished. Young mem they are not abolishing chevItwiss ■•?■" government uniforms. 1® reading the papers we become «©> Brach, accustomed to figuring as ismiEEions and billions of dollars that it almost reconciles us to payfag thirty cents for fifteen cent ba • Mtaiw That this is a government “of the peotple. by the people and for tie people,” is now being firmly isibeded in the minds of a few aJHeai enemies now in internment camgs. Ireland thinks that home rule is a better measure than the English rale. We hope the dispute wrls soon, be adjusted, for we .ill kww that Irish courage is beyond measure. Why not be cosmopolitan in our eating? If we use more Scotch oat-rirf-aiL Irish potatoes, English barley .Japanese rice and Indian corn we i .esE send more 'American wheat' l® ’ war boys, in the trenches.

wonder t&kt Austria-Hungary has r" dissensions. So many dSfferefet races are represented within its boundaries, and the only j ;«©po«fi-tse& that ’‘hey are all agreed, EptirE is that food is necessary tc sasgais, life. The Federation of Women’s CBaias has decided against the ad©jHtion ©l a uniform for women. We are ztad of this for we shudder 4© think how fat women would kook f® a uniform designed to be hfifri, to rift* ones. The people will hail with satisfaction the news that the interned team prisoners in this country are to be put to work constructing roads. We may be very certain enr boys who have fallen into Gerna® hands are paying for their

kee®. and then some. The word occurs six times in tie Old in the Xew Testament,, Deuteronomy xxii, 6; Job vi. « and xxxix, 14; Isaiah 14 and 5; Jeremiah xvii, 11, and Lake si, 12. Jb>b vi, 6, asks: -Vair that which is unsavory be eaten without salt? or is there any taste in the white of an egg?’’

A “BLUE SKY” LAW IS NEEDED

Indiana the slumping Ground of Questionable Skinners. Indianapolis, May 17.—“ Blessed Illinois; Unlucky Indiana,” was the heading of an editorial which recently appeared in one of the leading financial journals of the country. That is just the feeling that has animated the Better Business Bureau of the Indianapolis Advertisers club and the Associated Advertising Clubs of the World, which has headquarters in this city, in strongly advocating the passage, at the next session of the Indiana legislature, of a “blue sky” law. Illinois has such a law, whi?h has just begun to operate, with the I result that Indiana, one of the few states of this general section of the country that does not have such legislation, is becoming the mec;a for sellers of “blue sky” stocks who cannot get licenses in Illinois. A number of promoters who are selling stocks which cannot be approved by the Illinois “blue sky” department are opening offices in northern Indiana cities, and some of them are moving to other cities in the state. The northern cities are especially attractive to them because their -homes are in Chicago, and they can go back and forth to their offices across the state line. “Unless Indiana does pass some law* on this subject,” said David Porterfield, secretary of the Better Business Bureau (the truth in advertising movement), “this stat J will become the dumping ground for all sorts of fraudulent schemes, for such legislation is being enacted in adjoining states.’’

WAR HINTS, HELPS AND DUTIES

Compiled and Condensed for the Indiana State Council of Defense by George Ade. Dig up and burn the shrub known as the common barberry. It feeds the spore which the wind blows into wheat fields, causing black stem, rust. It need not be near a wheat field to make trouble. The Japanese barberry is harmless. It grows low. The bad kind is a tall, erect shrub. The edges of the leaf are sharply toothed, while the leaves of the Japanese form are smooth at the edge. The twigs of the kind that you must destroy are dim or

Safeguarded Investments Are your dollars Loafers or Workers? Money that is not invested pays no returns, any more than grain in the bin will grow crops unless planted. Every man or woman with money should put that money to work. Jay Gould once said that SIOO invested in the Tight thing at the right time would earn as much as a man steadily employed. He died worth hundreds of millions. The average man or woman knows nothing about how or where to invest money to get good returns from it. It is our business to advise investors where and how to Invest, where investments can earn the best returns with the utmost of safety. Brokerage Department We buy or sell listed or unlisted stocks and bonds. If you are anxious to buy or sell let us help you. We can probably buy the stock you want cheaper than you can. We can sell your stocks at the best price or we can exchange non-dividend-paying stock for stock that is paying dividends. Write to us about it. Underwriting Department We underwrite the selling of the stock of companies but before accepting an issue of stock for sale we make a most thorough and complete investigation of the proposition. It has to grade up A-l or we will not handle it. It is this type of investment that Jay Gould alluded to in the quotation above — “The right thing at the right time.” How To Buy Stock We will purchase stock for you for cash or on the deferred payment plan. We make a moderate charge for carrying stock on the deferred payment plan but you become entitled to all dividends, bonuses, etc., the stock you buy earns from the date your first payment is recorded. Let us explain * . this 5 plan fully. Two Unusual Opportunities We have at present two exceptionally attractive opportunities. Both are gilt-edge investments with large profit possibilities. Ask for Offer B-2. Mail This Coupon Today SECURITIES TRUST COMPANY 122 South Michigan Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois Please send me your special OFFER B-2 and particulars about your cash or payments plan. It is that this request in no way obligates me. Name........ Addressi *. Town and state... *.....

gray in color and bear spines, usually in groups of three. Destroy the common barberry at once before it can damage the wheat crop this year. John Siple caught a large prairie wolf in a trap on his farm northwest of Ida Grove, La. The wolf measured sixty-four inches from the tip of its tail to the point of its nose. Mr. Siple has shot and trap ped more than fifty wolves during the last five years, but this was the best fur hide he had taken from a wolf. New England’s labor problem recently became so serious that one of the largest shoe manufacturing concerns in the country advertised for women with babies or small children who are experienced shoe stitchers. The company has install[ed a large nursery and will have a staff of kindergarten teachers on hand to care for the youngsters while their mothers work. A coffin supposed to contain a corpse was seized at Huron, S. D., and when opened was found to contain twenty gallons of whisky. The bootlegger had ordered a grave dug in a ‘■Huron cemetery. The coffin had been shipped to Huron from the east.

There is more catarrh tn this section of the country than all other diseases put together, and for years it was supposed to be incurable. Doctors prescribed local remedies, and by constantly failing to cure with local treatment, pronounced it incurable. Catarrh is a local disease, greatly influenced by constitutional conditions and therefore requires constitutional treatment. Hall’s Catarrh Medicine, manufactured by F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio, is a constitutional remedy, is taken internally and acts thru the blood on the Mucous Surfaces of the System. One Hundred Dollars reward is offered for any case that Hall’s Catarrh Medicine fails to cure. Send for circulars and testimonials. F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, Ohio. Sold by Druggists, 75c. Hall’s Family Pills for constipation. —Advt.

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SATURDAY, MAY 18, 1»18.

CHICAGO, IMDIANAPOMS a LOUISVHXI «* RENSSELAER TIME TABLE In effect December, 1917 NORTHBOUND No. 36 Cincinnati to Chicago 4:46 a,nu No. 4 Louisville to Chicago 6:91 No. 40 Lafayette to Chicago 7:MIM No. 32 Indlanap’s to Chicago 19:56 a.nx No. 38 Indlanap’a to Chicago | 2:41 G-aa. No. 6 Louisville to Chicago 3:81 p.* No. 30 Cincinnati to Chicago 6:69 p.m. SOUTHBOUND No. 36 Chicago to Cincinnati 1:46 ajm No. 5 Chicago to Louisville) 19:56 aja. No. 37 Chicago to Cincinnati IpISaJH. No. 33 J Chicago to Indlanap’a I I:6T >.m. No. 39 Chicago to Lafayette | 5:69 ».m. No. 31 Chicago to Cincinnati) !:llp.i«. No. 8 Chicago to Louiavllle f 11:19 puto

OFFICIAL DIRECTORY. ! CITY OFFICERS ! Mayor Charles G. Spitler ■ Clerk Charles Morias Treasurer Charles M. Sanda Attorney Moaea Leopold Civil Engineer.. .L. A. Bostwick Fire Chief J. J. Montgomery Fire Warden..../. J, Montgomery Councilman let Ward ßay Weed 2nd Ward Frank TobiAf 3rd Ward Fred Waymire At Large. Rex Warner, C. Kellaer ■ JUDICIAL Circuit Judge. .Charles W. Hanley ' ) Prosecuting Attorney-Reuben Hees 1 » Terma of Court—Second Monday j > in February, April. September ; > and November. Four week terms. ■, ‘ - - COUNTY OFFICERS Clerk Jesse Nichols Sheriffß. D. MoCoUy i AuditorJ. P. Hammond , Treasurer Charles V. May I Recorder George Scott I Surveyor EL D. Nesbitt 1 CoronerW. J. WrUfltt 1 County Assessor... G. L. Thornton County Agent.. Stewart Leamhw 1 Health Officer. Dr. C. E. Johnson ’ COMMISSIONERS Ist District H. W. Marble Sad DlatrlstD. 8. Makeover 3rd District Charles Welch I Commissioners’ Court moots the ; > First Monday of each month. ; > COUNTY BOARD EDUCATION [ > Trustees Township , * Grant Davisson..... Barkley Burdett Porter Carpenter James Stevens Gillam Warren E Poole. .Hanging Grove • John Kolhoff Jordan R. E. Davis Kankakee Clifford Fairchild Keener Harvey Wood, jr Marion . George Foulks Milroy ■ John Rush Newton , George Hammerton Union * Joseph Salrin Walker * Albert S Keene Wheatfield ) M. L. Sterrett, Co. Bupt. Rensselaer 1 » Truant Officer, C. B. Steward. - • Rensselaer i

I TRUSTEES* GARD. JORDAN TOWNSHIP The undersigned trustee of Jordan Township attends to official business at his residence on the first and third Wednesdays of each 1 month. Persons having business with me will please govern them- | selves accordingly. Postoffice address—Rensselaer, Indiana. f Second and last Saturday of each • month In Williams A Dean’s. T law office. | JOHN KOLHOFF, Trustee.

EDWARD P. HONAN ATTORNEY AT LAW Law Abstracts. Real Estate Loans. Will practice in all the courts. Office over Fendig’a Fair. RENSSELAER, INDIANA SCHUYLER C. IRWIN LAW, REAL ESTATE *. INSURANCE 5 Per Cent Farm Loans. Office in Odd Fellows’ Block. RENSSELAER, INDIANA George A. Williams. D. Delos rustic WILLIAMS & DEAN LAWYERS All court matters promptly attendee to. Estates settled. Wills prepared. Farm loans. Insurance. Collections. Abstracts of title made and examined. Office In Odd Fellows Block RENSSELAER, INDIANA. DR. I. M. WASHBURN PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Office Hours: 10 to IS A. IL S to S P. IL 7 to I P. M. Attending Clinics Chicago Tuesdsys - 5 A. M. to S P. IL RENSSELAER, INDIANA F. H. HEMPHILL PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Special attention given to Typhoid, Pneumonia and low grades of fever. Office over Fendig's drug store. Phones: Office No. 442; Res. No. 441-B RENSSELAER, INDIANAE. C. ENGLISH PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Opposite the State Bank. Office Phone No. 177. House Phone No. 177-B. RENSSELAER, INDIANA JOHN A. DUNLAP LAWYER (Successor Frank Foltz) Practice In all Courts. Estates settled. Farm Loans. Collection Department Notary In the office; Over T. & S. Bank. Phone No. U RENSSELAER, INDIANA JOE JEFFRIES Graduate Chiropractor Forsythe Block Phone 124 Every day in Rensselaer. Chiropractic removes the cause of disease. F. A. TURFLER OSTEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN Graduate American School of Osteopathy. Post-Graduate American SebMi of Osteopathy under the Founder, Dr. T. Still. Office Hours—B-lt a. m., 1-1 p. m. Tuesdays and Friday* at Monttealß Ind. Office: 1-t Murray Bldg. RENSSELAER, - INDIANA H. L. BROWN DENTIST Office over Larsh & Hopkins’ drug store RENSSELAER, INDIANA Do you use the want ad. eolnmnsJ of The Democrat? If not, try u aC 1 Subscribe for The Democrat ,