Jasper County Democrat, Volume 21, Number 27, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 July 1918 — Page 2

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Children Cry for Fletcher’s

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JV Kind You Have Always Bought, and which has been in use for over thirty years, has borne the signature of jp and has been made under his per* sonal supervision since its Infancy. Allow no one to deceive you in this. AU Counterfeits, Imitations and “ Just-as-good ” are but Experiments that trifle with and endanger the health of Infants and Children —Experience against Experiment* What is CASTOR IA Castr»ria is a harmless substitute for Castor Oil, Paregoric, •Jraps and Soothing Syrups. It is pleasant. It contains neither Opium, Morphine nor other narcotic substance. Its age is its guarantee. For more than thirty years it has Been in constant use for the relief of Constipation, Flatulency, Wind Colic and Diarrhoea; allaying Feverishness arising therefrom, and by regulating the Stomach and Bowels, aids the assimilation of Food; giving healthy and natural sleep. The Children’s Panacea—The Mother’s Friend. GENUINE CASTOR IA ALWAYS In Use For Over 30 Years The Kind You Have Always Bought *r»e CENTAUR MCW VORK CITY,

MILITARY POST THAT WAS NAMED FOR WASHINGTON

Carlisle, Pa_ Claims to Have Had Within Its Limits a Station of Importance That Antedates the National Capital by Many Years—Made First Move for American Liberty. CARLISLE. Pal. claims tn have Lad wvhin Its limits the first place (Washtogtonburg) in the t'nir-d States to be mimed for Washington and to have the <«. i- ■< t,, -*-;. •_ L-»nse west of the SusWM hinny. r~T..r.-. : r the germ of American. liberty ,wxs conceived. . Access to hidden records and facts btaried. in state archives is rewriting hist ry and a lately discovered Paper’ by the late Christian P. Humrieh. Esq., discloses the: fact that •»& the present site of the Ustted St a: - Imtian school-at CarItsie in pserevetntionary times was an csob&dnnent • t “recognized importanee; and cf great historical interest,” bgin as W •aburg. ■, N< r> -d is found in state or county .off its .xi-t>-t>-e. but research shows ttat it -i~ quite an important place anzl ■arc, rban a suburb of Carlisle. It was a national and not a state es-

James Wilson.

r menr. for tOd. Flower. Commis-sary-General of Military Stores,” reqpi—xs that he might have “Carpenters, Farriers- Gun Smiths, Tinmen- Sad.dßers and Shoemakers” for work at rhis place. Coal Used Industrially. Dr-Obariss F. Himes of Dickinson •epßege'Writes: “It was, too, an np-to «£■»-<- .or rather, away-ahead-of-date, establishment. at least in regard to feat emptoyed. for anthracite coal from ’WTSest arre region was floated down tt>e SaSQUjehanna and hauled in wagons fintan Harris’ Feriy (Harrisburg) to this pc inx. This was the first- use of sss«db t al. on such a scale, and for indffissrfai purposes.” Evidence of the large force of workmen employed is found in a meat bill, dated February 7, 17*1. for 150 head of beef cattle to ■apply the artificers and others at Washlngronburz. at the “Continental wades near Carfisee” The contention is that this military

post was the first place in the United States to be named for Washington and that its existence antedates by years Washington, D. C. When General Washington was In Carlisle during the whisky rebellion he, with Alexander Hamilton, worshiped in the “Old Presbyterian Meeting House” on the public square in Carlisle, and it was in this identical meeting house, on July 12, 1774, a year before the Mecklenburg declaration, a public meeting of patriotic citizens gathered-from the town and surrounding country, condemned the act 6f the British* parliament and urged vigorous measures to correct the wrong. Col. John Montgomery was the presiding officer. James Wilson was present and was appointed one of the members of the committee to meet with other committees to take action. He was later a member of the Continental congress, a signer of the Declaration and a justice of the Supreme court. Wing’s history states, “and when in the Continental congress he received instructions from his constituents in Cumberland county to advocate an entire separation from the mother country. This was probably the first utterance of that sentiment of the country.” Bancroft’s Tribute to Wilson. Bancroft says of Wilson: “He was an ardent patriot, like many other eminent men of that day—not at first avowedly in favor of severance from the mother country, but he desired it when he received definite instruction from his constituents.” Bellman, writing of the potency of this meeting held in the “Old Meeting House”.on July 12, 1774, says: “The influence, therefore, of the meeting, or of subsequent instructions to which it gave rise, seems to have determined the action of Pennsylvania in that great crisis which men even like John Dickiqson were too timid or too cowardly to meet.” The' vote of James Wilson determined the vote of Pennsylvania. Had Pennsylvania failed to accept the resolution we today would be under another flag. . Philadelphia may be considered “The birthplace of American liberty,” but its conception in the “Old Presbyterian Meeting House,” in Carlisle, Cumberland county. Pennsylvania, made it possible to be born. The Scotch-Irish part in the Revolutionary war and the events preceding it is becoming more apparent and important. and the actions taken in the Presbyterian meeting Imuses throughout Pennsylvania are vital to historic recital.

Principle Must Be Adhered To.

One of the statesmen who fashioned this government upon its broad lines that have endured left us the guiding words that “eternal vigilance is the price of liberty,” and we should hold fast to that in all our future; that vigilance which shall make us prepared in peace for possible war, prepared in war for promised peace, and watchful both in peace and war for the principles and the policies which have safeguarded the constitution and which will save, if anything will save, our Republic till nations are no more.

Put His Americanism First.

“You must remember,” said he who first came to us as Marquis de la Fayette when he was asked by what title he preferred to be addressed when he was last on these shores, “that I am an American general.” He had renounced meanwhile one of the proudest patents of nobility In France that he might feel stronger Within him the call of freedom. The reply is characteristic of his whole outlook of life.

RANG OUT LIBERTY

Inspiration to Younger Generation to Remember That Boy Gave Signal for Peal That Reverberated to the Ends of the Earth. D[D you know that a boy, a young lad, the grandson of the old bellman at the state house, Philadelphia, helped to proclaim the liberty l of the United States? Every boy in the country should be proud that a boy like him was the one chosen to give the signal to “Proclaim liberty throughout the land arid unto all the Inhabitants thereof!” The story of ttys great day is told in a charming manner In the verses that follow: ' There was tumult in the city. In the quaint old Quaker town. And the streets were rife with peoplb Pacing restless up and down; People gathering at corners, Where they whispered each to each. And the sw4at Stood Oft their temples, With the earnestness of speech. As the bleak Atlantic currents the wild Newfoundland shore, So they beat against the Statehouse, So they surged against the door;

So they beat against The portal— Man and woman, maid and child; And the July sun in heaven On the scene looked down and smiled The same sun that saw the Spartan Shed his patriot blood in vain, Now beheld the soul of freedom All unconquered rise again. Aloft in that high steeple Sat the bellman, old and gray; He was weary of the tyrant And his iron sceptered sway; So he sat with one hand ready On the clapper of the bell. When his eyes should catch the signal, Very happy news to tell. See! see! the dense crowd quivers Through all its lengthy line. As the boy beside the portal Looks forth to give the sign! With his small hands upward lifted, Breezes dallying with his hair. Hark! with deep, clear intonation, Breaks his young voice on the air. Hushed the people’s swelling murmur, List the boy’s strong joyous’cry! “Ring!” he shouts aloud, “Ring, Grand pa! Ring! O, Ring for Liberty!” And straightway, at the signal. The old bellman lifts his hand, And sends the good news, making Iron music through the land. How they shouted! What rejoicing! How the old bell shook the air, Till the clang of freedom ruffled I*he calm gliding Delaware! How the bonfires and the torches Illumed the night’s repose. And from the flames, like Phoenix, Fair liberty arose!

PRECIOUS OLD FLAG

Relic of Continental Army, Recently Found, Seems to Have Been Miraculously Preserved. So great was the interest shown in the battle flag of the Continental army, found between the walls of an old building, that it is probable an effort will be made to have the flag displayed in some public building as a permanent memorial of the Revolution, says the New York Times. The banner was found wrapped In the buff and blue uniform coat of a Continental soldier. Moths had consumed much of the woolen garment, but the flag, being made of linen, is still in excellent condition. The flag was found by Michael La Vista in an old building which he owns. He took tlie flag to B. M. Shepard, head of the Dobbs Ferry pub-

Old Revolutionary Emblem.

lie school. Mr. La Vista- says the discovery of the old flag was a good omen to the cause of the people now fighting in another war for “Liberty or Death.” According to Mr. Shepard the flag was probably carried in the battle of White Plains. Reference to local histories showed that a flag of the same design had been carried in that battle. - The flag, which is well preserved, ‘ though bearing signs of age, measures 24 by 36 inches. Its white cloth has been yellowed by time. Across the top Is the inscription in black, “Liberty or Death,” the words of Patrick Henry, Below the motto is a pair of crossed daggers and above them a Liberty cap. <-

THE TWICE-A-WEEK DEMOCRAT

And the mingling of the voices Made a harmony profound. Till the quiet street of chestnuts Was all turbulent with sound. “Will they do it?” “Dare they do !t?“ “Who Is speaking?” V What’s the news?” "What of Adams?’’ “What of Sher- - man?” “O, God, gram they won’t refuse.” “Make some waj there!’’ “Let m< nearer!’’ “I am stifllng!”“Stlfle then; When a nation’i life’s at hazard, We’ve no time t< think of men!”

HONOR BRAVE POLE

Kosciuszko Will Ever Be Name to Be Revered by Those Who Recognize His Life's Devotion tg the Sacred Cause of Human Liberty. PUBLIC attention has, to some extent, recently been turned back to the career and tlihea of Thaddeus Kosciuszko. In England a measure of recognition has been given to the virtues and accomplishments of the Polish patriot. In the United States his contemporaries and their descendants have paid tribute to his memory. Some Americans have joined in testimonials, but only in an inconspicuous way, while their government has taken no official cognizance of the proceedings at home or abroad. The apparent indifference to the memory of this remarkable man by a nation to which he gave his services freely a trying hotfr inay be hastily attributed, in some quarters, to the proverbial ingratitude of republics, but the seeming neglect was doubtless very largely due to the state of the and the incessant demands on attention by important current events. Had conditions been normal, respect and honor would have been freely bestowed upon the name of the great Pole. Time was when the United States vied with his native land in acclaiming him a hero. The opportunity of the nation to whom he proved a friend in need did not, however, wait upon the present revival of interest in him, nor will the gratitude of the people of that nation cease when the revival shall have spent itself. The United States can and will, in due season, , pay its debt to Poland in the name of Kosciuszko with quite as much grace and quite as much honor as it is striving to pay its debt to France in the name of Lafayette. The part Kosciuszko played in the struggle of the colonies was made familiar to the school children of other generations in the Fourth reader. There Is little or nothing abgut him in the school readers of today. It was a§ an engineer rather than as a warrior that Jie proved most useful to Washington. History credits him with the'planning of the fortified camp of General Gates at Bemis Heights, and to his skill is attributed very largely the plans that made possible the victory at, Saratoga. Re constructed the fortifications of West Point, and helped to make Greene’s campaign in the

Kosciuszko.

South a success. Congress recognized the value of his services, and tried to show adequate appreciation of them. He was given a vote of thanks and breveted a brigadier general. When tlie American cause triumphed he decided to depart for Poland. Kosciuszko returned to & Poland that was outraged, torn, and stripped. He plunged into what seemed a hopeless situation, and would have saved it. were it not for the weakness of Stanislaus, who concluded a humiliating peace. When the second partition occurred, in 1793, a general rising of the population took place, and Kosciuszko was made dictator. For a time he swept everything before him; the Russian garrison at Warsaw was wiped out; success for his cause seemed almost assured. Then a Prussian army entered the country from one side and two Russian armies from the other, and, after a gallant struggle, the Poles suffered a crushing defeat at Macieowice, where their commander fell, covered with wounds. He arose again, however, and. after imprisonment in St. Petersburg, was set free by the Emperor Paul, from whom he refused a commission. In the course of time he revisited the United States, received a pension and a parcel of land, and was given popular as well as public honors, but he was not contented. He could not reconcile himself to the alien law. At length he settled quietly in Switzerland, and one of his last acts was the granting of freedom to the serfs on his paternal estate. Thaddeus Koscluszko’s name is indelibly written, not only in the history, but in the nomenclature of the United States. The Americans of his time, the pioneers and nation-builders, were not unmindful of or indifferent to his Services, and they strove to prove their gratitude by naming after him many counties and towns. —Christian Science Monitor.

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INDIANA "DRY" LAW STANDS

Supreme Court Holds that La* Is CoitstirarioozL The Indiana supreme court. Friday held constitutional the statewide prohibition law enacted by the 1917 legislature, reversing she decision of Judge Hostetter of the Vanderburg superior court, m the case brought by the F. W. Cook Brewing company against the Evansville chief of police. The stale has been “dry” under this law sfn.ee April 2, 1918, and under tais decision will remain so. The court stood ffwoit . for the constitutionality of the law and one against. Judge John W. Sjf*wr dissented and wrote a dissenting opinion- The prevailing opinion was written by Judge Howard L. Townsend. It was concurred, in by Judges Moses B. Dairy and Lawson Harvey. Judge David Myers concurred ia the conclusion but not in all the reasoning of the opinion. In his dissenting opinion. Judge Spencer held that the deessioa off the supreme court in the Beebe case in 1855, wherein it was derided that the legislature is without power under our constitution to enact a prohibitory law, established a rale of property in this state under which the brewing company had acquired its rights and that tender the rule of the stare derisis the brewing company should be protected. The supreme court also decided the case appealed from Lake emty, entitled Valentine Pisa-ski vs. Clyde Hunter, prosecuting attorney. The Lake superior court held the “dry” law to be cosEtituittonal and the supreme court affirms the decision of the lower conn. No opinion was wnitta in the Lake county case, it being disposed of by the principles laid down in the opinion in the case brought by the F. W. Cook Brewing company against Edgar Schmitt, chief off police of Evansville.

LAKE COUNTY MEN LOSERS

Hammond, June 29.^—-Nearly 7W saloon men in the Calumet district of Lake county are heavy Sosers financially by the Indiana supreme court decision upholding the prohibition law. Most of these saloon men have continued to pay rentals on buildings, expecting a reversal of the legislative act. and they now find these leases worthless and then fixtures practically a dead toss on their hands. The situation is peculiar in this city. In West Hammond, fflinois, an imaginary line, hundreds of saloons are doing a thriving business. The situation is the same at Btarhham. Police courts on the Indiana side, records show, have had a large number of cases off drnnket?hebs since the law went into effect.

MAY TELL WHERE THEY ARE

Paris, June 29. —American soldiers and officers stationed at posts behind the front may reveal the secret of their whereabouts to friends and relatives at horse, a«s cording to a new ruling off the army authorities. They may indicate freely that they are at Tours or at other behind-thedine posts and may receive their ■ail so addressed. It is still fortnddeß, however, to send to America or anywhere else for that matter, any picture post cards of the places , where the troops are stationed. The Jbase censor does not feel like taking a chance bn sending out photographs that ruight come into German hands. •

WEDNESDAY, JULY 3, 1918

HMar this head noaeaa wtn be pnbBahed for 1-cent-<■ word for the first taaarttan. 1-1-cent-per-word for each sdSttfoaal hmertion. To save book-keeping each should be sent with notice. No notice accepted for less than twenty-five eenta, but short notices comfn* within the above rate, will be published two or more times—as the ease may be—for M cents. Where replies are sent in Tbs Democrat's care, postage will be charged for forwarding such replies to the advertiser.] ~’ FOR SALE „ For Sale—lo-20 Ford Tractor with 3-bottom Vulcan plows.—LANK A ZEIGLER, Agents. Phone 537. ts For Sale—Sattley combination cultivator and one 8-foot Johnson binder, both nearly new. —JOSEPH KOSTA, Fair Oaks, R-l, phone Mt. Ayr exchange, 92-D. ts For Sale—A Maxwell touring car, 1915 model, run but 2,700 miles; new battery and in extra good condition. REMINGTON GARAGE, phone 35, Remington. jul 3 For Sale —“Old Sol” auto spot light, eost $lO, wUI sell for $5. See HUGH KIRK at Rensselaer garage. , ts For Sale—l Shorthorn bull, 700 Iba.; 3 young horses; 1 Perking windmill, steel tower, complete.— JOSEPH KOSTA, phone Mt Ayr exchange, P. O. Fair Oaks. ts For Sale—An Oliver No. 3 typewriter, thoroughly rebuilt, new rubber roll, new ribbon and all in first-class condition. Price S3O, I monthly payments if desired.— THE DEMOCRAT. ts For Sale—About 50 bushels of guaranteed buckwheat seed.— FRANK STOVER, Fair Oaks, R-2. Two and one-half miles west of Virgie school house. For ISale—Good 5-room nouse, with electric lights, well house, coal house, and other outbuildings; two blocks from court house. —JOSEPH FRANCIS, SR., phone 911-M. ts For Sale—A Webster’s New International Dictionary, almost new and very little soiled, sheep binding and good paper. Publisher’s price sl2; will sell for $8 cash. — JASPER COUNTY DEMOCRAT. One of the Best Located Residence properties in Rensselaer, 75x309 feet, corner lot fronting on two improved streets; good two-story house, with cistern, drilled “well, bath, baTn and other out-buildings, etc. Ground alone is worth price asked for entire property. Terms if desired. For further particulars call or address B. care THE DEMOCRAT. For Sale—Boo-acre farm 1 mile from Gloster, Miss., nice city of 2,000 population. Farm Is well improved. Located on Prentice highway, a macadam road being built from McComb to Natchex and which Intersects with the Jackson highway. Price S3O per acre.— HARVEY DAVISSON, phone 21$ or 499. tt

WANTED Wanted—To lease a farm of 120 to 160 acres in Jadper county for next year. Will pay either cash or grain rent, as desired. —M. M., care The Democrat. ts Represent Us and Make Money. Wanted— A substantial man to represent us in this community. Must be favorably known and have following. This is an investment proposition of unquestionable merit. We furnish every co-operation and close sales for local man. Address —SECURITIES TRUST CO., 10 S. LaSalle St., Chicago. Cream Wanted—Have recently be* gun buying cream at Parr and ■HI pay best prices. Also have 1 5-year-old mare, wt. about 1100, IB foal, and some shoats and brood sows for sale.—J. S. LAKIN, Parr, Ind., phone 932-G. ts FOR RENT For Rent— We have some good pasture for horses and cattle. — JAMES E. WALTER, Mgr. J. J. Lawler lands. Phone 337. ts LOST Lost—Some place on the streets in Rensselaer Saturday night, about 5 o'clock, a small black leather purse containing several dollars.— MRS D. S. BARE, phone 945-J j-6 Found—East Saturday, new automobile tire, about Ford sizze. Owner may have same by calling at Democrat office and paying for this M3 Lost—A sheep-skin lined coat and a plaid coat, some place between Virgie and Bowman Switzer’s bn last Tuesday. Finder please notify EKJIOH SWITZER, phone 911-F. j-3

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