Jasper County Democrat, Volume 21, Number 28, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 July 1918 — Page 8

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GOSSIP by OUR CORRESPONDENTS THAT MAY OR MAY NOT INTEREST YOU

POSSUM RUN Everything is looking fine since the rain. Albert Hahn is visiting his parents this week. Sam Cavinder is helping T. J. Parker in his wheat this week. Mr. and Mrs. William Hurley “Were, Rensselaer goers Saturday. Alfred Caldwell and T. J. Parker were Medaryville goers Thursday. Lemuel Stockwell called on Mr. and Mrs. John Price Tuesday afternoon. A few froih this vicinity attended the funeral of Mrs. Robert Steel Friday. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Parker of Gifford spent Sunday with T. J. Parker and family. . Mr. and Mrs. William Hurley took Sunday supper with Mr. and Mrs. George Davisson. Goldia, Roy and Edna Hurley spent Monday with Mr. and Mrs. Roy Bowling of Remington. Mr. and Mrs. James Davis and family took supper with Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Parker Saturday evening. Earl Parker and son Johnnie and Elsie Haniford of Gifford called on Mrs. T. J. Parker and daughters Friday morning.

RENSSELAER. IND.

GIFFORD Teddy Keen spent Sunday with his parents. . Samiiel Davis of Rensselaer Sunday in our burg.Several from here were Rensselaer goers Saturday. Lemuel Stockwell is the owner of a new buggy. Watch him, girls. Services Sunday evening at 7:30, by Bert Warne. Everybody come. Misses Beulah Walker and Clara Kimble called on Miss Mabie Scott Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Tanner ■were out seeing the country Sunday in their Ford. • Mr. and Mrs. Taylor Hankins and son James called on George Lambert Friday evening. Jud Zook and family spent Saturday and Sunday with his brother, Guy Zook, and family. Miss Lucy Rutledge of Newland spent Monday night with her sister, Mrs. Earl Haniford. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Snow and son Willie spent the first of the week with relatives at Virgie. Miss Sylvia Lambert of Gifford and Mr. Edward Wilson of Monon were married at Rensselaer Saturday: Dr. English was called out from Rensselaer Friday to see George Lambert, who was suffering from neuralgia of the lungs. Several from Gifford attended the commencement exercises at Barkley Friday night. Thei’e were six graduates from our school. George Steel returned to his home in Monon Friday after spending two weeks at t'he bedside of his mother,. who died while he was here.

PINE GROVE

Mrs. Sarah McCleary remains about the saime. Otaar Timmons called on Thomas Stevens Tuesday. Newell Hayes spent Saturday night and Sunday with home folks. Mrs. Thomas Stevens assisted Mrs. ■Frank Payne with her sewing Friday. Barbara and Rachel Hayes spent Sunday with Harry Reed of Blackford. Bluford Torbet and daughter Ruth took dinner with John, Dale and family Sunday. • Miss Mildred Selkirk took dinner with Mr. and Mrs. Will Hayes and family Tuesday. Several from this vicinity attended the commencement at the Barkley church Saturday night. Mr. and* Mrs. Marion Cooper of Virgie spent Sunday with their daughter, Mrs. Charles Britt. ■ Mrs. H. G. Lutz and two sisters of Lafayette were out to their farm near Independence Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Ropp of Chicago are visiting his parents, Mr. -and Mrs. Andy Ropp, and family. Miss Mildred Selkirk of Michigan City is visiting friends. Miss ■Selkirk taught the Bleckford school last year. Misses Mildred Selkirk, Grayce Price and Ethel Hilton took supper with Elizabeth Yeoman Tuesday evening. The Food and Red Cross club will meet at the Blackford school house Thursday, July 11. All members are reguested to be present. Albert Snow is home on a thirtyday furlough visiting his uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Commodore Snow, and other relatives and friends. iNewell and Lowell Hayes, Robert Scott and Creola and Charley Torbet attended the picnic Sunday given ip honor of Miss Mildred Selkirk. Mr. -and Mrs. Ed. Ropp, Mt. and Mrs. Andy Ropp and Mr. and Mire. Vera Odle and children called

on John Dale and family Sunday evening.

ZADOC

Mike Misch was in the city of Knimari Tuesday. George Hoehn of Wheatfield was in this vicinity Tuesday. _ - C. M. Dewey and family Epent Sunday Jn Wheatfield. Charles Hewett and Mr. Lessie spent Sunday in Huntington. Alexander Raeth, who moved to Lowell last spring, is here helping harvest his wheat. We received that long hoped for rain last week and all vegetation looks as thankful as the people. Wheat cutting is in full blast this week. Some of the farmers are pullipg their binders with tractors. John O’Connor and Mr. Brown of Kniman were through here in the interests of the War Savings stamp drive Friday. About every family from here was represented at the War Savings stamp (meeting at Wheatfield Friday. The talk by the Canadian officer who has -been in active service was exceptionally good. Many stamps were sold. The soldier boys write that the temperature of West Virginia is different than l what they left here in Indiana. At midday the temperature will rise as high as 97 and 98 degrees and fall so low at nights they can scarce keep warm -with their two army blankets. Tn the morning there is a very heavy fog, due to the sudden changes of tempera tare. They have rains from two to five times a week. The mountain scenery is very beautiful. Like at all the other training camps, “Indiajja’’ is one of the most favored songs.

JACKSON TOWNSHIP, NEWTON COUNTY

The work of harvesting wheat and rye began the fore part of this week. Honest Abe, the carrier is n-ow traveling his route with a brandnew Feri. John Bissenden of Chicago visited over the Fourth with Clarence Blankenbaker and family. And now, with the farmers, it must be a strong pull and all pull together until after threshing time at least. Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Rirk, living north of Rensselaer, took dinner here with Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Schanlaub last Sunday. The Huns now call the American soldiers “devil hounds,” but after we get fully into the fighting they will probably call us something worse. Recent heavy rains it is believed, saved the potato crop in this locality. It looks now as though the crop would be as good gs that of last year. Most of the American newspapers speak of Germany's crowm prince as being an idiot. A few, however, are more conservative and call him only a half-idiot.

Ernie Schanlaub’s patch of spring wheat, which was so promising in the spring, could not withstand the hot, dry weather of the first half of June, it seems, and at the present time it doesn't appear to be worth cutting. Frost did considerable damage to corn tn the northern part of . Newton county. While some of this corn may recover and still make a fair crop, much of it, at this writing, appears to be as dead as the proverbial door nail Those seven airplanes at Morocco on Monday of last week gave one a pretty fair idea, as to what would have happened to that town had the machines been operated by a bunch of brutal Huns instead of good American citizens. Ernie Schanlaub is expecting a call ‘‘to arms” now most any time. As a preliminary to beginning the work of killing Huns, he took part in an engagement recently which resulted, he asserts, in the death of 106 rats in less than an hour. We note with much pleasure that Frank Coovert, who has been a great sufferer from rheumatism, is up and arovnd again and appears to be about as good as new. Frank, a few years ago, served two terms as treasurer of Newton county and was a good, capable official. Everybody likes Frank. With t’he biggest crop in the history of this country, with a million U. S. soldiers already in France and that many more ready to go, and with merchant ships being launched and delivered daily we can’t for the life of us see where quarrelsome Teddy's campaign of misrepresentation and abuse against the present administration is going to get him anything. According to newspaper reports farmers generally are not wildly enthusiastic over the idea of office men helping with the wheat harvest. They assert that if the office men did enough work to be of service to. the farmers there would be perhaps as many sunstrokes as there were office men and that the farmers would be obliged to lose a lot of time giving first aid to the stricken.

Speaking of smooth polished ignorance, the Dutchman living not a hundred miles from here was recently asked to buy war staimps. He consented to do so, but stipulated that the matter should not be made public. When asked why all this secrecy he replied: “Veil, you see if dher Kaiser coom ofer here unt fint out I gife dot money he would treat me worsen as efer. Aind it?” We’d hate powerfully to see the draft age raised to forty years. It’s like this: It would mean probably that our old friend Charles Makeever would have to leave the farm and go to war. While we hate the Huns like p’isen, we still retain enough pity for the eritters not to want Charles turned loose among them* with a meat ax or some other death-dealing instrument. It would be plain murder, that’s all.

TKB TWKXA-WMBK DBMOCRAT

We see by the papers that Overseer Voljva of Zion Chty hie apened,, * discuHEk® as tte see angels, claiming itei aZ the imreis mentioned i® the hshee are men. .angels, and that '»» MbF angels exist. We should axis ie tee tersbih our criticism of Vol.—-i. tes-ier. for "bringing up thus anasurr at a time when the peocie have their minds remteinef: «o. the present war. He vori-riLt have done it, poor fellow, ri » tur to assume, had he fiborzi’ of matething more silly. B rotter Charley Uariis of the Kentland Enterprise is -j-Ter-nz tc work in the harvesr iff needed. Charley is a genenems.. Scg-temed fellow and he nms NW wrf of it, but, if he sZE fee wfriised by the writer, he will stay rigfct ta his office and not g® az-f court a case of heat prttßmtlta Sy prying to do work for whjrih has years devoted to peintijng wati n-rtae to g. o. p. achievements ixw -3holly unfitted him. Another titax. we are told that Imrif has a -hmaic craving for bacon. yrrnz frbes. and other high-priced liimgs., s» where or how will the farmer fee leneffted by having him arwum-d? Orin Elijah of Beaver ■jwashit is not hankering parrirxlErfv fee the sight of any more ■fiyjng You see. those se*ret fytmg machine? which came to M-watse rite other day, settled -d&vra ta Orin's pasture, and his btoek casiM. neter the imrmession to titwftt "Jsat Cite Huns had arrived at la?-. dMs't te a thing to the world's atoaaaas rec-ord—-not a solitary thing. With tafTsfanning the rarified air, riey wit through wire fences lake man through a tin horn and then proceeded to run some msee rit to kind-a cool off late. Na. sf Orin •doesn't see another airplane beferenext woodchuck day he wZ2 worry along. The average high srtow" znriat®. if told that he did me hm:w mate

everythinc. would regard the assertion as beams: iirsa m>i inhuman. But, heartrese rmt cruel as the statement miy wit be is true nevertheless. . Hott fittSe man know conijiar-f-d win! what fce does not know and nev-nr kw*, how circumscribed hie limitation, ■ ‘‘After a life ■Sewjeed'. to study and research.” saif i wraerable sage, "the chief ftesswni tatroetf by me is how ignorairt I xnx,. howlittle 1 know.” And mend to tbe very depth of huntiSiy. ■by the knowledge of' this a- concludes: “And 1 laid my n joita tn the dust. Clarence Blankent taker's 25rt>- o*ry? own two sheep. Lass veet. be-zag in need of some Forrri <sfi Lrly money, they requested to shear their flock, wlik-h be very rea*tily consented to do. Lnsteui. fe-wever. of placing the sheep in tire v-ual position, when being sber.-’eL passersby were nt>l a lirtk srrici-ed at ~-r- rec with the sheep stunSisr Sts lead. ‘‘What’s the iAea?” aswy Sfe neighbors, ‘‘WeR. if y«® mmst know.' answered BlumSen'uFk 3 -.'. vilified the Demoeran-s auß my life ‘on the sheep propafuL <sz aad K&w. at the present price cd wsc-L. I jia-r naturally can’t look title iuim-e anrrton in the face.” A Jackson levm-sS.?:. so we are told, retnurned fron. Sktaverville. Hl., the other nlgM ticg-k-fuiu to the ears with vinous, rn.iir and other intoxicating Lst ere *tersupper he started out to r&e cow, entirely unmin *1 ~b* fa.er that ‘'Pied’s” stall x stxra wets temporarily oecntued ty a Sne-caek-ed, lemon-eolored nnuDe, wfcorfc th.- ■ citizen- had secured in i theday before. “S-g-o-p, t-fete* fb&LV admonished the ■eitiTF-n xr: ~ reaching the mule with nm’wvtei® st-p. “Thisher ’ (hici awful w»r, he continued. ■‘tawfislLs® w sassce er Rever f lue» Insjhiktn. ye-Ir-~a: r. shince er bat, bat. batte er snker Bill. But er old shirk exg'e sail! waives, Pied—God hvesisr old eagle.” Here the eiainsa jentre-i his arm into the dim re-juifflis Ilgft* and gras tied p hands cJ es tifce mine'sflank, whcreut>on there ensm-ei a scene which is almost jcnf-rL E& relate. In less time titan fc takes to tell it a six by six-focc Itefie was kicked in the side of the Itara by the surprised and indSgaarr mile, through which, for abemi swa. minutes, flowed a eonsnant srgsam of hay, bedding, harness, errry ewmbe, brushes and other artarJes numerous to mention. f®tD®<wed sty the citizen, with coat split the hack, minus a pants leg. minus .shoe and with the milk ionrkec jummeti down over his head «3ar : 6® Sis shoulders An hour later-., after ae had been j>laoed in l»e»3 xat ths: injuries attended 1® he was rears ta remark feebly. *-Wot?3j s&yefime I ever shee. Eversiixg -ttorv gone —not er housh left.”

FIRE RAZES NAVAL BARRACKS

Flames Attack StraEttres a£ Cape May, N. J*.. White Jaakes Paraie. Cape May. N- Je. Jwtt L—Fire of unknown (trigin. vlAdh while the enlisted men were juri-fe. destroyed the naval turn st SeweHs Point, near here. The htss 5s estimated »t more than When a paper raj na; itetu. nsed. it is generally rernroec. as ffr for the wastt bask«_ Bxe 2m Nash ville, Tenn., there is a score proprietor who oonoeivet tie idea of making-such cups tueft" fer tke planting of seeding vsgectMes es various kinds, says the PcjulAt Science Monthly. He «ncs aHE tkoee that have been used an iss soda, counter and turns ra-Hm to truck -gardeners whe are .glaA to make nee of them. The jlaaxs are started indoors in these raps and afterwards ®<ttdoors without dtetErhixE roots. Such paper rape are jnst as serrtreable as earthen the additional merit of ecKTlrg *<aK to nothing.

U. S. ARTILLERY STOPS NEW DRIVE ON MARNE RIVER

Terrific Counter-Bombardment " Smothers Attempted Attack Hear Chateau Thierry.. TOWN OF VAUX IN RUINS Alt Buildings in Village Are Leveled— Indiana Officer Credited With Capture of First Five Huns in Last Battle. With the Americans on the Marne, I July 5. —American artillery continues to demonstrate its complete control of the new front west of Chateau Thierry. Once or twice the German guns opened up, suggesting another counterattack, but the <ftr was soon seething with American shells, smothering .the enemy fire, and no infantry demonstrations resulted. The Americans are steadily strengthening their new positions and are prepared for any eventuality. I found them in the afternoon in the midst of the wrecking of Vaux, which is. a per- ; feet monument to the efficiency of American artillery fire. Town Is Laid Level. t Not a single building escaped. Not a second «tory remains and only a [few of rhe first floors are intact. Whole blo- fr- were flattened out into heaps of bricks, stones and tiles, r I met Lieut. H. A. Mongray of Laporte. Ind., who is credited with, cap- : taring the first five Germans in Vaux. f “When the barrage ended, we rushed in.” he said. “Five Germans climbed [oar i.f a hole. They and I yelled i‘Handehohe* (bands up) simultaneously. I guess I yelled the loudest and they put theirs up. That’s all there is to it.” Fogs Flyers Defeated. Nine German airmen started over at I night to avenge the defeat early ! Wednesday of another Boche squadI run. Four and possibly six of the sec’otni bunch failed to return. An American balloon gave the warn- • tag and nine Americans met the Ger- ' mans inside the latter’s lines. In the .brief battle that ensued, the Germans fetang together, spiraling upward and ©ring downward. One at a time, four • .f the German machines collapsed and |feG. Two others almost certainly crashed. Lleuts. Ralph A. O’Neil of Arizona, f john H. Stevens of Albany, N. Y.; Kenneth Parker of Dowagiac, Mich.; Tyler O. Bronson of New York city, :ind Indianapolis and Cleveland Me- ■ iennott of Syracuse, N. Y., each be.lieve they got one Boche. One of the wings of McDermott’s mai -htae was shot off, but he fell* within the American lines. The German communique, describ'tag the loss of four American planes, in this fizht, is an untruth. I r ’■

ALL RACES CELEBRATE 4TH

Big Demonstrations in New York and Chicago. New York. July 5. —More than 75,9»>» people, representing 42 races and nationalities, marched up Fifth avenue in the Fourth of July pttnwle. passing in review before Secretary of the Navy Daniels and others. New York rose en masse to the occason. It welcomed rhe parading thou--san«Ls with an acclaim that soared in a mighty roar of handclapping, cheering ami patriotic fervor to the very heavens. Doubtless, too, its echo will be heard in Berlin. Chicago, July 5. —Chicago’s cosmopolitan millions celebrated Independence day with a fervor and a resolve not equaled since that original Indepence day when a group of Americans signed their names to a document which means liberty for America and was destined to presage freedom for the world. Tn groups of a few hundreds and in groups of tens of thousands they renewed their allegiance to the flag and sang “The Star-Spangled Banner.” In great outdoor meetings they listened to the eloquent message of President Wilson, and when the last words were read there were cheers which from meeting to nfeeting were heard throughout the city.

FLYER KILLED ON THE 4TH

Lieut. F. R. Clements Plunges to Death in Texas. Dallas, Tex., July 5. —Lieut. F. R. Clements, an American flyer from Hicks field. Fort Worth, Tex., was in net i here yesterday when his airplane fell 1,500 feet at Camp Dick, where he was flying during a Fourth of celebration. Clements’ home address had not been ascertained late In the day.

PEASANTS AND HUNS CLASH

20&OOO Engaged in Sanguinary Battle at Yekaterinoslav. Moscow, July 5. —A sanguinary battle is reported at Yekaterinoslav between German-Ukrainian White guards and peasants. The latter are said to mimber 200,000 and equipped with artillery and machine guns. The factories in that region are closing because the workmen are enlisting in guerrilla carps. __ . „

PLANNING YARD NOT EASY TASK

Bushes, Vines and Flowers Must ■ All Be in Harmony TREES FOUND TO BE ASSET • Increase the Selling Value of Any Property—Design for Attractive Stucco Residence for Wooded Site. Mr. William A Radford will answer questions and give advice FREE OF COST on all subjects pertaining to the subject of building, tor the readers of this paper. On account of his wide experience as Editor, Author and Manufacturer, he is, without doubt, the highest authority on all these subjects. Address all Inquiries to William A. Radford, No. 1827 Prairie avenue, Chicago, 111., and only enclose three-cent stamp for reply. By WILLIAM A. RADFORD. A good many new houses look bleak and uninviting because of the lack of trees and shrubs around them. Ordinarily It takes a few years for these to grow; so even If a start at planting is made at once, there Is a period of bareness before the new house is properly framed and screened. Often the homebuilder is able to select a lot that is “wooded,” as the real estate men say, and by preserving the trees already on tjie site he gets at once a well-planted effect. Whether the value of the land itself is increased by trees or not is a subject given much thought by the students of real estate. The treejin. the heart of the city is of little value. Unless placed in perfect relation to its surroundings it may even be a detraction. As a rule, however, the real estate dealer appreciates tiie existence of a strong influence which the tree in the abstract exerts on apparent real estate values in residence districts. Trees Help Sales. Subdivision operators assert that lots in a subdivision will sell faster with trees upon them, for the reason that the effect of a well-grown tree or tree group on a lot gives somehow a substantial appearance to the whole of the property. The sense of permanency attaching to the tree seems in the mind of the homeseeker to spread to the house also. Thus the house a little farther down the street, built in

as a subordinate element of the house In harmony with the same general scheme. When it becomes necessary to place a garage on a small plot just at the elbow of the house, the limitations become more exacting. It is so easy to kill the appearance of the house by a cheap home for the motor car. But even here much can be done in simple ways, if it be just the right touch at the right place. A hood over the wide doorway may soften its aggressive severity; dignified pilasters flanking the entrance may bring the little side building into closer harmony with the residence; sloping the lines of the roof may eliminate the suggestion of a packing box that often breathes from a small building with a flat roof; the windows may be casemented or latticed or supplied with window boxes for flowers; ivy or growing vines may cover the sides with a note of gracious charm. Even a happy choice of the right color of paint may mitigate an architectural crime to a mere misdemeanor. In remodeling an old garage or in planning a new one, the most satisfy-

Floor Plan of Two-Car Garage.

ing results are often reached by making it a combination building to do more than merely to house automobiles. Keeping a country place is a work that is rarely finished. There is always a tendency to expansion and new needs that have no limits but the purse of the owner. A new garage may afford opportunity to make it combine an extra room for the help, a bowling alley, a tool room, storage space for garden and porch furniture, or whatever the yearning fancy of the owner may make him feel is essential for his comfort, or ease, or convenience.

SATURDAY, JULY 6, I©lS

“Anyone can plan and arrange a lawn and yard,” is very often heard when talking of house building. Perhaps anyone can—but it requires thought to plant and build in a way that will give beauty, rest and harmony. Too many people plant trees, bushes and flowers without regard to thf buildings, scattering them promiscuously over the yard as if each one were to be walked around and examined for sale. There is no beauty of design—just a lot of trees and flowers. Good Plan First Essential. The first essential then for an attractive home is a good plan for the entire improvement. Whether the house is large or small, and the grounds a city lot or a country ten acres, have a plan and try to make the whole a harmonious picture. Before drawing a line of the plans or driving a single stake for location, make a pencil sketch of the house and the grounds, locating the house, outbuildings, walks, shrubbery, garden and all appurtenances. The simple rules for planting, stated years ago but never Improved, are: 1. Keep the center of the lawn open.

Second-Floor Plan. Have a grass plat, large or small, and keep it clear and smooth. Arrange trees and shrubs to secure these open spaces. Flowers in the center of the lawn are like patches on the carpet. Put the blooming plants along the border that they may have a background. Plant along the foundations of the house and outbuildings, so that these may be hidden by a mass of green. “ , 2. Plant in masses. J Surround the yard with masses shrubs and trees, giving glimpses the home within. Flowers and shruba appear best with green background.' Most people are too stingy with their planting. Masses of epirea, hydrangea, lilac, barberry, roses, wetge-

wlll do for a salamander.’ ‘Better say a Gerrymander,’ growled the editor, and the outlandish name, thus coined, soon came into general currency.”

No Sergeants’ Messroom.

There is no sergeants’ messroom In the American army. Sergeants and privates have the same food, served in the same style and place. The age for enlisting is from 18 to 35 years. All men offering to join must be United States citizens, or at least have in their possession first citizenship papers. The term of service is three years, and twenty-five years be served before a pension is obtainable, except in exceptional circumstances. Soldiers’ widows get sl2 per month, while they remain single and for each child an extra $2 a month is allowed until the child reaches the age of IB years. Punishments in the army are very severe, two years’ hard labor being the minimum penalty for desertion, even in time of peace. A repetition of the offense is punished by a penal servitude of five years. If a deserter manages to hide himself so as to avoid arrest for two years, and lives during that period in the United States he may not be brought to trial. Any one returning a deserter to his regiment can claim a reward of SSO from the government.

Oh, You “Dixie” Tune.

The Houston Post notes that “some Cincinnati feller is writing new words for ‘Dixie,’” and It discourages him with — “No use. Few people have eVer learned the old. words. It is the ‘Dixie’ tune that plays the wild with human emotions and makes a patriot want to yell and shoot holes through the enemy.”

Quicker Production of Antitoxin.

The Presna Medica, Buenos Ayres, reports fine results with horses over ten years of age in the production of antitoxins. “These ‘ results with old horses surpass in the number of units and in the shortness of the time anything previously realized with the old technic, thus saving both time and expense.” ,