Jasper County Democrat, Volume 21, Number 72, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 December 1918 — COURT HOUSE NEWS IN BRIEF [ARTICLE]

COURT HOUSE NEWS IN BRIEF

Interesting Paragraphs From the ' various Departments OF JASPER COUNTY CAPITOL

The Legal News Epitomized—Together With Other Notes Gathered From the Several County Offices. • A. D. Hershman was down from Gillam township on business Wednesday. Six marriage licenses were issued last month, against 4 for the preceding month and 16 for November, 1917. Attorney Jasper Guy of Remington was looking after matters in court here Thursday, coming here from Monticello, where he also had some matters to look after in the White circuit court. Mayor Robert C. Baltzell, state draft executive, Wednesday notified the 124 local draft hoards in Indiana to send the 129 limited service men in the service of the boards to Ft. Benjamin Harrison, to be mustered out of service December 12. Marriage licenses issued: December 5, Rufus Bordell of Fair Oaks, aged 5,6 February 10 last, farmer, and Lavina Martin, also of Fair Oaks, (Rensselaer) aged 55 July 22 last, housekeeper. Second marriage for male, first marriage dissolved by death in 1916. third marriage for female, previous marriages dissolved by divorce. Married, in the clerk’s office by Squire S. C. Irwin.

New suits filed: No. 8992. George W. Guild vs. George Wayne; action in replevin of an automobile. Demand, automobile and $350 damages. Venued here from Pulaski county. No. 8993. Milton E. Graves et al vs. Garrett Steinkamp; action in replevin of some farm implements. Demand SIOO. No. 8994. Frank M. Walters vs.. Christ Stoller et al; foreclosure of lien. Plaintiff asks for judgment of $l5O.

State Food Administrator Barnard has formally disposed of the sugar case against Ed Oliver of Newland and Chicago, directing County Food . Administrator Eger to dispose of the sugar and turn the proceeds over to the Red Cross. It will be remembered that along last May or June Oliver secured 500 pounds of sugar for his “fruit canning factory’’ at Newland through alleged misrepresentations to thefood director in Chicago, from whom he secured the permit. This sugar was Seized Iby Mr. Eger, who referred the matter to the state food administrator, and the only punishment meted out to Oliver is the loss of the sugar, worth about S4O at the time it was purchased. In Wednesday’s issue The Democrat stated in comparison of the number of stars on our county service flag the number on the j service flag of White county, which, was dedicated last Sunday, that our flag contained 633 blue stars and 11 gold ones. In making this statement we took the totals as recently shown at the bottom of the flag, but corrections and addi-; tions have just been mad which bring the total uu to 722 blue stars and 12 gold ones. White stars, 12 gold and 3 red. White stars —representing the nulmiber entering the Service from that county—or 168 (more than Jasper county, but White county’s population is nearly one-third more than that of Jasper. Also, we are informed, several of. the men going from White county with its guard company who have been counted in its service flag, were not actual residents of that county, while the 722 on Jasper county’s service flag were actual residents of the county. Several boys from over in the edge of Newton county who left here with old Company M, are not included in the count as belonging to Jasper county.