Jasper County Democrat, Volume 21, Number 96, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 March 1919 — COURT NEWS [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

COURT NEWS

The jury • was excused Tuesday until Thursday morning, and then again until next Wednesday, continuances, changes of venue, etc., having disposed of cases set for trial. Thus far the jury has not heard a single case. Special Judge William Darroch was over from Kentland yesterday and a short hearing was held on the petitioh for a guardian for David L. Halstead. The court granted the petition and appointed James Donnelly as such guardian, w n hose bond was fixed at 5,000. Bond presented and approved, with M. R. Halstead and Prank J. Donnelly as sureties. Other proceedings since our last report follow: Prank Melrose vs. Emil Besser. Cause continued by agreement until fourth Friday, State vs. Prank M. Walters. Dismissed on motion of prosecutor. State vs. Dan AHely. Cause continued by agreement. Bert W. Price vs. Earl E. Adams. Dismissed am motion of plaintiff. State ex rel Orren S. Bell et al. vs. Walter Harrington, trustee et al. Continued by agreement. John A. Dunlap vs. Vern J. Crisler. Continued for service on defendant. New service ordered, 'returnable March 8. George C. Cook vs. Abraham Ackerland et al. Default made in service on defendants. New process ordered issued to sheriff of Hendrix county.

In tracing the history of shaving it should be sufficient to go back to the Greeks and Romans, upon whose civilization our own is based. Beards were highly esteemed among the former up to the time of Alexander the Great, who was smoothshaven. One reason for the abolition of the beard among soldiers was the fact that it afforded the enemy someth.ng to lay hold of. At an earlier period the wearing of certain types of helmet and gorget had protected the beard. The Romans wore beards down to the time of the Gallic wars, while the Gauls, albeit barbarians, were

smooth-shaven save for the mustache. The antiquity of barber shops and razors in Ramie is’ variously given by historians. 'Some have claimed that the first barber shop, at least In that part of the world, was opened in Sicily im 300 B. €., while other authorities make this date for earlier or later. The Sicilian seems to have been the first Trarber.