Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 May 1919 — Page 8

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Mrs. George Griffin spent Tuesday in Goodland, the guest of Mrs. Kate Griffin. Miss Emma Jenssen has purchased the Aunt Fanny Parks property and moved into the same. Sam Bowman went to Indianapolis the last of the week to spend Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Walter Rich. A son was born Tuesday forenoon to Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Whitebead, four miles southeast of Remington. Mrs. Leonard Dickinson of Rockford, 111., is here helping to care for her grandfather, who is very low at this writing. Miss Marguerite Pepin of Harvey, DI., came Friday evening for a few days’ visit with Miss Doris Ricks, and other Remington friends. Jones Bros, have purchased the Fred Burger farm of 160 acres in Gilboa township, Benton county, known as the Dickinson farm. The work on the new bank room has now been about completed, and it sujely speaks for itself. It is quite an attractive additicAi to that part of town. The senior class and a few others are off on a picnic excursion to The Shades and Turkey Ruh this Thurs- ( day. They will have a glorious time, no doubt. Miss Velma Stonehill of Brook attended the Gilboa commencement exercises Friday evening and visited with her grandmother, Mrs. D. M. Forry, and other relatives. Miss Catherine Carmody or Clifton, 111., came Tuesday evening to be present at the commencement exercises of the 1919 class of which her nephew, Bernard Villinskl, ls ( a member. She returns home this Thursday morning. Henry Mischer, daughter, Miss Emma, and little Robert Zimmerman went to Grant Park, 111., Wednesday to be present at the commencement exercises of which Mr. Mlscher’s grandson, William Julian, is one of the graduates. Jasper Guy has leased the rooms upstairs In the old Chappell building, two doors east of the Press office, and will occupy the same as a law office about June 10, at which time he will have to remove from his present quarters on account of the remodeling of the State bank, which will -be begun about that date.

GOODLAND (From the Herald) A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Rodman last Friday morning, Mrs. Joseph Monty of Kankakee, 111., is visiting relatives in Goodland this week. Miss Melissa Beavers is spending the week-end with relatives in' Champaign, 111. Miss Olive Gerrich is home from Williamson, W. V., where she had' been teaching school. Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Constable and children left last Friday morning via auto for Rushmore, Minn. | Mrs. Wm. Ott of South Bend came this week for a visit with Mrs. C. W. Romine and family. Mr. and Mrs. Dave Condon of. Bonepart, la., are here, the guests of the latter’s father, Robert Stack. I Mrs. John Dermott and little baby of Chicago came this week (

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for a visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jerry McGraw. Mrs. 'g. P. Racine and little son of Wlimett, 111., came last Saturday and visited until Tuesday with her sister, Mrs. J. G. Kianeman, and family. J. C. Reece, P. E. Reece and Charles Reece and wtvee drove to West Lebanon and attended the funeral of their aunt, Mrs. John Reece, last Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Bringham and two children autoed here from Winamac last Saturday to attend the funeral of Mrs. E. R. Bringh»m, held Sunday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Ben P. Davidson returned home Tuesday from Merlin, Canada, where they spent several days with their daughter, Mrs. Newton Wickwire, and family. Father Henneberger returned to. Goodland Wednesday after spending two months at the St. Ellxabetb hospital in Lafayette where he took treatment. He is much Improved and is looking fine. a> A. D. Babcock received a card from his son Dorr, located at Bordeaux, France, stating that he expects to be home the latter part of May or the first of June. Says he is O. K. This is good news for all his friends. Mrs. Elda Williams, aged 24 years, passed away about 9 o’clock Tuesday morning after a short illness. Mrs. Williams recently underwent an operation and was apparently getting along fine when she was taken ill suddenly Monday and passed away Tuesday morning. Deceased was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Young of this city and they have the sympathy of the community in their bereavement. Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon. The death of Mrs. E. R. Bringham occurred at her late home in Indianapolis last Friday following a lingering illness of several months duration. Several months ago Mrs. Bringham underwent an operation and it was found that she was afflicted with cancer, but she was not Informed of the fact and she bore her affliction patiently until the end came last Friuay. The remains were brought to Goodland last Saturday evening and taken to the home of Mr. and Mrs. A. P. Hawn on Wayland avenue, from which place the funeral was held at 3 p. m. Sunday afternoon, conducted by Rev. V. B. Servies, pastor of the M. E. church, assisted by Rev. C. L. Harper, pastor of the M. E. church at Kentland. Interment was made in the Goodland cemetery by the side of her husband, who was brought here for burial a few years ago. Joseph Crowden was born in Ohio August 19, 1835, and died in Goodland, Ind., at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Ohas. Humston, May 21, 1919, aged 83 years and 9 months. When a small boy the deceased came to Dayton, Ind., with his parents. In 1863 he was married to Mary Goldsberry, with whom he spent many happy years. After her death he was married to Etta Harmon, sister of ex-Sheriff Harmon of Benton county, who died a few years ago. Since that time Mr. Crowden had been making his home with his daughter, Mrs. Morton Kilgore, and other children. Shortly after his first marriage Mr. Crowden came to Gilboa townsiilp, Benton county, where he farmed I several years. Thirty-two years ago Ihe came to Goodland and had been a resident here ever since. The children living are Mrs. Retta Kilgore, Mrs. Josephine Humston and Fred of Goodland; Mrs. Sophia Huber of Basin, Wyo.; Joseph of Jerome, Idaho; Charles and Mrs. Faith Yochem of Wolcott. He also leaves one brother, John Crowden, and a sister, Mrs. Andrew Bausman, both residents of Dayton, Ind. No better job work produced In this section of Indiana than that turned out by The Democrat.

THE TWICEAWEEK DEM OCR A J

FAIR OAKH Health, with a few exemptions, is quite good in our town. Joe Winslow and wife attended meeting at Shelby Tuesday evening. "Fish** Gilmore moved to his new location at Stoutaburg this week. Ruby Nolan, wife and mother of Rensselaer visited in Fair Oaks Sunday. Mr, and Mrs. Roy Brouhard are i treating their bouse to a new coat of paint James Clifton and son have tne Garlock barn and garage just about completed. 'W. T. Kight and wife of Roselawn visited the former’s brother Ike here Tuesday. Lou Smith of Gifford moved over last week and now occupies his property here in Fair Oaks. R. M. Dunn began filling up his shelve* the latter part of last week] with a brand-new stock of nice, clean groceries. Postmaster P. A. Karr went to a hospital at Lafayette the first of the week to take treatment for. some physical disorder. Mrs. A. M. Bnngle, who has been confined to her bed with a compll- ( cation of diseases, seems to be recovering at this writing. Cai Burroughs, who has been working for Harve Nelson in a blacksmith shop, wjll move his family and household goods to Shelby in the near future. Mr. Mackey, the tombstone man from Rensselaer, came up the first] of the week and erected monuments at the graves of the late Miles Moffitt and wife and daughter Edith. Walter McConnell gathered up his camping outfit the first of the week and took them up on the Kankakee marsh, where he will soon start in on his haying campaign. Arvel Bringle and wife of Remington brought the remains of their little son here Monday evening. The funeral was held at the A. M. Bringle home Tuesday evening at 5 o’clock, conducted by Bert W’arne, and interement made in the Fair Oaks cemetery. The past few days of warm, sunshiny weather has certainly been a booster to the crops. Corn planting will soon be a thing of the past again. Some corn is beginning to come through the ground and looks fine. Wheat and rye is coming along nicely, the latter is heading out rapidly. We notice that some of the wheatfields are badly mixed with rye. Oats are looking fine. .

VIRGIE R. G. Gasaway was a Rensselaer goer Saturday. L. E. Harrington went to Fair Oaks*Saturday evening. Marion Cooper and son Billie were Rensselaer goers Saturday. Mabel Barnes of Rockfield is visiting the James Wiseman family. Mrs. Earl Williams is-sick at her home near Brook with the measles. Miss Bertha Florence returned home Saturday to spend a week with her folks. Philip Kerns’ daughter Hattie and husband of Plainfield spent Sunday with them. Mr. and Mrs. John Maher and Mrs. C. A. Harrington were Rensselaer goers Saturday. Mrs. Ben Zellers of Hammond came down Thursday to visit her mother, Mrs. Ben King. Mrs. James Hill and Miss Fay Williams called on Mrs. Lewis Harrington Saturday afternoon. Mrs. Luther Frame and son Harry called on her sister, Mrs. James Wiseman, Sunday afternoon. Ansel Potts and wife and Mrs. William Potts visited over Sunday at William Gratner’s in • Barkley township. Weather conditions have changed and we are now enjoying some nice sunshine. The farmers are all busy these days. Everybody is cordially invited to attend the North Union Farmers’ meeting at the Virgie school house Saturday, June 7. Mrs. John Zellers received a telegram Sunday evening that her son Leslie who had been in France the past year, had landed at Newport News and would be home soon.

MT. AYR (From the Tribune) A Mt. Ayr physician reports the arrival of a new boy at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Sigman at Parr Friday, May 23. Mrs. F. P. Huntington and a sister, who is her guest, visited a niece, Mrs. Hilliard, at Wheatfield several days this week. Mr. and Mrs. Everett Croxton and little daughter came Friday for a week-end visit with relatives. They returned to their home at Kankakee, 111., Sunday afternoon. Earl Huntington, better known as “Dutch,” arrived home from the army service Friday. He but recently returned from overseas where for the latter weeks of his service he was stationed in the same town as his brother Ed. Dutch is surely looking fine, and glad to get back. He did not know just how soon his brother Ed would get home. It is regretable that so many chickens have been stolen in our community of late along with harness and other articles of usefulness. Monday Uncle Jim Simons reported the loss of some 50 bushels of oats. But evidence is being collected day by day as to who the guilty parties are, and without doubt, there will be some arrests made very soon if the parties do not desist#” • POSSUM RUN Some fine weather we are having now. Win del Cunningham spent Sunday with home folks. John, Pearl and Hazel Davis

•pent Bunday with the Cavluder children. Mr. and Mrs. Horace Daniela •pent Sunday with their aon Omar •nd wife. Mrs Jasper Corer helped Mrs. John Cor or paper Tuesday and Wednesday. Mr. and Mra. Jasper Corer and MT. and Mra. John Comer went fishing Sunday. Mra. T. J. Parher and daughter Myrtle were Virgie goera Wednesday afternoon. Mr. and Mra. Roy Bearer and daughter apont Bunday with James Akers and family. Mr. and Mra. George Darlason and Mrs. Clyde Darlason and son were Rensselaer goera Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. James Campbell and son James and wife and Geneva and May Markin were Rensselaer goera Friday. Mr. and Mrs. James Campbell, Sr., and son. James, Jr., and wife spent Bunday with Mr. and Mrs. Blickstine of Lewiston. Those visiting the T. J. Parker family Bunday were: Earl Parker and family, Lee Reed, James Davis and family, Mrs. John Wilbanks and daughter-in-law, Mrs. Granville Wilbanks and daughter of Kokomo.

FRANCESVILLE (From the Tribune) Mieses Lucy Ames and Alice Hill were Chicago visitors yesterday and today. L. G. Auxier of Edinburg la here this week visiting with bls son east of town. Mrs. Phillips of Pennsylvania is spending a few days with Mr. and Mrs. U. C. Mallon. Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Beesley and Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Kruger motored to Darlington Sunday. Mrs. Effie Wortman of Remington has been the guest of Misses Ruth and Madge Jones. Miss Doris Petra, librarian, went to Kentland yesterday to attend a district library meeting. Miss Susan Liddle of Cropsey, 111., is the guest of her sister, Mrs. Margaret A. Hill, and daughter. Ben Ames, traveling salesman of Chicago, was the guest at the home of Mrs. Emma Ames over Sunday. Chris Koepkey of Lafayette, wrecker for the Monon lines, was the guest of relatives here last Saturday. Mrs. Sarah Hamilton returned to her home in Wolcott Monday after a brief visit with her daughter, Mrs. Carl Jones. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Malchow of near Monticello were guests of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Malchow, Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Vern Hewitt of Chicago were guests of his mother, Mra, Emily Hewitt, and daughter Ethel Sunday. Charles Claussen of near McCoysburg was in Francesville Saturday night. He is the tenant on one of the E. J. Randle farms. Logan Houston, who had been with the overseas forces, is now the guest of his brother, Jasper Houston, northeast of town. Mrs. Louis Lehman left Monday for a few days’ visit with Mr. and Mrs. Charles Ale at Noblesville and Mr. and Mrs? O. T. Higgins at Greencastle.

Grant DeVault of near Monon was here on business Tuesday. He had just shipped a car of steers into Chicago that averaged $lB3 each on the market. Ernest Kopka is taking down ths old residence which he purchased of the J. R. Hayworth estate some years ago and will convert the sal' vage into a fine bungalow which he will build there some time this summer at a cost of about |IO,OOO. Dr. Raymond J. Ives has purchased from the State bank of Francesville the lots across the street from the Salem Evangelical church, where he will soon build a modern bungalow. Later he intends to build an office and garage south of the bungalow. Mrs. Hoyt Pierce of Ann Arbor, Mich., was the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Orin Severns, Mieses Lois and 'Doris Petra and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Rice, northeast of town, Saturday and Sunday. She came (here from Lafayette, where she had been visiting her mother, Mrs. Lydia Rice.

UP THE SPOUT. ( What goes up must come down. Not necessarily. I was once inter-' ested in a concern that went up for good.

HIS METHOD. I can’t see how young Brown can sidestep all his bills. He doesn’t; he sidesteps the collector.

AN ENTHUSIAST. An enthusiastic motorist, isn’t he? Very. Even those quick-de-tachable tires don’t annoy him.

OUT OF PROPORTION. A woman buys a h a n d s o me bag For >3O cash To merely hold a powder rag I And sundry bits of trash.

A Little Help

By RAT BAKER

(Cepyright, ISIS, Sy th* MeClure X«WSpar If Walter Burrow# had been three minutes soccer be would have caught the relief train. If Lucile McCarthy bad been three minutes later she would have missed it 11 it was, ths Tribune had the start of the Star. A six-cylinder, highgeared automobile overcame the handicap, however, and Lucile stepped off the train on one side of the piled-up coaches at the same time that Walter jumped ffom the tonneau of the car on the other. Theo began the race to clean up on the details and get them Into the respective newspaper offices, which were fifteen miles from ths scene of the wreck. If Lucile McCarthy had known that Walter Burrows was her rival in this skirmish for facts she would have worked more feverishly tharf she did. If be bad known that he had to compete with a woman —and this partlc-. ular woman above all others—he would have smiled grimly and put in a few extra licks. For these two reporters, although they were on rival afternoon papers, were erstwhile sweethearts. It was through him that she obtained her place on the Tribune, simply because she said she wouldn’t have a man who could do something she couldn’t do, and because she thought the work would appeal to her, which It did. Then came an argument one afternoon. It started with a discussion of social and economic problems of the world In general. Reporters, in their hours of relaxation, will discuss and argue about anything, from the price of King George’s imperial bedroom

She Uttered a Slight Cry.

slippers to the number of calories in the dally meals of the mayor of Hoboken. ✓ This particular discussion dwindled to an out-and-out argument which generated some heat, about whether women were as resourceful as men, and if not why not, and if so why so. Tbs last straw was Walter’s assertion that women are dependable on men in emergencies, whereupon Lucile told him that she would prove that she in particular was not dependent on any man and never would be. “Men overestimate their importance,” she declaimed. “They are not in the least essential to a woman’s success or happiness. You’re one of those narrow-minded beings that think a woman can’t do anything for herself. You disgust me, that’s what you do. I wouldn’t have such a man hanging around the house. Kindly forget my telephone number.” The reporters at the wreck were so busy asking questions of trainmen and doctors and scribbling notes that neither noticed the other. It was not until they got ready to leave that they became aware of each other’s presence, and then It was only through a mishap. ‘Til get the story in for the second edition and scoop the Tribune,” said Walter as he scribbled one last unreadable note on some folded copy paper and thrust it into a pocket.

At the same time the whistle of the relief train sounded and Lucile knew she must get aboard or be left. She was not far from the train, but in order to get to it she had to scramble over some wreckage. In so doing she slipped and fell to the ground, a sharp pain darting through her foot Involuntarily she uttered a slight cry, and it was heard bjr Walter, who was standing a short distance away, looking around in vain for the automobile that had brought him to the scene of the wreck. He hurried to her and found her huddled on the ground. When he saw who it was that had suffered the accident he hesitated a few brief seconds, then picked her up in his arms. She was small and he was big, iso it wasn’t much of a task to move ber off to One side of the bustle and confusion attendant on clearing away the wreckage. "Where’s that confounded car?” he said aloud in vexation. "I thought it was pver by that fence when I got

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out of it. I wonder if the driver di flft think ! was going back?" His voice made her curious to know tn whose arms she was resting. Hitherto the pain abe was suffering ba made her indifferent as to his Mentity. Bo she lifted two very brows eyes and they met two gray blue ones, and then bar mouth straightened out and she commanded: -Put me down ft of r* He grinned and complied. She took a few steps, limping pronouncedly -How dare you pick me up in your armor she demanded. “1 don’t need you." He looked out on the road, but there was not an automobile In sight It was yet too early for the general public to hoar the news and begin flocking to the scene. When he looked back at the girl she was huddled on the ground again. “Tro lost out," shs almost sobbed. -The train has gone. I was going to take It back to the next station and file my story at the telegraph office.” He looked sympathetic. “If you will allow me to suggest an ♦des." he remarked, “perhaps I can help both you and myself. Tm not doing this in a personal way, you understand. but simply professionally. I would give any reporter a little help tn like circumstances. bo It man or woman.” She answered him almost jabbing pins Into her back hair. “Go on with your idea. I’ve got to get my story to the Tribune or loss my job.” "Well," he went on, “my chauffeur has gone and left mo; but I just noticed a handcar standing some distance up the track on the other side of the wreck and we can ride on that to Bushvtlle, which is only a mile around that bend. Wo can file our stories there." Without waiting for her consent ho picked her up again and succeeded in getting to the handcar, on which bo placed her. Selling the handles, be soon had the vehicle moving down the track. -Hey, bring that back, your called a section hand, but Walter couldn't or wouldn’t hear. She sat at one end of the handcar and looked away from him. The pain had left her foot, but there was another kind of pain that she couldn’t dispel. Ho worked the pump so fast that perspiration streamed from his brow, although the weather was only the mild kind that is enjoyed early In the fall. Before long the Bushvtlle station loomed Into sight. He stopped near It and removed the handcar from the rails, after which he carried Lucile Into the station and placed her on a bench. It was one of those structures about the size of a box car, with a waiting room and a combined ticket and telegraph office. "How about sending some press stuff?” Walter inquired of the hatchetfaced man behind the counter. The man was too busy reading a magazine to look up. "No operator," he condescended to grunt. “That settles It," said Lucile in tones that bordered on anguish. “We’ve both lost out." Walter had some further conversation with the man at the ticket window, after which he went over to Lucile and said:

“Can you dictate your story to the wire. You won’t have time to write It.” She laughed, almost hysterically. “Sure I can dictate to the wire, but what good will that dot We RaVe tS have an operator first.” There was something of triumph la his eyes. "We have,” he declared. *Tm the operator. Didn’t you ever know that I graduated from £ telegraph office to a newspaper r* She looked up quickly, with mingled surprise and admiration showing in her face, but quickly she sought to hide It. Turning from him she looked out the window. A farmer boy was having difficulty with a calf that betrayed a pronounced prejudice for some grass that stuck up In the middle of the main track., "Oh, I can’t do It,” she said. "You’ve earned the right to send your story, and yours alone. I couldn’t let you send mine too. I'm sick of the game, and Tm going to watch that boy get that calf off the track while you rattle the key and I lose my job. I don’t want the job any more, anyhow. It’s more Important that you keep yours, and maybe this scoop will bring you a raise. You see. I’ve decided to let your pay envelop provide for us both —if you’re still of that mind.”

Just Why Men Become Bald.

Each time a man lifts his hat his head experiences a sudden change of temperature, and it Is this consant heating and cooling of his head, according *to a recent medical writer, which causes the hair to drop out in the long run. It Is very seldom that soldiers go bald early, for they do not raise their hats, but salute. Women, too, never go bald so soon as men; that Is because their hats are retained on their heads when they are out of doors, and are only taken off when indoors. Another reason why men go bald is said to be because they so often wear their hair clipped close.

Stabilizer for Airplane.

An airplane manufacturer has, it Is reported, invented a new type of electric stabilizer for airplanes, which consists of a pendulum in a liquid bath and controlling the supply of current to a small propeller placed just above-the pilot’s bead.