Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 77, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 December 1919 — Page 1

Jasper County Democrat.

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COURT HOUSE NEWS IN BRIEF

Interesting Paragraphs From the Various Departments OF JASPER COUNTY CAPITOL Legal News Epitomized—Together With Other Notes Gathered by Us From the Various County Offices. Court Reporter Mike Wagner left Friday for his home at Sheboygan, Wig., to spend the Christmas vacation. w ▲ taxpayer suggests that the county commisssioners should build a portable shed for housing the road grader that is standing uncovered and unprotected from the elements just north of Rensselaer. Better apply for your 1920 auto’ license now. Miss Mabel Nowels, at The Democrat office, will fill out your application and send it in at no expense or, trouble to you other than the license fee and the small notary fee. * ts The supreme court, in a decision handed down a few days ago appealed from Huntington county, holds that where a deed was made to the township of a cemetery and same was accepted by the township trustee, the statute makes it the duty of the township fn such cases to see to the care of the cemeteries as prescribed in and that it is a proper public policy to see that such care Is given. The suit was brought* in mandate to compel the board of finance to make appropriations for its care and to mandate the trustee to spend the money In the care of the cemetery. Marriage licenses issued: Dec. 20, William Edwin Randolph of Parr, aged 26 Aug. 29 last, farmer, and Cozy Hazel Gunyon, also of Pot, aged 21 Sept. 9 last, housekeeper. First marriage for each. Married in the clerk’s office by Rev. C. W. Postill- * Dec. 20, Cletus Oral Ray of McjCoysburg, aged 19 Feb. 19 last, farmer, and Bertha Mildred Martin of Rensselaer, aged 16 Sept. 16 last, housekeeper. First marriage for each. Both being under age, father of gi'oom, J. M. Ray, and mother of bride, Nancy A. Martin, gave consent - to issuance of licenseMarried in the clerk’s office by Rev. C. W. Postill. Dec. 22, Louie Adolph Schultz of Rensselaer, aged 27 Nov. 29 last, farmer, and Pauline Elizabeth -Viola Steinke, allso of Rensselaer, aged 18 Meh. 30 alst, housekeeper. First marriage for each. Dec. 23, Ralph Forest Wiseman of Rensselaer, aged 21 Oct. 20 last, laborer, and Olive Glenna Allee, also of Rensselaer, aged 17 Aug. 12 last, housekeeper. First marriage for each. Bride being under age her mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Allee, gave consent to issuance of license. Dec. 23, Samuel Asbury Webster of Jefferson county, aged 21 Meh. 7 last, farmer, and Emma Belle Stamley of Jasper; county, aged 25 Meh. 9 last, housekeeper. First marriage for each. Dec. 23, Roy William Strong of Francesfille, aged 20 Dec. 23 last, farmer, and Cynthia Mae Houston of Jasper county, aged 21 Nov. 4 last, teacher. First marriage for each. Male being under age his mother, Minnie Doll, gave consent to issuance of license. Dec. 23, Elmer Vance Shroyer of Jasper county, aged 23 Aug. 23 last, farmer, and Dora Fenn Daniels, also of Jasper county, aged 23 April 8 last, nurse. First marriage for each. Get your fertilizer from 1 Reed, he sells Sthe best Honest and square dealing is our best advertisement. —THOS. E.’. FED, Remington, Ind.

JUST 1 MURE|g® DAY TD hkm, SHOP

HIGHWAY SUPERINTENDENTS

To Meet at Purde University January 27, 28 and I*, 1920. The state association of county road superintendents will hold its annual meeting at the time of the Purdue school, Jan. 27, 28 and 29, 1920. This association embraces all of the county road superintendents of the' state and was organized to study and improve the road maintenance work in Indiana. It has always held Its annual meeting in connection with the road School and the call has been issued for the 1920 meeting. 'The State, highway commission is actively interested in the road school at Purdue university and will have a representative present at each of the sessions- Various engineers from the state highway department will talk on their special subjects and it is expected that additional co-operation between the local road officials and the state highway commission will be obtained as one result of the meeting.

MRS. MATIE HOPKINS IS DEAD

Body Was Brought Here for Burial " From Chicago Sunday. Mrs. Matle Hopkins, a former resident of this city for many years, died in Chicago Friday evening and the body was brought here for burial Sunday afternoon and from the train to the Presbyterian church where funeral services were held, conducted by Rev. J. B. Fleming, the pastor, and burial made in Weston cemetery. Deceased was a daughter of John and Sarah Austin, and with her husband, Ludd Hopkins, was one of the early settlers in Rensselaer, where the latter was engaged in the mercantile business for many years. She is survived by three children, Mrs. George K. Hollingsworth, with whom she made her home, and Louis F. (Hopkins of Chicago and Senior Hopkins of Akron, O-; one brother, W. B. Austin, of Chicago and one sister, Mrs. Tude Ensminger, of Crawfordsville. She also had many old friends in this city. The following obituary was read at;the funeral: Mary C. Hopkins, widow of Ludd Hopkins, deceased, and eldest daughter of John M. and Sarah J. Austin (old settlers of Rensselaer, and both now deceased), was born in Crawfordsville, Indiana, November 8, 1850, and died at the home of her son, Louis F. Hopkins, in Chicago, December 19, 1919, in the seventieth year of her age. She leaves to mourn their loss, two sons, Louis F. Hopkins and Senior G.'Hopkins; her daughter, Nora Hollingsworth, wife of George K. Hollingsworth; her grandchildren, Sarah Stanley and George Hopkins and Donald and Thomas Hollingsworth; and one great grandchild, Donald Hollingsworth, Jr.; also her sister, Louise W. Ensminger; her brother, William B. Austin; and her niece, Virginia Austin Shayne, and her nephew, Major Leonard A. Ensminger. Besides her relatives she leaves a host of friends in Rensselaer, who were all but relatives' to her. Mrs. Hopkins spent substantially her whole life in Rensselaer and was well known to all the older inhabitants of our little city. For the last twenty years she had been a patient sufferer from disease which flesh is heir to, but bore all with that Christian fortitude which characterized her whole life. With her passing goes one of nature’s noble women, an affectionate and helpful wife and mother, a sincere and lasting friend who had endeared herself to everyone with whom she came in contact. An old friend recently said if she held emnity to any living soul he would be surprised. She was entwined in the hearts of her immediate family to an extent which will require generations of changes tol eradicate. She joined the Rensselaer Presbyterian church in 1885 and had always been faithful to her obligation in words and works. “Peace be to her ashes.”

SPECIAL. SALE OF SPREADERS We will have a special sale of New Idea Manure Spreaders up to Jan. .1, 1920, at very low prices. We have 30 spreaders in stock hnd to move them quickly will make an exceptionally attractive price until the first of the new year. In order to get the benefit of £hese reduced prices you must biiy within the next week.—KELLNER & CALLAHAN. ' <127 CHRISTMAS DANCE AT GAIETY BIG DANCE AT THE GAIETY THEATRE CHRISTMAS NIGHT. GOOD MUSIC. ADMISSION SI.OO, WAR TAX 10c, TOTAL sl.lO- - SKATING EVERY AFT.ERNOON AND EVENING. —ALEX PAQUETTE.

RENSSELAER, JASPER COUNTY, INDIANA, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1919.

MRS. WILLIAM POTTS IS DEAD

Suffered a Stroke of Paralysis Last Week and Died Yesterday. Mrs. William Potts of near Virgie, who suffered a stroke of paralysis last week, died yesterday morning. Mrs. Potts was perhaps 72 years of age and is survived by her husband and two children, Mrs. John Wells and Ancil Potts, both of Virgie, and one brother, John L. Nichols, of this city. No funeral arrangements had been made at this Writing.

American Legion Post at .Jefferson--1 ville Voiceg Attitude. Jeffersonville, Dec. 20-—Lawr-ence Capehart Post No. 35, American Legion, has adopted resoldtlons here in favor of the immediate ratification of the league of nations and peace treaty. Senators Lodge (Mass.) and Reed (Mo.) were seyerely criticised for their attitude. Charles A. Hunt has been elected as post commander.

NOTES FROM COUNTY HOSPITAL

A son was born Monday to Mrand Mrs. Harry Arnold of Barkley township. Miss Ruby Standish of Mt. Ayr entered the hospital Sunday for medical attention. George Battleday of west of town had his tonsils removed Saturday. Mrs. (Helen Purcupile left the hospital Saturday, after a six weeks stay, recovering from a broken, hip, received Armistice day. Mrs. George Crockett and Mrs. George Long and baby returned to their homes Sunday. Mrs. Albert Sturgeon of Remington and Miss Jessie Colton of near Goodland returned to their homes Monday. E l . E. Smith, the carpenter, still remains in a critical condition. Theodore Keiper remains about the same.

NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC As we will be closed on Christmas day, we will appreciate having you give your order the day before. Thanking you in advance for this courtesy, and wishing you a merry Christmas and a happy New Year, we remain, yours very truly, IROQUOIS ROLLER MILLS. There’s a reason why we sell so many phonographs. The reason—• The Brunswick method of reproduction- Just you hear The BrunsWe sold five Brunswicks last Sat' urday. WINTER STORAGE FOR CARS The White Front Garage is ready for business and storage. First come, first served. Everybody welcome.—KUBOSKE & WALTER. We now have on hand a supply of lump and stove size soft coal. Phone your order to No. 7.—• FARMERS’ GRAIN CQ. d 24 Sale bills printed while you wait at The Democrat office.

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List of Those Who Have Paid Subscription Accounts During Week. Following are the names of those who have paid their subscription for The Democrat during the past week and, especially to those received by mail, this publication shall act as a receipt until the date on the label of their paper is changed. Those Indicated by an • are new subscribers: Gus Yeoman, Rensselaer, R-3. Charles Pefley, Rensselaer. James Callaghan, Logansport. Mrs. Albert* Witham, Rensselaer. Edward Jenkins, McCoysburg. John Newcome, Rensselaer, R-l. John Wagner, Remington, _R-4. •Ru'd Cain, Remington, R-3. ’ Walter Smith, Valparaiso. Miss Mattie Benjamin, Rensselaer. . Sam Fendig, Rensselaer. J. P. Hammond, Rensselaer. John Callaghan, Reynolds. Ell Gerber, Burwell, Neb. Samuel Huggins, Remington. •Ernest Harris, Remington. •C. B. Manderville, Roselawn. Charles Welch, Goodland, R-l. Mrs. Ed Myers, Roselawn. C. S. Galbraith, Remington. •Mrs. Verne Bussell, McCoysburg. Homer Lakin, Fair Oaks, R-l. •Rev. J. N. Jenkins, Manchester, Mich. *E. E. Gunyon, Parr. John Farabee, Remington, R-l. •M. Pruett, Roselawn. •Robert J. Parker, Artesian, S. D. H. C. Vincent, Mercedes, Tex. ♦Dennis Healy, Parr, R-l-Frank Garrlott, Morocco, R-3. James Elijah, Fair Oaks, R-l. ♦Rev. W. L. Schroeter, Rensselaer, R-2. James E. Walter, Rensselaer. M. Kuboske, Rensselaer. Milton Mauck, Fair Oaks. William Glossor, 'Remington. Lowell Spangle, Remington.

RULES AGAINST TAX BOARD

Judge of Dekalb Circuit Court Refuses to Sustain Demurrer. Auburn, Dec. 19-—Dan M. Link, judge of the Dekalb circuit court, overruled a demurrer late yesterday afternoon filed by the state board of tax commissioners in injunction proceedings brought by the Dekalb County Farmers’ federation to (prevent a 40% horizontal Increase in assessment of personal property in townships of the county as ordered by the state board. By agreement nd Injunction will be issued pending a decision by the state supreme court in a similar case, appealed from the Clinton circuit court, following a decision sustaining the statq tax board’s demurrer. '"The tax broad was* represented by U. 8. Lesh, assistant at-torney-general, of Indianapolis, and points raised in the demurrer were much the same as those introduced in similar cases. One of the principal contentions was that the petitioners had not exhausted their remedies under the act creating the board of tax commissioners, anß that the filing of action for an injunction is an extraordinary proceeding. Disapproves Horizontal Increase , Lafayette, Dec. 19. —Action was taken at a meeting of the Lafayette Real Estate association last

AdrertlM In the "Went Column.”

IS ECONOMY TO USE OUR JAIL

Says Morocco Courier, But Thinks Charge Is Excessive. In referring to Jasper county’s bill of |4,000 for use of its jail for the last 10 years caring for Newton county’s prisoners, the Morocco Courier says, among other things: The time specified In the claim is 10 years, or 1400 per year. This Is more than a dollar a day just for the use of the jail, as all prisoners’ board bills ar& paid regularly. And when the fact is considered that ’this county has no. prisoners confined there for months at a time, the demand really appears out of reason. It is only just that Jasper county should desire some remuneration for the use of her jail, and some specific rate should have been determined long ago. There is little or no need for a jail in this county, and if Jasper county would act fair we could continue to use ’her jail when necessary for years to come. While -there has been, some agitation in favor of building a jail in this county, by far the majority of the people are convinced that it would be a needless expenditure and are very much opposed to it.

DECISION OF MUCH INTEREST

To Building Supply Dealers, Contractors and Property Owners. The Indiana supreme court last week in reversing a decision by the Lake superior court held that a person or firm providing materials for the construction of a building by a contractor can not assert a lien against the property of the owner, if he has provided in his contract a covenant with the contractor that no mechanic’s lien be filed against the property. The court held that this rule holds good whether the person providing the building materials khew of the provision in the contract against the mechanic’s Hen, or not. The decision was made in grahting a rehearing and in reversing the case of the Baldwin Locomotive Works against the Edward Hines Lumber company et al., which has been pending in the supreme court since Oct. 21, 1915. The statute under which a lien was claimed in the suit, includes in its provisions contractors, subcontractors, mechanics, journeymen, laborers, “and all persons (performing labor or furnishing materials or machinery” for the erection of a building. By the decision of the court, those who provide materials for building have rights equal .to those of mechanics and laborers, and the decision, lawyers say, will prevent any mechanic or laborer from' asserting a mechanic’s Hen in future construction work, if the owner and contractor put in their contracts a claiise that no such liens shall be filed against the property. The clause of the contract In the case decided, which the supreme court held Inviolable, read: “No contractor, subcontractor, materialman or other person furnishing labor or materials for the work herein provided for, or for alterations or additions thereto, shall have any right to file any mechanic’s Hen, or claim of amy sort or kind against the premises or any part thereof.”

WAY OF TRANSGRESOR IS HARD

Scratching Name on Monon Depot Wall Costa Offendor S2O. Monon Detective Jesse Oldham is making the way of trespassers extremely hard in this locality. His latest catch is that of a young man who gave his name and address as J. M. Kenth, Indianapolis. He was arrested for malicious trespass at the passenger station Wednesday night, where he was loitering and scribbling his name on the walls of the building. He was taken before Justice E. G. Smith at Monticello yesterday. On plea of guilty »he was assessed a fine and costs amounting to S2O, which he paid and departed no doubt convinced that it does not pay to deface property, even when it /belongs to a railroad company. .Officer Oldham has made numerous arrests recently and In most cases offenders are getting'what they deserve, fils crusade against trespassers at this point is commendable and shows that he Is on to his job.—Monon News.

night disapproving the horizontal increase in tax valuations made by the state board of tax commlssloners.

Vol. XXII. No. 77 •

GENERAL AND STATE NEWS

Telegraphic Reports From Many Parts of the Country. SHORT BITS OF THE UNUSUAL Happenings in the Nearby. Cities aud Towns—Matters *of Minor Mention From Many Localities. WHITING SUIT DECISION MADE Gary Judge Holds State Tax Law Invalid in Part. Gary, Dec. 19. —Charles E. Green* wald, judge of the s Lake county superior court here, decided yester* day that the new Indiana state tax law is invalid, insofar as It purports to give authority to the state board of tax commissioners to revise or cut down tax levies made by cquntles, cities, school govern* meats, library boards and other taxing bodies. The court ordered George M. Poland, county auditor,, to revise the tax for the city of Whiting, Lake county, to correspond with the tax rate originally adopted by the Whiting city council. The council adopted a levy of $1.32, which rate the state board of taxation cut to 57 cents. The city, in a suit filed in the court, contended that the state board, of taxation had mo authority to cut the rate adopted by that city and asked that the county auditor be ordered to revise the tax book of Whiting to corre* spond with the levy fixed by the city council. Ele fitansbury, attorney-general, and W. C, Nusbaum, state commismissioner, of Indianapolis, represented the state tax board at the beartag. City' Attorney Hall of Whiting represented that city. In announcing his ruling in favor of the plaintiff, Judge Greenwald Maid: ‘‘There is not a man on the tax commission who can come up here to Gary, Hobart or other cities and determine the proper levy. And 1 do not believe the legislature intended they should.” If the ruling of Judge Greenwald is sustained by the Indiana supreme court, every taxing body in Lake county will institute similar proceedings, it is said. In order to make up the deficit In revenues caused by the cutting of the school tax levy In Gary the local board of education has been compelled to Issue $205,000 worth of bonds, while the city of Gary, Itself, will shortly issue $85,000 worth of bonds.

STOCKS BRING $700,000,000

ImmeßHe Army Supplies in Europe Have Been Cleaned Up. New York, Dec. 22. —A total of 1700,000,000 was realized by the sale of America’s war material in England, France, Belgium, Italy and Germany, Edwin B.'Parker of Houston, Tex., chairman of the Uni' ted States liquidation commission, said yesterday on his arrival from Europe with, five other members of the commission on the transport Powhatan. He said that the commission also cleaned up claims due and against the United States for as much more. The report will be ready in a few days. Mr? Parker asserted that while it had taken the commission pnly 10 months to dispose of all of this country's war stocks abroad, the pther allied countries had not yet been able to make an inventory. He denied that motor trucks had been "left to go by the boards.” Trucks im Germany were sold to a syndicate for $15,000,000, he said, and a British syndicate bought automobiles for $1,000,000. , All American war material in France was sold for $400,000,000. He asserted that the articles were sold for more than 50% of what they cost. Much of the material was Junk and was more of a liability than an asset, according to Mr. Parker, and as ships were not available it could not. be brought home. He said that the material would have brought less in America than in Europe.

Don’t forget that Pefley is pay-* ing 12; 50 for good muskrat skins. —Advt.