Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 85, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 January 1920 — Page 5

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY >l, 1M».

RUGS * FOR a year rugs have been very scarce but we have endeavored to keep our racks full at all times* and as a result wo own a large number in choice patterns at prices from 20 to 50 per cent below the market. The jobbers advanced their prices as much as 25 per cent on January Ist. Now is a good time to buy while we have the choice patterns and before the prices advance again. % Don't figure that you will wait and buy cheaper in the spring, If you are going to need a rug in the next year buy now. W. J. WRIGHT Rensselaer, Indiana

LOCAL NEWS

C. L. Fritts was down from Demotte on business Saturday. LOTS FOR SALE; also good barn.—Apply to J. J. EDDY in person. ts Louis Misch of near Wheatfield was an visitor with Rensselaer relatives. Among the Chicago goers Monday were Mrs. B. F. Barnes and Mrs. Frank Getzenaur. Mrs. W. A. Millen of Kewanee, 111., is visiting iher daughter, Mrs. George M. Myers, on Park avenue. Mrs. Roe Yeoman and son Dale, Mrs. H. B. Murray and Leonard Adams were Lafayette goers Saturday.

"Mike” Porter, eon of Mr. and Mrs. W. V. Porter, went to Indianapolis Tuesday where he will be employed. Arthur Thornton returned Saturday from Kansas City, Mo., where be had been attending an automobile school. Mrs. R. S. Bates of Chicago spent Saturday here, the guest of her daughter Ruth, who is attending Monnett school. John and Walter Nagel went to Lafayette Friday jor a visit with relatives and to attend a K. of C. initiation held there Sunday. Mrs. Samuel Overton returned to her home at South Haven, Mich., Friday after a visit here with her sisters, Mrs. Jacob Wagner and Mrs. John Healy. Miss Ellen Mauck of Mt. Ayr and Miss Margaret Yeager, teacher at Tefft, were in Chicago Saturday visiting the former’s father, who is in the Presbyterian hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Ritchey, Mrs. Lawrence Sayler, Mrs. Robert Ely, Mrs. Merle Moss and Miss Betty Royster, Dr. A. R. Kresler and H. C. Kuppers were Chicago goers Saturday.

Pillsbury’s Best Flour Th® Quality, You Know Milled from the very highest grade Northern-Grown Spring Wheat EVERY SACK GUARANTEED. For a limited time only, we offer Pillbury Best at the > remarkably low price of 23:80 This is far below the present wholesale price of this high-grade flour. If your flour needs for the next months have not been taken care of, this is your opportunity. Ph 7 T e C. L. MURPHY Ph 7 T

If you have poultry for sale, call C. H. LEAVEL for prices. Phone 647. ts J. J. Lawler of Chicago was here Friday and Saturday looking after his real estate interests in this vicinity. Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Roy, who have been living at Hammond, have moved to the Roy farm southeast of town. . : ■ Mrs. Charles Reed and son Howard of Barkley township went to Chicago Saturday for a visit with relatives. Mrs. J. J. Montgomery went to Rockford, 111., Monday for a couple of weeks visit with her mother, Mrs. Eugene Wemple. Elmer Medworth left Friday for his home at Ethan, S. D., after a visit here with his uncles, Carey and James Carr, of west of town. *-j Mr. and Mrs. Hale Warner left Monday for Erie, Pa., for a couple of weeks’ visit with their daughter, Mrs. Virgil Hamilton, and family.

Mr. and Mrs. Paul Overton of Buffalo, White coiunty, former residents of this city, are the parents of a new daughter, born to them on Jan. 13. Mr. and Mrs. Elmer V. Shroyer returned Friday from a visit with relatives and friends in Chicago and Chicago Heights. Mr. and Mrs. Shroyer will occupy the David Popel farm in Barkley township after Meh. 1. John Dale of Barkley township. Who sold his 60-acre farm last fall to Horace Daniels for $6,000 and bought 80 acres seven miles north of Elkhart, just over the line in Michigan about 1% miles, is preparing to move up there as soon as his public sale is held, which will be on Feb. 4. Our - former townsman, C. P. Fate, has been elected president of the Crown Point Commercial club for the ensuing year, and the Star of that city says that a better selection could not possibly have been made, that Clarence is a live wire and had the club gone through its membership with a fine-toothed comb no better man for the place could have (been found.

THE TWICE-A-WEEK DEMOCRAT

An armload of old paper* for Be at The Democrat offloa. .B. M. “GrahamT"of Indianapolis visited relative* here Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Manno Miller of Newton county were visitors in the city Monday. ‘ Pefley pays more money for raw furs. Bring them in; the price will be right. Phone 475. ml Mise Frances Irwin went to Logansport Monday for a visit with her sister, Mrs. Earl Parsons. Senator Atlee Pomerene of Ohio will be a candidate for the Democratic nomination for president. Governor Goodrich is really going to seek the Republican nomination for president, It Is announeed. Mrs. Katherine Alter visited her sister, Miss Marie Nevill, who Is a teacher In the Demotte high school, Saturday. Walter English of Lafayette made a few hours’ visit here Friday afternoon with his parents. Dr. and Mrs. E. C. English. Miss Leila Paulus, who is attending Depauw university at Greencastle, spent the week-end here with her parents, west of town. Miss Stella Platt ’has succeeded Miss Annabel Wartena as cashier at the Rowles & Parker department store, commencing her duties Monday. Yesterday’s local grain prices: Corn, |1.32; oats, 81c; rye, >1.60; wheat, >2.40. The prices one year ago were: Corn, >1.15; oats, 63c; wheat, >2.11; rye, >1.45. While Indiana is the 26th state to ratify the federal suffrage amend, ment, the ratification by 10 addltiotaal states is needed before the women of the country are accepted as electors on an equality with men. The present stretch of cold weather is one of the longest continued cold spells experienced here for many years. Zero weather started -early last month and has continued almost uninterruptedly all the time since.

The niftiest line of paneled calling cards you ever saw are carried in The Democrat’s Fancy Stationery and Office Supply department, and can be had either plain or neatly printed In any style of type you may select. W. R. Brown has been confined to his home on McCoy avenue for the past week with a severe cold, or the grip. His sone, Clint and Everett, came over from Huntington Sunday evening to see him, but he was so much better yesterday morning that they returned home. The fire company was called out about midnight Sunday night on a false alarm. The nightwatch thought smoke was issuing from the third story of the K. of P. ’building, but It was later found to be nothing but snow blowimg off the roof but which had much the appearance of smoke in the dim light. Dr. and Mrs. L M. Washburn and little daughter Elsie will leave today for Baton Rouge, La., for a visit with Mrs. Washburn’s uncle, Omar Ritchey, and family, and from there go to Datona Beach, Fla., to visit the doctor’s mother and sister, Mrs. I. B. Washburn, and Mrs. E. M. Grqham. They expect to be gone about three weeks.

Mrs. E- D. Burchard received a telegram yesterday morning from her husband, who was called to Hartford City a few days ago by the illness of his mother, stating that the latter had passed away that morning. The funeral will be held Thursday. Mts. Burchard and little daughter Winifred will go to Hartford City today to attend the funeral. Mrs. Rose Fox of Lochiel died Saturday morning at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Hugh Spalding, near Goodland. Mrs. Fox underwent an operation for removal of gallstotoes at St. Elizabeth hospital in Lafayette last fall and had never fully recovered. She was born in 1861, and is survived by three children, Roy Fox of Indianapolis, Mrs. Spalding and Henry Fox of Fowler; also a brother, Frank Gates, of West Lafayette. A family dinner was held at the George Parker home in Hanging Grove township Sunday at which all their children and families were present, and also a brother of Mr. Parker, Felix Parker, of Herscher, 111., and Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Armstrong of Khimiam, the latter a sister of Mrs. Parker. The occasion was in honor,of Mr. Parker’s 56th -birthday . anniversary, which was on Monday, Jan. 19, and a fine turkey dinner was served and e»njoyed by aIL

Yesterday's local •« “<1 butterfat prices: Bggs, 61c; butterfat, 62c. Mrs. i>. L. Hollingsworth went to Kalamaaoo, Mich.. Monday for a visit with relatives. Thos. E. Cooper of near Remington was a business visitor in Rensselaer yesterday. Mrs. C. E. Lohr was very poorly again Sunday night and Monday, but was considerably 'better yesterday. From the surface oF a single acre of grass it is estimated that from 3,000,000 to nearly 5,000,000 pounds of water are yearly evaporated. Mr. and Mrs. George Davisson and Mrs. Cyril Steele of Union township left Monday for Tampa, Fla., to spend the remainder of the winter. All mothers, wives, daughters and sisters of ex-service man of the world war are invited to attend the meeting to be held in the west court room at 7:30 o’clock Thursday night, Jan. 22, for the purpose of forming an’ auxiliary to the local post of the American Legion.

Abe Martin says: "Now that we've tried a one-day legislature we doubt if th’ people 'll ever be satisfied with any other kind. Another thing we’ve noticed about wrist watches is that ever' time anybuddy looks at one they alius ask somebouddy else what time it is.” There is little change, especially for the better. In the condition of Mrs. Sarah Freelove, who suffered a stroke of paralysis at the home of her daughter, Mrs. F. E. Babcock on last Friday morning. She remains practically helpless and cam. take but very little nourishment. Mrs. Freelove is almost 77 years of age. Mrs. E. J. Randle and little son Edward, Jr., will leave tomorrow for Douglas, Ariz., for a six weeks' visit with her sister. Miss Harriet Shedd, who Is a teacher in the schools of that city. Her mother, Mrs. S. S. Shedd, who has been with her daughter, Mrs. S. E. Sparling, at Gallion, Ala., accompanied by the latter, will also leave this week for Douglas and all will visit there together. Friday and Saturday nights the mercury was again down about the cypher and did not rise only a few degrees above during either of those two days. It became a few degrees warmer Sunday evening and two or three inches more snow fell. There is now perhaps eight inches on snow on the ground where it has not blown off, and in numerous places on the country roads it has piled uip In drifts quite badly. The Republican calls attention to a typographical error in the last issue of The Democrat, one of very few, we are pleased •to say, that appears in this paper. But were The Democrat to call attention to half the errors that appear in the Republican it would be mecessary for us to print an extra page every issue. Only recently, we remember, the Republican had a Morocco lady go to Lafayette to play football. The binder twine factory at the Michigan City prison is said to be operating now at full capacity with both might and' day dbifts. At a meeting held a few days ago by the trustees of the prison the price of this twine for next season was fixed at 13 cents per pound, 7 cents less than last year when it was still 2 cents under the trust twine. The authorities expect to make 8,000,000 pounds of twine this year, 4,000,000 pounds of which have already been contracted to the Gleaner and Grange* organizations.

BASKETBALL SCHEDULE ST. JOE

The following schedule of St. Joseph college basketball team has been handed The Democrat: Dec. 6—Vs. Brook H. S. (home), 41-10. Dec. 22—Vs. Y. M. I. C. (home), 28-24. Jan. 13—Vs. Y. M. B. C. (Lafayette), 21-27. Jan. 17 —Vs. Indiana Dentals (Indianapolis), 26-32. Jan. 22—Valparaiso University (home), 3 p. m. j an 24 —Illinois Athletic club (home), 3 p. m. Feb. 7—St. Viator college (Kan- ) • Feb/ 11—S. C. & M. C. (Whiting). Feb. 14—St. Viator college (home), 3 p. m. Feb. 18—S. C. & M. C. (home). Feb. 21 —Indiana Dentals (home). Feb. 25 —Valparaiso University (Valparaiso). Meh. 2—Brook H. S. (Bropk).

TRANSFERS OF REAL ESTATE

Morris Gosnell et ux to John N. Bicknell, Jan. 7, pt sw, 29-29-6, 18.83 acres, Marlon, >7,000.

♦♦♦ WHAT and WHERE ?

SELF HELPING COMMUNITIES The Indian at the party, served with viands from a sideboard, remarked: “Too many people helping Indian. Indian will help himself.” And he proceeded to do so. A great many Americans would find it easy to sympathize with the red man’s point of view. As we look back, it is apparent that an outstanding fault of many past social service activities has been “too many people helping Indian”, and not enough people helping Indian to help himself. The average man and the average boy object to being fussed over. The experience of War Camp Community Service drove that fact hard upon the consciousness of the community work era whose business it was to minister to the comfort and recreational needs of the enlisted men. It was found that, given the tools, the opportunity and a touch of leadership, the uniformed men would go a long way in working out a satisfactory recreation programme. It was not that they did not need guidance. They did, and appreciated it. But they did not need and did not appreciate a condition in which there were “so many people helping Indian” that Indian had no chance to help himself. Social relations, having in the past been so largely dictated by whim, tradition or prejudice, are seldom logical unless consciously and intelligently readjusted. Then, too, there is always the parodoxical situation that the more people there arc to know in any one place, the harder it is to know any of them. One of the present day social phenomena is the extent tn which the words “Community Service’’ have got into the cur rent vocabulary. It would lie going too far to characterize Community Service as a new idea. As the term is used now adays, though, it could properly be said to stand for a new attitude. Community Service, peace-time outgrowth of War Camp Community Service, reaches the individual by organiz. ing the community, by making community life a conscious activity. It is impossible to establish community life by decree, just as it is impossible to establish friendship by compulsion. There are those who imagine that people can be gathered together commanded to be sociable and left to. their fate. Desirable community life is a growth. Moreover, there can be no com inunity life where there is no community service. Unless com munity life is a growth, it is without roots, and exists as a superimposed structure. All of that throws us back to the starting point. It is the business of organized Community Service to see to it that there are not so many people helping Indian that Indian has no chance to help himself. Organized Community Service can supply the stimulus, the opportunity and initial direction, but the community must stand by reason of its own strength.

Star Theatre Wednesday, January 21 “I SAY A FEATURE” E. K. Lincoln in “FIGHTING THROUGH" A Western Picture with Action and Thrills Galore Did you see “Desert Gold”? If so, don’t miss this. Same cast of Characters in “Fighting Through.” ALSO “Burton Holmes Travels” - ■ I ■■■ ■■ . ■. ■ !-! ADMISSION Adults, 25c-3c-28c Children, 15c-2c-17c See It! Be on Time to Stake Your Seats

It to reported that the Buddhisms of Japan are planning to eotabliA a university for women. The British National Telephone company is planning to place ita wires underground in the course of the next two or three years. ▲ beginning has been made at Leeds, England, and contracts have beam placed for other centers. The opal 18 more difficult to Imitate than is the diamond. But from artifiicial corundum, stained with dhromo alum, real rubles can be made, and very cheaply. If the coloring agent Is tttannlum oxide, the product becomes a genuine artificial sapphire. A jug of Jamaica rum left at a Pennsylvania farm house by some British officers in 1778 came into the possession of the Wistar institute, University of Pennsylvania, and after being tipped and the contents "tasted” by the members of the board of managers in 1892 when the building was dedicated, was sealed, and will not be opened again until the centenary celebration in 1992.

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