Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 100, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 March 1920 — LOCAL NEWS [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

LOCAL NEWS

Give me a chance to sell you a home. —Phone 147. ml 7 Carey Carr returned home Tuesday from a business trip to Chicago. LOTS FOR SALE; also good barn.—Apply to J. J. EDDY in person. _ ts Miss Clare Raise of Perry, la., is the Mr. and Mrs. Harry Parker this week. Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Fendig and two sons are expected homte this ■week from their few weeks sojourn in California. Among the Chicago goers AJfednesday were G. J. Jessen and W. C. Babcock of this city and Charles Brand of Remttngton. Mrs. Capitola Ramey returneu home the first of the week from a several weeks visit with her sister, Mrs. C. L. Thornton, and family at Spokane, Miss Gladys McGlynn, teacher in the schools at Miuncie, visited her grandfather, John R. Gray, here the first of the week. Mr. Gray has been quite sick but is improvIng. T. F. Leonard, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Leonard of Gilla-m township, and a student in the Rensselaer high school, has also been, granted recently a radio license by the government. George Wilcox returned to Springfield, Ok, ’Wednesday after a several weeks visit here with his daughter, Mrs. Frank Leek. Mr. Wilcox makes his home now with his son Trevor and family in Springfield.

Asessments by the state board of tax commissioners in cases where the power of the county board of review was usurped were held invalid by John E. Cox, judge of the Vigo county superior coiurt. The suit was filed by local taxpayers.

Give true a chance to sell you a city lot. —Phone 147. ml 7 If you have poultry for sale, call C. H. LEAVEL for prices. Phone 647. U , Don Wright returned home Wednesday from Chicago where he had been taking treatmlent for broken down arches in his feet. H. W. Gilbert and Fred Peck or Remington took the train here Wednesday for Indianapolis to attend the automobile show. Those desiring fruit trees for spring planting please leave their orders for same within the next few days.—CHARLES PEFLEY. ts Mrs. Arnold Luers and two children of southeast Marion went to Indianapolis the first of the week to visit her sister, Mrs. Guy Crowder. Miss Helen Warner went to Lafayette Wednesday for a visit with Miss Bernice Long and to attend a sorority dance given that evening. Mrs. Earl Duvall returned home the first of the week from Rockville, where She had been assisting Mr. Duvall in closing out her stock of ladies’ furnishings in tha* city. Miss Mintle Williamson, manager of the Schlosser Bros, cream station in this eity, attended a banquet at Monticello Wednesday evening given by the district manager, J H. Hibner, to his employes. A typographical error made us say in Wednesday’s Democrat that Tuesday was the 68th anniversary of the battle between the Monitor and the Merrimac, when it should have read the 58th anniversary. Mr. and Mrs. John W: King, for many years residents of this city, are planning to move to Warsaw about May 1 in order to be near their children, their son Fred and daughter, Mrs. Aden Rupe, residing at that place.

C. S. Chamberlain, superintendent of the city light and power plant, went to Crawfordsville Wednesday t 6 look over the plant at that place, going on from there to Indianapolis where he was joined Thursday by City Attorney Mose Leopold on business connected with the proposed new plant to be erected here the coming season. Sam Fendig, who has been living in l Mrs. Stella Ketchum’s residence on McCoy avenue during the latter’s absence this winter in California, has bought the David Haste bungalow on north Jefferson street and will occupy same until such time as Mr. Fendig decides >o build on his lot on McCoy avenue. The consideration Is given at $3,200. Mr. Haste is looking for a business location and expects to leave Rensselaer. i The Democrat was misinformed as to how and where the injury suffered by Arthur Hall took place, as mentioned in Wednesday’s issue. It was not at the Babcock elevator at all. He was getting a load of coal from Elza Grow from a tall, steel gondola car standing th* side-track east of McKinley avenue. An iron bar used in break-* ing loose some of the coax that was frozen on top of the car had been carelessly left near the edge and toppled off and struck him a glancing blow on the side of the head, inflicting the scalp wound referred to.

-The Priscilla Sew club met with Mrs. J. D. Allman Thursday afternoon. x Mrs. J. K. Smith visited her sister at Roselawn the first of the week. “Buz” Marble’s big annual stock sale will take place at Wheatfield on Thursday, Meh. 18. —Advt. ts John Gleason Is here and desires to secure a load of horses anu mules to ship Saturday.—Advt. Maych is the time to look after your shrubs ifor April planting.— Call HOLDEN’S GREEN HOUSE, phone 426. al Mrs. William Broadie returned to her home in Lafayette Thursday after a visit with her daughter, Mrs. 'Ross Porter. Mrs. F. A. Turfler returned home Tuesday from a visit with one of her former teachers, Mrs. Carrie McVay Hbpkins, at Lafayette. J. J. Montgomery went to Indianapolis Thursday to attend a luncheon given by tho Columbia club yesterday in honor of General Leonard Wood. Victor Hoover and “Frenchy” Deschand went to Detroit, Mich., Thursday to drive home a couple ( t Dodge cars for the W. 1. Hoover & Son agency.

Lewis W. Hunt, an old resident of Carpenter township, died at his home west of Fountain park Suu day night and was buried at Rem ington Tuesday afternoon. Mrs. A. T. Keiper and two little daughters, accomtpanied by her sister, Miss Leona Kolhoff, left Thursday to join her husband In their new holme near New Carlisle, Ind. About 20 members of the local Pythian temple went to Monon last evening where they assisted in the initiation of aboutw 40 candidates for membership of the Monon temple. The work was done by the Rensselaer team. Mrs. O. A. Lucas of Florence. N. C., after a visit here with Mrs. Donald Beam, went to Monticello Wednesday for a visit with relatives there. Mrs. Luca^ 1 was formerly Miss Georgia Linton, a teacher in the Rensselaer schools last year. Mrs. Margaret Earley, age 82, one of the oldest residents of Lafayette, is dead. She was born in Ireland, and came to this country when she was eight years old. Mrs. Earley was one of the oldest members of St. Mary’s Catholic church in that city. T. Z. McMurray and son of near Kniman were down Wednesday and had a set of sale bills printed at The Democrat office for the formier’s public sale, which will be held Tuesday, Meh. 23. Mr. McMurray has rented his farm and will retire from active work; His son expects to move away. A soda water fountain in the Kelly bakery at Ambia exploded Monday night and the room and its furnishings were wrecked. The candy cases in the store were broken and all the windows shattered. The loss is estimated at $1,500. An accumulation of gas is believed to have caused the explosion.

Fred Phillips left Wednesday for Dane, Wis., to take charge of 40D-acre pure-bred stock ranch which, he has leased there for a five-year term. His family 'will remain here until school Is out, as it is four miles from the ranch, to a good high school. As soon as the roads get in shape again Fred expects to return and drive his truck through with such household effects as they desire to move up therg. Jasper county Children’s week will be Observed by the Sunday schools beginning the week of April 25. During this time the Sunday schools will be reorganized all over the continent. Indiana is 'hoping to reach her share of the 5 0 per cent of children - who receive no religious training. Indiana has 5,000 Sunday schools. Jasper county has 24 Sunday schools to give religious training to its children. In this issue of The Democrat we are publishing a long and interesting letter from Miss Stella Taylor, who with her father and brothers drove through via auto to California last fall. Miss Taylor lg a daughter of John W. Taylor of Carpenter township and is well known to many readers of The Democrat in Rensselaer. She promised us an account of their trip on the day they passed through Rensselaer, but has been so busy sightseeing that khe did not gat it completed until recently.

Jesse Nowels of Roselawn was dot/n on business Thursday. Yesterday’s local egg and butterfat prices; Eggs, 37c; butterfat, 67c. Attorney George A. Williams and D. S. Makeever were in Lafayette on business Thursday. Mrs. J. I. Coe and little son ot Chicago visited here this week with her sister, Mrs. Jay W. Stockton. Yesterday’s local grain (prices. Corn, $1.43; oats, 85c; rye, $1.50; wheat, $2.30. The prices one year ago werft: Corn, $1.28; oats, 55c; wheat, $2.11; rye, $1.32. Remember the big dispersion sale next Tuesday at the Otis ranch, 2 miles east of Roselawn —87 head of horses, 205 head of cattle, lots of farm implements.—Advt. John Stockton, who is attending a military school at Howe, Ind., came yesterday morning for a couple of weeks visit with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jay W. Stockton. Mrs. T. A. Crockett was taken quite sick again Wednesday with one of her smothering spells. A doctor was called and she was reported considerably better yesterday. - Mrs. Eli L. Miller of northwest of Mt. Ayr died Thursday night from tuberculosis at the age of 64 years. The funeral will be held Tuesday and burial made in the Amish cemetery near Mt. Ayr. Grant Whiteman, age 54, a farmer, living in Madieon township, Carroll county, committed suicide Monday by hanging himself in a barn at the family home. He had ■beew in poor health for more than a Painting, paperhanging, tinting, graining and decorating. All work guaranteed. Get your work done early and avoid the rush. Estimates furnished. Prices moderate. —F. E. McELHENY, Contractor. Phone No. 408-Black or No. 4. ml 3 We’ll confess that we have seen no Improvement in the rail service since the lines went back to private management. In fact, it’s rottener than ever, and where it took about three days to get freight from Chicago or Indianapolis it now takes about double this time. »Ivan Carson, clerk in the clothing department of the G. E. Murray store, has purchased of Mrs. George Daniels her residence property on Franklin street, and will move into same April 1. D. M. Worland had recently bargained for this property but the deal fell through. Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Nowels, who had spent the winter with their daughter, Mrs. Delma Alter, at Forest, returned to Rensselaer Tuesday evening and are making their home with their daughter, Mrs. May Witham, on Harrison street. Mrs. Nowels, who has been in very poor health for some time, is reported better in soune respects, although at this time she weighs but 72 pounds. The Oxford and Boswell Times are to ccuMmHdated, with office of publication at Oxford. This will leave Boswell without a local (paper, for the first time in many years. The alleged scarcity of print paper and its almost prohibitive cost, taken with the high cost of labor and all printing material, is forcing many of the smaller papers out of 'business. Print paper is now 11 cents a pound on the open market, when its nonanal price should be about 2 to 2% cents. The Democrat still has some four or five months supply on hand of its 10-ton purchase last fall at 4% cents. We certainly hope to see a drop in (price before this supply is exhausted.

At 2 p. m. yesterday the mercury registered 32 degrees. "Generally fair,” is the prediction of the weather Sharps for today. G. J. Jessen expects to leave in about a week or 10 days for a couple of weeks visit with his brother, Lloyd Jessen, at Santa Rita, N. M. Mr. and Mrs. R. D. Gorham of Orleans, Ind., are spending a few days here this .week with relatives. They expect to return 'home Sunday. Mr. Gorham is employed on the block wignhl system on the Monon and has his headquarters at Orleans. L. A. Bostwick showed us a clipping a few days ago from wn eastern paper, telling of a peculiar phenomonen that occurred near'his old home in western New York. Quite a large area of land, Including a big strip of roadway on the Attica-l Vary eburg highway had dropped almost straight down) a distance of 30 feet, carrying with it telephone poles and wires and a row of fruit trees. The cavity is 75 to 100 feet wide and 500 feet long. Quicksand is believed to have caused the cave-in.